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Agape Animal Rescue

Nashville, TN   |  www.agaperescue.org

Mission

Agape Animal Rescue & Training Center is dedicated to finding forever families for abandoned and displaced dogs through our signature foster and adoption program while cultivating better communities through dog training, owner education and outreach programs.

Ruling year info

2005

Executive Director

Ms. Tanya Willis

Main address

P.O. Box 292766

Nashville, TN 37229 USA

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EIN

84-1650678

NTEE code info

Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) (D20)

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Programs and results

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Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Foster and Adoption Program

Agape dogs are cared for by a network of foster homes, where dedicated foster parents care for and nurture the dog until he/she can be placed in permanent homes. While Agape is financially responsible for the dogs in the program, the foster parents provide a loving home. During their time in foster care, our goal is to teach them basic obedience skills. We offer group classes to our foster families to learn basic training skills and to better understand dog behaviors and needs.Agape hosts adoption events so the public can meet available dogs. All dogs have been fully vetted including vaccinations, spay/neuter, tested for heartworms, and are current on preventative medications. To adopt one of our dogs a family must fill out an application, pass a home inspection and vet reference, and sign a contract. Each adoptive family is supplied with materials to make sure the dogs transition is stress free and a positive experience. We are proud of our 99% retention rate for Agape adoptions!

Population(s) Served
Families

In early 2015 Agape teamed up with Best Friends Animal Society, the Enderle Family, and The Community Foundation to create Agape’s Official Puppy Program. In 2016 our friends at the Pedigree Foundation joined the puppy team by making a generous donation to the program as well! Through this program, we’re dedicated to saving pregnant dogs and orphaned puppies ages 6 months and under. These puppies come to us from Middle Tennessee area and would have otherwise been euthanized.

Population(s) Served

Agape Animal Rescue microchips all of our rescue dogs thanks to a grant from the Barbara J. Mapp Foundation. Microchipping saves lives by helping reunite dogs with their pet parents if the need ever arises. We believe microchips are an important part of our overall mission to ensure the lifelong health and safety of our rescue animals.

Population(s) Served

While much of our work deals with fostering and assisting in the adoption process, we also work to support the community itself. Financial hardships can be devastating for a family. In order to assist people who are going through these and other difficulties, we’ve established a Community Kibble Program. Our goal is to help these families keep their pets by providing them with pet food for a short period of time. Sometimes, this food can be the difference between a person keep a pet or having to give him or her away. The goal of this program is to prevent anyone from ever having to make this difficult and heartbreaking decision, and to avoid an animal entering the overwhelmed shelter system, where they are subject to extremely stressful conditions, and are at-risk of being needlessly euthanized.

Population(s) Served
Families

Through generous funding from The Community Foundation and Barbara J. Mapp Foundation, and in partnership with the Pet Community Center, Agape works to sterilize 200 dogs annually. This helps to minimize the stray population, and decrease the number of dogs that end up in precarious situations: fending for themselves on the streets or unsuitable homes, or in the over-burdened shelter system, which at best is stressful for a dog, and at worst puts them at risk of being needlessly euthanized.

Population(s) Served
Families

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

We have long and short-term goals for the organization which include saving more lives and expanding our reach in Middle Tennessee to lower the number of dogs euthanized in our communities through our foster, adoption, and training programs.

In order to achieve our goals, we are actively networking and collaborating with individuals and other organizations to accomplish great things for our pet community!

We have been fortunate to receive so much support from the community. It is because of our supporters that we are fully capable of achieving our goals.

We continue to make progress toward our organizational goals thanks to our amazing supporters in Middle TN and beyond!

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We demonstrated a willingness to learn more by reviewing resources about feedback practice.
done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • 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

  • 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 look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), 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, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We are going to begin offering incentives to encourage all participants to fill out surveys

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Agape Animal Rescue

Board of directors
as of 07/26/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Ms. Kim Smith

HCA

Term: 2020 - 2024


Board co-chair

Jason Dobbs

Jason Dobbs

Kara Allen

Lauren Dougall

Kim Smith

Katlyn Merry

Stephanie Willis

Marisa Halchak

Tracy Diffenderfer

Angelique Riordan

Katelyn Baker

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? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 7/26/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

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Disability

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Equity strategies

Last updated: 06/02/2022

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • 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 have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • 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.