New York State Office of the Attorney General Charities Bureau

New York State Office of the Attorney General
Charities Bureau
Hurricane Sandy Relief Information
Name of Organization: Best Friends Animal Society
1.
What is the approximate dollar amount of donations and pledges that your organization
has received to date in response to Hurricane Sandy?
We have received approximately $354,000.00 of emergency response donations as of
December 5,2012.
2.
Will these funds be used solely for Hurricane Sandy relief? If not, approximately what
portion will be used for Hurricane Sandy relief and what other purposes will funds be
used for?
We expect that the majority ofthese funds will be used for Hurricane Sandy relief, with
any funds that are not used for Sandy relief to be used only for other future emergency
response efforts. We have spent approximately $150,000 through December 5, 2012 on
Hurricane Sandy relief and we estimate that we may spend between $50,000 and
$110,000 more based on best available information, plans and estimates as of December
5,2012. See also our response to Question 7.
3.
Approximately how much has your organization spent to date on Hurricane Sandy relief?
Approximately $150,000 as of December 5, 2012.
4.
What services has your organization provided to those affected by Hurricane Sandy?
What populations or geographical areas are being served by your organization in response
to Hurricane Sandy? What services does it expect to provide in the future?
We have paid for the care of animals displaced by the hurricane (vet fees, temporary
boarding, transport of animals to rescue groups, etc.). We have also provided financial
assistance to animal welfare organizations that incurred extraordinary costs as a result of
the hurricane and its related effects. We have also received donated animal food and pet
supplies, and have arranged for these items to be distributed to pet owners and their pets,
primarily on Staten Island. Our services have been primarily provided to pets, pet owners
and animal welfare organizations primarily in the New York metro area, including
southern Connecticut and northern New Jersey, as well as to a few organizations outside
the tri-state area that accepted animals that needed to be relocated from the tri-state area
due to the effects of Sandy. We expect that additional services to be provided in the
future will be similar in nature.
5.
Has your organization provided funding to other organizations for Hurricane Sandy relief
efforts? If so, which organizations have received those funds and what is the approximate
dollar amount provided to them? How does your organization determine the need for
funding?
Through December 5, 2012, we have provided financial assistance in the total amount of
$105,200 to 31 animal welfare organizations impacted by or involved in the Hurricane
Sandy relief effort (see attached list). We required applicants for relief grants to provide a
detailed description of the extraordinary costs that they incurred as a result of Hurricane
Sandy.
6.
Has your organization provided, or does it intend to provide, direct financial assistance to
individuals, families or businesses for Hurricane Sandy relief? If so, what is the
approximate dollar amount that your organization has provided to date and approximately
how much direct financial assistance does it expect to provide in the future? How does
your organization determine the need for assistance?
We have not and do not intend to provide any direct financial assistance to individuals or
families. Our support of individuals and families as pet owners has only been through
distributing donated animal food and pet supplies to them (primarily on Staten Island).
Our direct financial assistance to businesses has been only the financial support to the 31
animal welfare organizations described in our reply to Question 6.
7.
Does your organization have a plan in place on how to use any surplus funds not spent for
Hurricane Sandy relief? If so, please describe that plan.
Any surplus funds not spent for Hurricane Sandy relief will be used for emergency
response and relief services and/or support in future natural disasters.
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Paul E. Altherr, Chief Programs Officer, Best Friends Animal Society
Date 1
Please email this document with your responses to sandyresponse@ag.ny.gov by
December 11,2012. You may obtain an electronic copy of this document by emailing a
request to that same address.
4841-1326-9266, v. 1
LIST OF SUPPORT GRANTS MADE BY BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY TO ANIMAL
WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT INCURRED EXTRAORDINARY COSTS DUE TO
HURRICANE SANDY AND ITS RELATED EFFECTS
Through December 7,2012
Amount
Granted
$2,000.00
Group
Animal Welfare Society
Location
PO Box 43, West Kennebunk,
ME 04094
EIN Number
23-7018176
Baltimore Animal Rescue
and Care Shelter
301 Stockholm Street,
Baltimore, MD 21230
86-1130456
$5,000.00
Big East Akita Rescue
2611 4th Ave., Toms River, NJ 27-4540038
08753
$1,700.00
Bobbi and The Strays
107 57th St, Ozone Park, NY
11417
11-3444285
$10,000.00
Byram Animal Kindness
Rescue Squad
PO Box 593, Stanhope, NJ
07874
22-2333521
$1,800.00
Cape-Atlantic Citizens
Altering the Strays
957-959 Asbury Ave, Ocean
City NJ 08226
20-5185157
$1,500.00
CarMaH
16 Abigail Drive, Hudson, MA
01749
61-1425564
$1,400.00
Central VT Humane
1589 VT Route 14S,
Montpelier, VT
03-0217066
$3,500.00
For Animals Inc
10946 122nd St, South Ozone
Park, NY 11420
26-2321902
$2,000.00
Guardians of Rescue Inc
34 East Main Street, Suite 303, 27-4205517
Smithtown, NY 11787
$10,000.00
Guardians of Rescue Inc
34 East Main Street, Suite 303, 27-4205517
Smithtown, NY 11787
$1,500.00
Homeward Bound aka
Addison County Humane
236 Boardman Street,
Middlebury, VT 05753
03-0264068
$2,000.00
Husky House
391 Rt. 34, Matawan, NJ
07747
20-4968411
$5,000.00
Indraloka Animal Sanctuary 709 Creek Road, Mehoopany
Pa 18629
20-2855094
$1,100.00
Liberty Humane Society
235 Jersey City Blvd, Jersey
City, NJ 07305
22-3585263
$7,000.00
Little Guild of St. Francis
285 Sharon Goshen Turnpike,
West Cornwall, CT 06796
23-7131298
$10,000.00
Milton Animal League
181 Governor Stoughton Lane, 04-2622117
Milton, MA 02186
$600.00
Monmouth County SPCA
260 Wall St, Eatontown, NJ
07724
21-0679893
$5,000.00
Ocean Homeless
Abandoned Animals
559 Second Ave Unit 14, Long
Branch, NJ 07740
04-3589066
$1,500.00
Pet Safe Coalition
3300 Beltagh Avenue,
Wantaugh, NY 11793
86-1144095
$2,000.00
Pets Alive Westchester
PO Box 131, Elmsford, NY
10523
13-1734942
$7,000.00
Ramapo Bergen Animal
Refuge Inc
2 Shelter Lane, Oakland, NJ
07438
22-6094179
$2,500.00
Road Runner Rescue
PO BOX 155, Upper Fairmount, 27-5476205
MD 21867
$1,200.00
Second Chance Pet
Adoption League
P.O. Box 221, Oak Ridge, NJ
07438
22-2586101
$3,000.00
Seer Farms
472 W. Veterans Hwy,
Jackson, NJ 08527
80-0253767
$3,000.00
St. Francis Feline
Fellowship
1407 Shore Road, Union
Beach, NJ 07735
37-1496222
$3,000.00
Sullivan County Humane
14 Tremont Street PO Box 111, 02-0428353
Claremont, NH 03743
$1,500.00
Tails of Love
47 Tabb Place, Staten Island
NY 10302.
27-1606720
$7,000.00
Wild Blue Animal Rescue
and Sanctuary
11235 S. Holmes Rd, Colorado 27-1184549
Springs, CO 80908
$700.00
Windham County Humane
PO 397 916 West River Rd.,
Brattleboro VT 05302
03-6016140
$500.00
Worcester Animal Rescue
League
139 Holden St., Worcester, MA 04-2133247
01606
$1,200.00
TOTAL
$105,200.00
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