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FUR & FEATHER ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Helping Animals Now

aka FUR & FEATHER ANIMAL SANCTUARY   |   Chatsworth, CA   |  www.furfeather.org

Mission

Our Mission is to protect the health and safety of animals by providing charitable assistance in our no-kill shelter for all animals. We will be the over-flow for all City and County shelters, while assisting traditional rescues with medical and foster programs. Bestow daily care, rehabilitate homeless, displaced, or injured animals; to find such animals’ good homes; and to educate the public as to how to bring about a time when the shelters are only empty cages and unwanted animals will never be destroyed needlessly.

Ruling year info

2016

Founder & CEO

Nancy B. Sayle

Main address

9206 Franklin Street

Chatsworth, CA 91311 USA

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EIN

80-0285878

NTEE code info

Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Pet overpopulation is a serious problem. City and County shelters are overcrowded and are unable to care for the millions of homeless pets. Not enough people adopt their pets from shelters to help ease the crowding. Shelters are too fast to euthanize for space even if they have plenty of space. In many cases, homeless animals often live a sad, lonely, hard life out in the streets trying to survive on their own. There are too many puppies and kittens being born who are unwanted. Sometimes people let their dogs and cats have babies and then can't find homes for all of them. Sometimes homeless animals wandering the streets have babies. Since they do not have a home, there are no people to take care of them. Pets get lost. If they don't have proper identification, like a collar with an ID tag, they can't be returned home. Pets are surrendered, or given up to animal shelters because their guardians can no longer care for them. Not everyone goes to an animal shelter to adopt.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Empty Cages

Providing support for homeless animals and working to put an end to full shelters.

Population(s) Served
Adults

We are working to educate the public on bully-dog education and rescue.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth

Bringing music and animals together by creating recordings, concerts and all things music to benefit the animals and the other programs while building a no-kill sanctuary.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Helping people going through hardships keep their animals by providing food and medical assistance.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Economically disadvantaged people

Working to get the elderly wonderful companionship while also providing a home for the animal.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Bringing all rescues together to strengthen the cause for animals.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Activists

Rewarding exceptional veterinarians and scholarship programs for students to expand their scope of study.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Young adults

Mobile Spay/neuter programs

Population(s) Served
Adults
Economically disadvantaged people

The PAW Program is a vocal advocate for animals suffering from the effects of violence and abuse. Educate the public and provide a safe haven for animals of abusive homes while their family gets to safety and in a loving environment for life~

Population(s) Served
Adults

Where we work

Videos

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Average cost per spay/neuter surgery

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

These are results from our rescuing from the shelter of animals that were either too young or just never spayed/neutered

Number of animals rescued

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of animal adoptions

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Because at this time we focus on severe special needs that are not adoptable, our adoption rate is lower than most rescues. We take on the hard medical cases and handicap that no one will adopt.

Number of animals rehabilitated

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Number of wildlife care situations resolved without animal intake

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Due to location, in a canyon, we often save wildlife. We get them to a wildlife recuse for rehabbing

Total dollars of operating costs per animal per day

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In averaging out cost, this must include daily medications for long term animals. This is growing as we come across cats that need for life medications

Number of animals vaccinated

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of animals surrendered by their owner

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Number of bags of pet food distributed to households

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Home Helpers

Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

We want pets to stay in the homes so we assist with food and medical as needed or available to help offset home costs

Number of animals provided with long term care

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

Empty Cages

Type of Metric

Context - describing the issue we work on

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our main goals are to create a safe no-kill sanctuary that will be the overflow for City and County shelters. Before they euthanize for more room, they must contact for help to downsize their population, making euthanasia for room become less and less.

We also will provide spay/neuter at very low cost. Also help enforce publicly to not allow your pets have babies, and help diminish back-yard breeders.

Provide micro chips, tags and encourage people to register their pets with help for the fee's. If they can no longer care for their pets, due to cost, we will supply homes with food and medical as needed. If they can no longer care due to death, illness or they just do not want the responsibility, we will intake for safety. We will then in turn get the animals rehabbed and into fosters for love and care while we campaign to get them a new home.

We are in our first phase to fund the full sanctuary. We are currently working on a business plan for the land (150 acres), buildings, solar panels, and all the built in's needed to provide a safe environment for the animals. This will include 3+ years of working capital. This business plan will be presented to those that believe in our mission and want to make a change.

This funding project will include a spay/neuter mobile unit as well as a clinic on the sanctuary grounds. This will be no to low cost for the procedures and care. We will activate a relationship with chip companies so we can provide all animals, whether they are already a family member to homeless with chips

We want to provide education about spay/neuter, how to care for you pet both in classrooms to online campaigns. We will explain:
- Have your pets spayed/neutered. Veterinarians perform a simple operation on cats and dogs to prevent them from having unwanted kittens and puppies. You and your parents or guardian can learn more about spaying and neutering.
- Adopt your next pet from your local animal shelter. There are a lot of wonderful dogs, cats and other companion animals just waiting for a loving home.
- License your pets. Make sure they have an identification tag and collar or microchip.
- Learn about pets before you adopt to make sure you are ready for the responsibility. To help you get started, check out Choosing the Right Animal for You.
- Teach others about pet overpopulation and how they can help.

Our current board is establishing Team Leaders for Committee's that will handle portions of each goal that will be designated with the Team Leader.

Each Team Leader will have the ability to manage resources, such as volunteers, and the needs to accomplish and execute our strategy. This will run by a collection of people, process, and information gathered for a specific goal. We will make the goals, make a clear plan of action and work the plan.

What we have accomplished at this point is the research of costs, animals needs for housing, veterinarian care, permits, type of land and legal needs we must meet.

We have also created a business plan to share with our donors and get them involved in our expansion.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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FUR & FEATHER ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Board of directors
as of 06/12/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Nancy Sayle


Board co-chair

SARAH RICHARDS

FUR & FEATHER ANIMAL SANCTUARY

Term: 2007 -

Nancy B. Sayle

Sarah Richards

Scott DeFries

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 6/12/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Native American/American Indian/Alaska Native/Indigenous
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person with a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

Disability

Equity strategies

Last updated: 06/12/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.