Mission
Greater Good Charities works to help people, pets, and the planet by mobilizing in response to need and amplifying the good.
Ruling year
2007
CEO
Liz Baker
Main address
600 University Street Suite 1000
Seattle, WA 98101 USA
EIN
20-4846675
NTEE code
Public Foundations (T30)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
GOODS (formerly Rescue Bank)
Greater Good Charities' GOODS program provides in-kind grants for humanitarian aid and across the animal rescue community in the form of donated goods, including essential supplies, pet food, and more. We pay to ship donated product directly from the donor to our network of regional Ambassadors, who in turn distribute these vital and helpful items to pre-qualified recipients based on demonstrated need and verified census. These supply and pet food grants allow recipient organizations to allocate more of their budget to the essential and much-needed services they provide to their communities.
Rescue Rebuild
Greater Good Charities' Rescue Rebuild is a shelter renovation program that recruits volunteers from all over the USA to help shelters in need. Our team travels to selected shelters to take projects from concept to creation to improve lives. We help animals in need in a variety of different settings: Animal Shelters, Domestic Violence Shelters, and Homeless and Veterans Housing.
The Jackson Galaxy Project
The Jackson Galaxy Project is a program of Greater Good Charities that works to improve the lives of animals at risk by transforming the places they live and helping the people who care for them.
Cat Pawsitive is our life-saving initiative for homeless cats that aims to increase feline adoption rates by instructing shelter/rescue staff and volunteers how to implement positive reinforcement training for cats.
Operation Catification is another initiative that helps select animal shelters create environments that help transform “unadoptable” cats into confident cats to help find them forever homes.
Girls' Voices
Girls’ Voices supports young women to use media creation as a catalyst for positive change in communities around the world.
Madrean Discovery Expeditions
Madrean Discovery Expeditions is dedicated to exploring, studying, and protecting the Madrean Archipelago, a series of unique ecosystems that range from New Mexico and Arizona to Mexico.
Disaster Response & Recovery
When it comes to natural or man-made disasters, Greater Good Charities is There When It Matters®. Whether working with communities to prepare or helping victims of hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, floods, conflict, or pandemic, we provide on the ground assistance and fund partners to maximize impact and relief for the affected people and pets.
Emergency Animal Medical
Emergency Animal Medical is a program of Greater Good Charities that provides compromised pets across the country with funding for the medical care they desperately need. Our grants support individual pets in life-threatening situations, saving lives.
Good Packs
Greater Good Charities’ Good Packs program helps keep people and their pets together during times of deepest crisis, helping ensure the emotional support of the human-animal bond can continue.
For homeless and at-risk populations, as well as those displaced by disaster, Good Packs aim to help these people and their pets with necessary supplies and support.
Good Flights
Good Flights is a program of Greater Good Charities that conducts life-saving airlifts and supports ground transport for some of the country’s most at-risk pet populations (including asymptomatic heartworm positive dogs, homeless cats, and harder to place large size dogs). Good Flights also helps clear space in shelters and evacuate pets in times of disaster.
Good Fix
Good Fix is a program of Greater Good Charities that deploys specially trained high-quality, high-volume spay/neuter (HQHVSN) surgical teams and professional trapping teams to help control pet overpopulation in communities that need it most, all free of charge. Good Fix also provides vaccination services to owned and community pets, educates community members on the importance of spay/neuter, and provides training opportunities for local veterinarians.
Where we work
External reviews
Photos
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of girls who have access to education
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Girls' Voices
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Funded scholarships for more than 900 girls in over 30 countries.
Number of entrance scholarships and awards and exit scholarships
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescent girls, Young girls, Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Girls' Voices
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Greater Good Charities has provided scholarships to over 1,000 girls around the world who have experienced financial barriers to primary and secondary education.
Number of meals provided to homeless veterans
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Homeless people, Veterans
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Since program inception, Greater Good Charities has provided over 900,000 meals to homeless veterans
Number of girls with a safe ride to and from school each school day
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescent girls, Young girls, Victims of crime and abuse
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Since program inception, provided hundreds of girls at risk of violence in Afghanistan with a safe ride to school and home again.
Number of mammograms funded for women in need
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Economically disadvantaged people
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Since program inception, funded over 16,000 mammograms to women in need.
Number of meals provided to shelter pets
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
GOODS (formerly Rescue Bank)
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Since program inception, Greater Good Charities has provided more than 500 million meals to shelter pets in need through our GOODS and other programs.
Number of animal clinics/shelters improved as a direct result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Rescue Rebuild
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Renovated 140+ animal shelters and 19 homeless or domestic violence shelters since program inception.
Number of shelter pets helped by renovated/improved shelter spaces as a result of the nonprofit's efforts
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Rescue Rebuild
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We not only renovate animal shelters, but also veteran's housing and domestic violence shelters to accommodate animal residents.
Number of under-researched species with new, recorded data
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Madrean Discovery Expeditions
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Since program inception, recorded new data for over 30,000 under-researched species in the biodiverse area known as the Sky Islands.
Number of animals with freedom from hunger and thirst
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of meals distributed to hungry people around the world
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Internally displaced people, Refugees and displaced people, Victims of disaster, Veterans
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Greater Good Charities has granted funding to provided more than 15 million meals to hungry and food-insecure families and individuals.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Greater Good Charities works to help people, pets, and our planet by mobilizing in response to need and amplifying the good.
From providing cash and in-kind grant support to partner organizations accomplishing good in the world or responding to disasters, to providing program services including pet transport for animal shelters, mass spay-neuter and vaccinations, pet foster programming, shelter renovations and consulting services, and science expeditions dedicated to exploring, studying, and protecting the Madrean Archipelago, each of our programs has a unique purpose—but all of them protect the well-being of people, pets, and the planet.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
From providing cash and in-kind grant support to partner organizations accomplishing good in the world or responding to disasters, to providing program services including pet transport for animal shelters, mass spay-neuter and vaccinations, pet foster programming, shelter renovations and consulting services, and science expeditions dedicated to exploring, studying, and protecting the Madrean Archipelago, each of our programs has a unique purpose—but all of them protect the well-being of people, pets, and the planet.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Our programs are staffed with experts in their respective fields. These same program leads assess our U.S. and global field partners to ensure we are funding best-in-class projects and programs. Our flexibility and unique positioning (both "doing" and funding) allows us to support innovative and time-sensitive projects.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
* $400MM+ in Impact for People, Pets, and our Planet
* 121 Countries Impacted
* 5,000+ Partner Organizations Supported
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
Our grant recipients are non profit organizations throughout the U.S. and around the world.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
We will adjust our grant application forms and processes based on recipient feedback and also the quality of responses we receive. We strive to make the grant-giving process equitable for all technological skill levels and "worth it" to recipients.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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 people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.)
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Greater Good Charities
Board of directorsas of 08/12/2022
Jam Stewart
Mars Petcare
Term: 2022 -
Dr. Julie Ryan-Johnson
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc.
Term: 2022 -
John Gehrt
Julia Christophersen
Greg Hesterberg
David Samuelson
David Yaskulka
Jam Stewart
Julie Ryan
Kimberly Klintworth
Jackson Galaxy
Jeffery Zuba
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? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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