Direct mailings to multiply in 2004

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

WASHINGTON D.C.–Donors can expect to get
more direct mail appeals than ever in 2004, and
more from animal charities they never heard of
than they thought possible, due to a recent
change in U.S. postal rules.
Direct mailers will now be allowed to use
nonprofit bulk rates to send appeals in which
they have a financial interest.
Translation: if a charity cannot afford
to pay the mailer up front, the mailer can front
the money at credit card rates, send the appeal
out by the cheapest means, and pay itself back
with the returns, even if the charity that the
mailing is done in the name of does not net a red
cent.

Editorial: Donor defense in a desperate cause

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Starting on page 12, ANIMAL PEOPLE for
the 14th year presents “Who gets the money?”
This popular annual feature reveals the financial
affairs of the animal-related charities whose
appeals are most likely to land in your mailbox.
It explains which organizations have money, how
they get it, and what they do with it.
Three pages of prefatory notes help
readers to interpret the numbers. As a further
aid to donors, ANIMAL PEOPLE each spring
publishes a comprensive handbook, The Watchdog
Report on Animal Charities, supplementing the
financial data with succinct descriptions of
programs and any policy or administrative matters
of special note. At $25 per copy, The Watchdog
Report costs less than 25¢ per charity evaluated,
a bargain for any frequent pro-animal donor.

Dean of animal care & control Warren Cox retires after 50 years on the job

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

DALLAS–Warren Cox retired on November 18, 2003, after just
over 50 years in animal-care-and-control, serving with 18 agencies
in nine states.
Even 50 years ago, Warren Cox believed animal control
sheltering did not have to be like running a slaughterhouse, he told
ANIMAL PEOPLE. Though he never ran a no-kill agency, Cox–a
longtime vegetarian–experimented wherever he went with ways of
reducing the killing, succeeding just enough to keep dreaming.
Just out of high school, Cox took a job as a dogcatcher in
Lincoln, Nebraska. “I had a pickup truck with a cage on it,” Cox
recalled. “It was primitive, but looking back I’d have to say we
were progressive. We housed dogs in social groups. It was later
that the idea came in that you shouldn’t let even friendly dogs
mingle.”

Individual compensation notes

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

A – The Wildlife Conservation Society paid at least 26
salaries in excess of $100,000 and 281 in excess of $50,000. Joan
Downs is no longer with WCS. George Schaller, probably the
best-known WCS employee, was the 18th highest paid in 2002.
B – The American SPCA gave Larry Hawk a four-year performance
bonus of $100,000. Hawk in February 2003 succeeded Gus Thornton,
who retired, as president of the Massachusetts SPCA. In June 2003
Hawk was succeeded at the ASPCA by Ed Sayres, president of the San
Francisco SPCA since January 1999. Sayres was succeeded as president
of the San Francisco SPCA by Daniel Crain, vice president at the
SF/SPCA since 1999. The ASPCA paid 80 additional salaries over
$50,000 in 2002, the MSPCA paid 97, and the SF/SPCA paid 19.
C – The Nature Conservancy paid 836 salaries over $50,000 in
fiscal 2002.

Individual Compensation (Chief executives &/or 5 top-paid staff & consultants)

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Nonprofit chief executive salaries rose 4.3% in fiscal 2002,
according to a national survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and
senior manager and fundraiser salaries rose 7% to 10%, according to
a survey of New York City charities conducted by Professionals for
NonProfits–but Giving USA reported that the increase in public
giving in 2002 fell below the rate of inflation for the first time in
12 years.
Salaries for other staff increased only 3% to 5%,
Professionals for NonProfits found.
The Pay column below combines salaries, benefit plan
contributions (if any), and expense accounts for the few individuals
who are not required to itemize expenses. Individual independent
contractors such as attorneys, accountants, and consultants are
listed as well as directors and regular staff.

Who Gets The Money? — 14th annual edition

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Starting on page 15 is our 14th annual report on the budgets,
assets, and salaries paid by the major U.S. animal-related
charities, plus miscellaneous local activist groups, humane
societies, and some prominent organizations abroad. We offer their
data for comparative purposes. Foreign data is stated in U.S.
dollars at average 2002 exchange rates.
Most charities are identified in the second column by what
they do and stand for: A for advocacy, C for conservation of
habitat via acquisition, E for education, H for support of hunting,
I for supporting the eradication of “invasive” feral or non-native
species, L for litigation, N for neutering, S for
shelter/sanctuary maintenance or sterilization project, U for
favoring either “sustainable” or aboriginal lethal use of wildlife,
and V for focus on vivisection.

Who Gets The Money? — 14th annual edition, opposition

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Budgets, Programs, Assets, & Overhead of Eight Opposition Organizations

Americans for Medical Progress
TYPE: AEV
DONATED & EARNED INCOME: $ 493,932
EXPENDITURES: $ 495,541
PROGRAM SERVICE: $ 329,150
FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION: $ 166,391
% FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, AS DECLARED: 34%
% FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, OUR ANALYSIS: 34%
TOTAL ASSETS: $ 91,980
TANGIBLE (DEPRECIABLE) ASSETS: $ 8,266
CASH & SECURITIES: $ 89,409

Who Gets The Money? — 14th annual edition

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, December 2003:

Advocates for Animals (Scotland)
TYPE: AE
DONATED & EARNED INCOME: $ 506.092
EXPENDITURES: $ 199,426
PROGRAM SERVICE: $ 157,791
FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION: $ 41,635
% FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, AS DECLARED: 21%
% FUNDRAISING & ADMINISTRATION, OUR ANALYSIS: 21%
TOTAL ASSETS: $ 1,109,373
TANGIBLE (DEPRECIABLE) ASSETS: $ [none] CASH & SECURITIES: $ 1,109,373

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