From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 1999:

Animal welfare, The Chronicle of
Philanthropy reported in December 1998, is
the favorite charitable cause of only 1% of the
wealthiest Americans as surveyed by the investment
management firm U.S. Trust; is the #2
cause of only another 1%; and rates third for
4%. All nine other major charitable categories
in the survey rated at least half again more
favorably at every level of priority. As a cause
to volunteer for, animal welfare rated worse,
outweighed by a factor of at least 2.5 at each
level of priority. Ninety-three percent of the
wealthiest Americans said they did not expect to
increase their support for animal welfare during
the next three years, 5% said they would
increase it, and 1% said they would reduce it.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 1999:

NEW YORK, N.Y.––The American
SPCA on January 5 named Larry Hawk,
DVM, as president, to succeed Roger Caras,
now president emeritus after a seven-year
presidential tenure.
Hawk, 43, “started his career as a
small animal veterinary practitioner before
working in the sales, marketing, and development
of products for Hill’s Pet Nutritiion,”
said ASPCA spokesperson Peter Paris.
“Most recently, Hawk served as president of
PETsMART Veterinary Services and
President of PETsMART Charities.”
Hawk’s appointment put former
PETsMART Charities chiefs in charge of the
oldest humane societies on either coast, as
Ed Sayres became president of the San
Francisco SPCA, succeeding Richard
Avanzino, just four days earlier.

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 1999:

INTRODUCTION
The financial data below pertains to animalissue-related
charities whose IRS Form 990 filings came
too late to abstract in our ninth annual “Who Gets The
Money?” charts, published in December 1998.
Each charity is identified in the second column
by apparent focus: A for advocacy, E for education,
V for vivisection, pro or con. We review the filings
of animal-issue charities of many types and perspectives,
but none of other types sent Form 990 late.
Charities often declare to the IRS a balance of
program vs. fundraising and maintenance expense
(overhead) which differs from the balance as it would be
computed using the voluntary National Charities
Information Bureau guidelines. Thus the % c o l u m n
states each charity’s overhead costs as declared, while
the ADJ column states those costs as they would appear
had the NCIB guidelines been followed.

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