PLATINUM2023

LEND US YOUR EAR INCORPORATED

aka LUYE   |   CLYDE, NC   |  luyear.org

Mission

LUYE provides urgent vet care and a comprehensive wellness program for Haywood County NC eartipped community cats. LUYE's wellness bags include dry cat food, cat wormer, flea control, and information to maintain cat health. The bags are distributed in conjunction with various food banks around the county.

Ruling year info

2019

Executive Director

Susan Kumpf

Co Principal Officer

Henry Kumpf

Main address

PO BOX 366

CLYDE, NC 28721 USA

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EIN

83-2271019

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-N.

Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

LUYE provides urgent vet care and wellness support for eartipped outdoor community cats, including wellness bag distribution at monthly food banks around the county. LUYE eartipped over 2,000 cats from 2018 through 2022, when its cattery was retired from service. LUYE expanded its wellness program in 2023.

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?

Wellness Clinics

Wormer and flea control are distributed to neighbors around the county at LUYE's free clinics. These events improve the health of community cats and help identify community cats in need of assistance.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people

Colony feeders receive medium-quality dry food monthly to help offset the cost of caring for large numbers of eartipped cats. Program participation is based on need and on funds available through donations. Small bags of dry food are included in wellness bags distributed monthly.

Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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

Number of animals spayed and neutered

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Economically disadvantaged people

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Through 2022, our volunteers trapped over 2,000 outdoor cats for sterilization - then returned them to their site. Every cat was eartipped to prove at a glance that it's fixed and vaccinated.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

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

Charting impact

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

Increase the ongoing health of free-roaming community cats.
(A) Provide urgent care for eartipped outdoor cats.
(B) Provide nutritional support for large eartipped colonies.
(C) Distribute wellness bags (wormer, flea control, nutrition) at monthly food banks around the county.

1. LUYE Helpline 828-550-3662 fields requests for outdoor cat support.
2. Promote public awareness with flyers, displays, and similar activity.

Volunteers assemble about 25 wellness bags monthly for distribution at a local food bank.
Urgent veterinary care is provided by a local private vet at reduced rates.

LUYE was formed in October 2018 to keep trap-neuter-return (TNR) among the critical solutions available for free-roaming cats in Haywood County NC. LUYE's Eartip Team brought their expertise to the new organization, adding more than 2,000 sterilized, eartipped cats to the over 6.500 community cats TNR'd between 2009-2018. LUYE retired its cattery from service at the end of 2022.

LUYE's expanded wellness program launches in 2023 in cooperation with local food banks.

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 make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, 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 take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • 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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LEND US YOUR EAR INCORPORATED

Board of directors
as of 08/03/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Susan Kumpf

Lend Us Your Ear, Inc.

Term: 2018 - 2022

Donna Murray

Kelli Miller

Henry Kumpf

Sydney Klocke

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 8/3/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female

The organization's co-leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male
Disability status
Person without a disability

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