HOUSE RABBIT SOCIETY
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Mission
House Rabbit Society's mission is to save and improve domesticated rabbit lives.
Ruling year
1993
Executive Director
Beth Woolbright
Main address
148 Broadway
Richmond, CA 94804 USA
EIN
94-3061685
NTEE code
Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)
Animal Related Activities N.E.C. (D99)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Rabbits are often the third-most surrendered animal to many animal shelters in the United States and other countries, after cats and dogs. House Rabbit Society works to save the lives of domesticated rabbits through rescue, adoption, education, and awareness. HRS staff and trained volunteers endeavor to educate the public on up-to-date rabbit behavior, health, and care, as well as help rabbits receive species-appropriate care. Our goal is to provide rabbit guardians, shelters, and veterinary professionals--on a local and global scale--with the information to successfully keep rabbits in indoor homes and become beloved members of their families.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Rescue and Adoption
House Rabbit Society rescues rabbits in partnership with animal shelters and humane societies. Using our rabbits-only shelter and foster homes, we provide care, lifesaving veterinary support, spay and neuter, and adoption into life-long indoor homes.
Education and Outreach
House Rabbit Society is a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit with a global reach. Our staff and trained volunteers educate the public about up-to-date house rabbit care, behavior, and health, primarily through our website and with the aid of remote volunteers. Through our website--houserabbit.org--anyone anywhere in the world can attend our online classes. We produce a color-magazine called House Rabbit Journal. Additional materials are available for shelters to download and share. We also have programs and reference materials to assist veterinary professionals in becoming more rabbit savvy.
At our rabbits-only shelter/headquarters in Richmond, California, we offer low-cost spay/neuter for the public and other rescues; RHDV2 vaccination clinics; grooming and boarding services; a rabbit supplies shelter--available for online shopping; and a petfood pantry for families in need.
Spay/Neuter
House Rabbit Society operates a monthly low-cost rabbit spay/neuter clinic, open to the public.
Chapter Grants
While House Rabbit Society chapters are all independent 501(c)(3) nonprofits, responsible for raising their own funds, HRS is able to provide some support through the Chapter Grant Program.
All donations coming to HRS that specify Chapter Grants will go towards these grants. We are using those funds to make targeted grants (ranging from $250-$1500) to HRS chapters to fund specific veterinary needs or projects with clear goals and objectives, including capital projects.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of unique website visitors
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people, Victims of crime and abuse, Victims of disaster
Related Program
Education and Outreach
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of website pageviews
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Families
Related Program
Education and Outreach
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of websites and organizations (outside of our organization) that share our resources and information
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Rescue and Adoption
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This is a rough estimate from google analytics about external sites that link to our education materials. In addition, we hope to track downloads of our shelter resources in the future
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
House Rabbit Society's goal is to improve the lives of domestic rabbits by elevating their living standards, quality of care, and legal status as indoor animal companions through education, rescue, and awareness.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
For our goal of rescuing abandoned rabbits and finding permanent homes for them, we strive to increase our adoption rate and reduce the length of stay for rabbits at House Rabbit Society. We recruit foster homes to allow us to increase our capacity to care for additional rabbits and find them homes without the need to take in additional rabbits at our headquarters facility. We promote the rabbits for adoption.
For our goal of educating the public and raising awareness about rabbits as indoor companions, we maintain an up-to-date website--houserabbit.org--with accurate and current information on rabbit care. We publish an annual magazine, House Rabbit Journal. We also offer online classes, available to anyone in the world.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a talented team of volunteers and staff. Our capabilities include include graphic design, education, pedagogy, photography, writing, publishing, rabbit care, exotic veterinary care, grant writing and fundraising, animal sheltering, retail management, and social media communications.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
House Rabbit Society focuses our efforts on shelter rabbits that, but for House Rabbit Society, wouldn't have a second chance. We often rescue medically needy rabbits that shelters do not have time to care for. Sometimes they have longer lengths of stay with us, but we work dilligently to find each of these special needs rabbits loving forever homes, as well
We operate a low-cost spay/neuter clinic out of our headquarters in Richmond, CA, preventing accidental litters and helping to keep rabbits in their homes. We also train veterinary students and veterinarians want to become more rabbit-savvy spay/neuter and other rabbit-sepcific care through our clinic.
We have completed a strategic plan, which is leading us through the next five years.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, 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 identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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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 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
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
Financials
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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HOUSE RABBIT SOCIETY
Board of directorsas of 05/23/2024
Chris Beafore
Laurie Gigous
Beth Woolbright
Cecille Caterson
Board leadership practices
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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 ? Yes -
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? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- 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.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
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