Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
Redefining care
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
EIN: 95-3909782
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
The Foundation supports the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control through fundraising for spay-and-neuter programs, pet adoptions, public education and animal welfare.
Ruling year
2022
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control
Marcia Mayeda
Co Principal Officer
Bradley Kim
Main address
5898 Cherry Ave
Long Beach, CA 90805 USA
EIN
95-3909782
Animal welfare
Population served
Adults
NTEE code
Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Foundation supports the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care & Control through fundraising for spay-and-neuter programs, pet adoptions, public education and animal welfare.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Dreams Come True
Dreams Come True provides special surgeries, procedures, and medications for animals in our care. It is funded by the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation and saves the lives of animals whose medical illnesses or injuries are too extensive and too costly to treat through the normal course of DACC veterinary services.
Grooming Gives Hope
Grooming Gives Hope provides professional grooming of animals in need of this service. It is funded by the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation. Grooming greatly increases the comfort of animals and relieves pain of animals that have been neglected. It makes the animals more visually appealing, thereby making them more adoptable.
Noah's Legacy Fund
The Noah’s Legacy Fund was established to support the Department’s emergency response efforts. These services are critical to the communities we serve as we continue to respond to the wildfires, flooding and earthquakes that can occur in the territories we serve.
The fund helps provide the food, shelter and medical care.
It also provides spay and neuter surgeries for feline, canine, equine and all other pet residents who require assistance and protection as a result of a disaster. It also helps us reunite these pets with the families that are searching for them.
Care Voucher
The Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation offers vouchers to pet owners that can be redeemed for up to $500 in veterinary care, grooming, pet food and supplies, or temporary animal housing.
Where we work
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of spay/neuter vouchers issued
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Through its Care Voucher program, the Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation funds vouchers which can be redeemed for up to $500 in veterinary care, grooming, pet food and supplies, or pet housing.
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?
The Foundation's goals are to provide loving homes for animals in Los Angeles County and to provide pet owners with the resources they need to maintain pet ownership. The Foundation also aims to provide safe havens for animals that are displaced due to emergency events like wildfires.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The Foundation actively engages with its communities to spread awareness about its many lifesaving programs. This allows us to fundraise to ensure our programs are sustained and expanded. We also actively pursue grants from nonprofit partners as another measure to sustain programs or introduce new lifesaving programs.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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 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
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2022 info
4522.74
Months of cash in 2022 info
15
Fringe rate in 2022 info
0%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jan 01 - Dec 31
This snapshot of Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $279,882 | -$976,681 | $423,604 | $1,293,938 | $823,394 |
| As % of expenses | 16.8% | -49.8% | 40.1% | 247.4% | 79.1% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $279,882 | -$976,681 | $423,604 | $1,293,938 | $823,394 |
| As % of expenses | 16.8% | -49.8% | 40.1% | 247.4% | 79.1% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,949,421 | $1,756,691 | $1,260,459 | $2,077,688 | $2,735,901 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 10.3% | -9.9% | -28.2% | 64.8% | 31.7% |
| Program services revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% |
| Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 100.0% | 99.6% | 99.4% | 99.7% | 98.9% |
| Other revenue | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $1,669,539 | $1,959,806 | $1,055,916 | $522,948 | $1,040,801 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 12.8% | 17.4% | -46.1% | -50.5% | 99.0% |
| Personnel | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Professional fees | 2.4% | 0.1% | 2.9% | 30.4% | 12.9% |
| Occupancy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 52.8% | 74.2% | 56.7% | 72.3% |
| All other expenses | 97.6% | 47.1% | 22.9% | 12.9% | 14.7% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $1,669,539 | $1,959,806 | $1,055,916 | $522,948 | $1,040,801 |
| One month of savings | $139,128 | $163,317 | $87,993 | $43,579 | $86,733 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $1,808,667 | $2,123,123 | $1,143,909 | $566,527 | $1,127,534 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 11.2 | 8.3 | 17.8 | 71.7 | 15.0 |
| Months of cash and investments | 11.2 | 8.3 | 17.8 | 71.7 | 54.6 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 11.2 | 3.6 | 11.4 | 52.8 | 36.0 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $1,559,332 | $1,357,117 | $1,562,999 | $3,123,217 | $1,298,850 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,436,454 |
| Receivables | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $32,682 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $0 | $583,551 | $1,007,155 | $2,301,093 | $3,124,487 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 | $773,566 | $554,505 | $815,307 | $1,609,770 |
| Total net assets | $1,560,232 | $1,357,117 | $1,561,660 | $3,116,400 | $4,734,257 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Director, Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control
Marcia Mayeda
Marcia Mayeda has been the Director of Animal Care and Control for the County of Los Angeles since July, 2001. She is a Certified Animal Welfare Administrator (Society of Animal Welfare Administrators). Growing up in Highland Park, IL and a staunch animal lover since childhood, Marcia always knew her life’s work would center on animal care and protection and she pursued her love for and study of animals.
Marcia was recruited to lead the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control. Since that time she has transformed DACC into a nationally recognized leader in animal welfare. Under her leadership, DACC created its progressive mission, vision and values to be a model for animal welfare and public safety. DACC has implemented strategic programs such as the Critical Case Processing unit to protect the public from dangerous dogs; the Major Cases Unit to protect animals from abuse and neglect; a vibrant volunteer program; and much more.
Co Principal Officer
Bradley Kim
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foundation
Board of directorsas of 11/15/2023
Board of directors data
Renee Sikand
Mark Sikand
Vice President
Renee Sikand
President
Laurene Weste
Board Member
Blair Dugan
Board Member
Abby Douglass
Board Member
Brittany McCann
Treasurer
Tom Tanaka
Board Member
Shelli Weekes
Board Member
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 ? 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? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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The organization's co-leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Transgender Identity
Sexual orientation
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Disability
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Equity strategies
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- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- 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.
Professional fundraisers
Fiscal year endingSOURCE: IRS Form 990 Schedule G
Solicitation activities
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