Basic Organization Information
Paws Chicago
- Also Known As:
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PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) Chicago
- Physical Address:
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Chicago, IL
60614
- EIN:
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36-4219778
- Web URL:
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www.pawschicago.org
- NTEE Category:
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D Animal related
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D20 Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs)
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D Animal related
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D01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
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D Animal related
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D60 Other Services
- Year Founded:
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1997
- Ruling Year:
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1999
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Mission Statement
Founded in 1997, PAWS Chicago is Chicagoland's
largest No Kill, humane organization, focused on transforming the old
"cage and kill" method of sheltering to a model that guarantees life
to homeless pets.
As a solutions-based
organization, PAWS Chicago operates the state-of-the-art, cageless Adoption
Center where every animal in its care is given the PAWS guarantee of life and
all needed medical care. PAWS Chicago
also operates the Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic and GusMobile mobile spay/neuter
van, which perform more than 18,000 free and low-cost sterilizations annually
in low-income communities, preventing unwanted pets from being born. Since PAWS
Chicago's founding, the number of homeless pets killed in the city has been reduced
by more than half ―from 42,561 pets killed in 1997 to 17,399 in 2010.
PAWS Chicago receives no city, state or federal
funding and is reliant on donations from the public.
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Impact Statement
In
2011, PAWS Chicago found loving homes for 4,268 homeless pets. Our goal is to
increase adoptions again this year, which is only possible because of your
support. Thank you.
Our
Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic is the Midwest’s largest provider of free and low-cost
spay/neuter surgeries, focused on servicing Chicago’s most under-resourced
families. In 2011, we performed 17,699
free and subsidized surgeries. Focusing
our efforts where the greatest number of homeless pets originate ensures the
number of homeless dogs and cats killed in Chicago continues to drop. Our GusMobile Spay/Neuter van enables us to
reach deeper into Chicago’s most impoverished neighborhoods to provide
accessible, free and low-cost spay/neuter surgeries and vaccinations.
Revenue and Expenses
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Chief Executive
Ms. Paula Fasseas
Term:
Since
Jan
1997
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Program:
PAWS Chicago Adoption and Humane Center
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General Public/Unspecified
Program Description:
In September of 2007, PAWS Chicago opened the first No Kill, cageless, state-of-the-art shelter in the Midwest. Featured in a segment on the Oprah Winfrey Show, PAWS Chicago's Adoption Center has received national attention and has changed the face of animal welfare in Chicago. The Adoption Center welcomes pets, volunteers and adopters into a warm, peaceful environment, where all pets reside in comfortable, sunlit rooms and receive love and socialization, and where dogs receive multiple walks each day. Above all else, every pet at PAWS Chicago is guaranteed life.* In its first year, more than 3,000 cats and dogs were united with new homes the Adoption & Humane Center, not including the pets adopted out by small shelters and rescue groups who are invited to showcase their homeless pets to potential adopters on weekends. PAWS Chicago also features a Safe Haven program, where PAWS Chicago will help families experiencing crisis, whether it be domestic violence, fire, financial distress or foreclosure, to find a temporary foster home so they can be reunited with their pet once they get back on their feet, or PAWS Chicago will find a new home for the pet if the family sees no other alternative.
Program Long-Term Success:
Spayed or neutered 14,154 pets at the Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic, the majority free for pets of families on public assistance.
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PAWS Chicago Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic
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Program Description:
In 2000, PAWS Chicago opened the Lurie Spay/Neuter Clinic, the largest free and low-cost spay/neuter clinic in the region. Any individual or family on public assistance in the city of Chicago can receive free spay/neuter surgeries for their pet(s). The Lurie Clinic has had a significant impact on the number of homeless pets being born every year. Since 1997, the number of animals euthanized in Chicago has dropped from 42,561 to 19,701, much in part to the availability of free surgeries for pets of low-income families. This high-volume Clinic will perform more than 15,000 surgeries in 2008. * Every homeless pet at PAWS Chicago is treated with complete medical care and is guaranteed life. Euthanasia is reserved only for those dogs who are vicious and pose a threat to the public or those cats and dogs who are irremediably suffering, in which medical treatment cannot alleviate their condition.
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