Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Helping Senior Dogs and Senior People
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
EIN: 27-1154816
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue is a resource and advocate for senior dogs and senior people on the Central California Coast. We find loving foster and forever homes for dogs whose guardians can no longer care for them and for senior dogs in shelters. We also provide volunteer and financial assistance so seniors can keep their pets with them as long as possible. In addition, we make pre-arrangements to take in dogs should their guardians become unable to care for them.
Ruling year
2010
Executive Director
Carie Broecker
Main address
PO Box 51554
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 USA
EIN
27-1154816
Animal welfare
Population served
Seniors
Adults
Low-income people
Homeless people
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
Reports and documents
Download annual reportsWhat we aim to solve
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue is a resource and advocate for senior dogs and senior people. We take in dogs from senior citizens who have passed away or can no longer care for their dog. We also take in senior dogs from animal shelters throughout California who might otherwise be euthanized due to age or medical conditions. We make pre-arrangements with people to care for their dogs should something happen to them. We provide financial assistance to senior citizens and low income pet guardians who can not afford medical care for their dogs and cats. We also provide volunteer assistance to senior citizens who pet guardians with health issues who cannot walk their dogs. And we provide temporary foster care for the dogs of people who are hospitalized or recovering from an illness or surgery or injury. Our goal is to preserve the human/animal bond throughout the life of a pet and a person.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Helping Paw Program
In this program, POMDR focuses on enabling pet guardians to keep their dogs (and cats) by offering financial help for routine or emergency veterinary expenses or for temporary boarding or foster care while a person is hospitalized, and by helping with walking, grooming, transportation to vet appointments and other necessary animal care.
Rescue & Adoption Program
When a Helping Paw client can no longer keep his or her senior dog, we accept the dog into our Rescue and Adoption Program. In some cases, senior dogs are surrendered directly to us from a person who can no longer care for the animal, regardless of whether Helping Paw offered prior assistance. About 50% of our intakes come from homes where care can no longer be provided, which avoids the trauma (for both the dog and the guardian) of surrender to a shelter. The remaining 50% of our intakes are senior dogs who have been admitted to shelters, either as owner surrenders or strays, are in danger of being euthanized.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
POMDR's goal is to model lifetime care for dogs and all companion animals to help bring about a positive change in the way society thinks about and treats senior dogs and to create better lives for them through rescue, foster, adoption, hospice and education. This is accomplished through our adoption program and the Helping Paw program.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
POMDR finds loving homes for dogs whose guardians can no longer care for them and for senior dogs in shelters. Also, when people are physically or financially unable to care for their pets, POMDR lends a helping paw by providing services including veterinary care, transportation, grooming, medications, temporary fostering, and food.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
POMDR is led by five dedicated board members and a staff of 3 full-time employees. POMDR is also supported by a network of more than 500 volunteers who help with foster care, adoption events, transportation, office work, fundraising, and other tasks. Thanks to the generous support of Patricia J. Bauer, POMDR possesses a headquarters facility for adoptions and administrative services in Pacific Grove, California. We also have a close network of veterinary partners who provide temporary boarding and veterinary care and cost-effective rates.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2009, POMDR has rescued over 2,500 dogs in need. We have also provided volunteer and financial assistance to over 1,500 Helping Paw clients. We have signed up 100 individuals for our perpetual care program which guarantees their dog will be cared for if the guardian dies or becomes incapacitated.
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 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
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2022 info
572.94
Months of cash in 2022 info
4
Fringe rate in 2022 info
42%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
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 Peace of Mind Dog Rescue’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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| Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $105,270 | $2,606,508 | $200,836 | $962,966 | $670,280 |
| As % of expenses | 9.6% | 218.9% | 17.0% | 71.1% | 39.4% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $83,077 | $2,576,698 | $119,795 | $872,929 | $576,148 |
| As % of expenses | 7.4% | 211.1% | 9.5% | 60.4% | 32.1% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
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| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $1,393,349 | $1,722,490 | $1,809,949 | $2,380,782 | $2,141,945 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | -22.4% | 23.6% | 5.1% | 31.5% | -10.0% |
| Program services revenue | 3.0% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 8.0% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 1.9% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.8% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| All other grants and contributions | 94.8% | 96.4% | 91.1% | 95.5% | 90.0% |
| Other revenue | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $1,101,091 | $1,190,975 | $1,182,990 | $1,354,402 | $1,699,245 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 15.9% | 8.2% | -0.7% | 14.5% | 25.5% |
| Personnel | 26.9% | 25.6% | 45.7% | 48.4% | 51.6% |
| Professional fees | 2.0% | 1.0% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 1.1% |
| Occupancy | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| Interest | 1.6% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All other expenses | 68.0% | 69.7% | 45.4% | 45.2% | 44.4% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $1,123,284 | $1,220,785 | $1,264,031 | $1,444,439 | $1,793,377 |
| One month of savings | $91,758 | $99,248 | $98,583 | $112,867 | $141,604 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $12,156 | $12,726 | $452,726 | $149,900 |
| Fixed asset additions | $999,292 | $1,127,200 | $117,236 | $260,317 | $108,079 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $2,214,334 | $2,459,389 | $1,492,576 | $2,270,349 | $2,192,960 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Months of cash | 7.0 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 4.0 |
| Months of cash and investments | 16.5 | 9.6 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 13.7 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | -7.2 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 10.0 | 10.9 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Cash | $643,125 | $725,630 | $1,237,209 | $1,502,812 | $565,369 |
| Investments | $872,838 | $223,979 | $237,267 | $302,207 | $1,371,632 |
| Receivables | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $2,464,943 | $3,593,968 | $3,715,023 | $3,975,340 | $4,081,471 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 3.6% | 3.4% | 5.6% | 7.5% | 9.5% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 16.2% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 2.8% | 0.1% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $1,085,066 | $3,661,764 | $3,781,559 | $4,654,488 | $5,230,636 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $2,178,390 | 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 | $2,178,390 | $181,656 | $619,310 | $704,271 | $413,508 |
| Total net assets | $3,263,456 | $3,843,420 | $4,400,869 | $5,358,759 | $5,644,144 |
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
Executive Director
Carie Broecker
Carie shares her life with four lucky senior dogs: Buddy, Sneakers, Conga, and Abbey, all POMDR rescues, and is usually fostering multiple POMDR dogs, too.
Carie co-founded POMDR with Monica Rua in 2009. Upon its inception, she worked full-time running POMDR as Board President, and in 2010 Carie won the American Red Cross Animal Rescue Hero Award for her role in starting POMDR. In 2012, she was hired as Executive Director, POMDR's first paid staff person. Carie was one of the top ten chosen as a CNN Hero in 2022 for her impactful work serving senior people and senior dogs.
Prior to co-founding POMDR, Carie was one of the first volunteers for AFRP in Pacific Grove. She joined the AFRP board in 1999, and served for 12 years as Treasurer and unsalaried Executive Director.
Carie and her husband Scott are the publishers of Coastal Canine magazine. Carie's other career achievements include working as a bookkeeper and accountant for several businesses. She also worked as the Client Serv
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Board of directorsas of 03/23/2023
Board of directors data
Monica Rua
Kathy Henney
Tracey Pepper
Elle Brookman
Cathy Heape
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? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- 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 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.
- 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.
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