2023-02-28T12:33:59-07:00 2022-12-31 990 2022-01-01 743230332 ANIMAL-KIND INTERNATIONAL ANIM 5758340908 PO Box 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 Karen Menczer Executive Director 5758340908 2023-02-20 1 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Karen Menczer POB 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 293138 0 X https://www.animal-kind.org/ X 2007 NM Animal-Kind International supports animal welfare organizations in poor countries, primarily in Africa, secondarily in Latin America/Caribbean, and in Armenia. We raise money for them and raise visibility of their work. We track their use of AKI funds so we can provide this information to our supporters. We support our Partner Organizations through ongoing disbursements ensuring that they have enough funding to carry on their programs. To broaden our support, we sponsor an annual Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program, which supports projects based on the submission of a successful proposal. We also provide technical and administrative assistance to our partners and grantees, and to other target organizations to help strengthen African animal welfare organizations. 7 7 0 10 0 0 227370 292831 0 0 122 307 0 0 227492 293138 196664 131848 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 648 837 197312 132685 30180 160453 165269 325722 0 0 165269 325722 Animal-Kind International supports animal welfare organizations in poor countries, primarily in Africa, secondarily in Latin America/Caribbean, and in Armenia. We raise money for them so that they can spay/neuter, shelter, feed, and provide vet care for unwanted animals and in cruelty cases; conduct in-school and community humane education; provide donkey welfare programs; and so they can better implement their shelter, rescue, and education programs without the constant worry over finances. We support our Partner Organizations through ongoing disbursements so they always have a reliable source of funds. We reach and strengthen other animal welfare organizations through our annual Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program, providing funds for one-time projects. We also provide technical and administrative assistance to our partners and grantees, and to other target organizations to help strengthen animal welfare organizations in Africa (Friendly Audit program). 0 0 19800 0 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization, Uganda Society for the Protection & Care of Animals: AKI support to the USPCA covered almost 50% of the operating costs of the USPCA Haven animal shelter, which houses about 300 cats and dogs, and rescues, on average, more than one animal/day. AKI funds covered: rent of The Haven shelter; a portion of The Haven Shelter Manager's annual salary and bonus; the USPCA Assistant Manager's salary; other USPCA staff salaries; the USPCA Kennel Sponsorship Program; transport for rescues of cats and dogs and for pre- and post-adoption home visits; electricity at The Haven; veterinary medicines, including rabies, parvo, and DHPPIL vaccines, de-wormers, and flea/tick control; food for Haven puppies and kittens and for adult animals; firewood to cook dog food; cat litter; air time for the USPCA phone; and funding to spay/neuter USPOA Haven shelter resident cats and dogs. 41100 0 We raised funds for AKI Partner Organization, Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals to purchase of 2.08 hectares of land in 2022, and once the purchase was completed, donations to the AKI-USPCA Land Fund were used for the construction phase of the new USPCA shelter. AKI provided funds to construct enclosures for dogs, construction of a kitchen, for leveling and drainage of the property, and fencing of the plot. 21424 0 AKI's 2022 Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program (the 5th annual) awarded grants to nine animal welfare organizations in Africa: three in South Africa, and one grant each in Kenya, Botswana, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. For 1st year grantees, grant size was limited to $2000. For grantees who successfully completed a grant previously, the grant ceiling was $3000. The grants range in size from $1505 to $3000 and supported projects such as: spay/neuter clinics; donkey welfare-harness making and vet care; construction of cat and dog enclosures and improvements of dog pens at shelters; care of 11 rescued horses and training of horse caretakers; production and distribution of Humane Ed material; an event to showcase dogs as pets and to discourage dog fighting (with follow-up campaigns against dog fighting); and a dog feeding program in conjunction with a weekly (for 4 months) community clinic serving on average 600 dogs/week. 12500 0 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Sauvons nos Animaux: In January 2022, we added Sauvons nos Animaux as a Partner Organization. SnA used AKI funds to purchase cat and dog food for the 140 cats and dogs at the shelter, to pay salaries of shelter staff, for medicines and other supplies for the shelter, such as water and cooking fuel to cook cat and dog food, and for humane ed material, including supplies for their 2-month Animal Friendly Kids Camp. 7000 0 Disbursements to Partner Organization Bam Animal Clinics-Uganda were used for their donkey welfare program in eastern Uganda, the area of the country with the highest concentration of donkeys. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen the organization as a whole, Bam also used AKI funds for their general operations (some salaries, electricity, internet, and water at their office/vet clinic in Iganga). For their donkey program, AKI funding was used to hold community vet clinics and humane sisal saddle-making courses in Bukwo, Kween, and Kapchorwa Districts. AKI funding covered all costs associated with the community donkey clinics, including transport to the sites; accommodation; procedures requiring veterinary surgeons who are needed to treat the more serious problems; medications (for internal parasites, skin infections, and wounds,multivitamins, sprays against ticks and flies); and for rabies vaccines and basic care for dogs (who often accompany donkey owners and their donkeys to the clinics). AKI funding also covered all material needed for the sisal saddle making trainings. Over the course of the trainings in 2022, 400 people were given sisal sacks to make their own saddles, which they kept to use on their donkeys. Bam also uses AKI funds to provide stipends for their two animal husbandry/vet officers in Kween and Bukwo. The vet officers are familiar with every village and they speak the languages in the area, so they're responsible for organizing the clinics and trainings. They also follow up on donkeys who were treated and need extra attention and they work with donkey owners to ensure they're using the sisal saddles correctly. 7000 0 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Kingston Community Animal Welfare cover about 90% of the costs of KCAW's program to care for Kingston's street cats and dogs, and pets who belong to poor families, providing food and other care to over 1000 cats and dogs during 2022. KCAW used AKI funds to purchase cat and dog food; to spay 52 cats and dogs and neuter 8 cats; to purchase vet supplies and medicines for mange, de-worming, maggot spray, wound powder; and to pay for vet care (mainly from injuries due to car accidents, from maggot wounds and puppies with parvovirus) for street animals and pets belonging to no/low income families. 6000 0 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society were used for: community animal care clinics in remote villages throughout Lofa County. At these clinics, LAWCS attended to thousands of dogs and cats during 2022, providing basic care such as de-worming; rabies and parvo vaccinations; mange, flea, and tick prevention; and ear, eye, and wound care. AKI support covers the medications, transport, animal welfare education (printing of educational material) for animal owners, and other costs associated with the clinics. With AKI funds, LAWCS also purchased one motorbike (and fuel and maintenance during the year) so that the LAWCS animal health care officer could reach remote areas of Lofa County. We also help LAWCS cover their basic operating costs-essential for the organization, the only animal welfare organization working in Lofa County, a highly impoverished area in a highly impoverished country, to continue to grow. AKI funds covered 12 months of rent of the LAWCS office/clinic and salaries of two LAWCS staff for one year. 6000 0 Disbursements to Partner Organization Have a Heart-Namibia: HaH-Namibia used AKI disbursements for 1-their Lifetime Care Program (booster vaccinations and parasite treatment for previously spayed or neutered dogs and cats to help ensure they live long, healthy lives. We support this program as part of HaH's commitment to their spay/neuter clients. AKI funds covered 250 dogs and 26 cats in 2022 to receive help through HaH's Lifetime Care Program); and 2-for the AKI-HaH Emergency Fund (in 2022, 50 dogs and 32 cats) received emergency care. Each request for emergency care is reviewed by HaH and approval is required prior to providing support. All emergency clients must be spayed or neutered beforehand, or if not, they are required to be sterilized when they are healthy enough for the surgery. 4500 0 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras: AKI covers about 90% of HHHH's costs of operating their sanctuary, which mainly shelters older dogs and cats and/or seriously ill or injured (emotionally and/or physically) animals-serving as a hospice/rehab center. HHHH used AKI funds for cat and dog food covering 10 to 11 months for the +/-20 dogs and 3-5 cats at the sanctuary; for helpers to clean the sanctuary's yards and to help care for the sanctuary's animals; for medicines and vet supplies, such as de-wormers, flea/tick preventatives, and antibiotics; for vet care, including blood tests, vaccinations, and spays/neuters; and to replace/repair the breaker and electrical wiring in the sanctuary's dog yard. New as of 2021, AKI funds have been used to help support a community spay/neuter program in conjunction with residents of a Tegucigalpa neighborhood. For the past 2 years, HHHH has been working with this community to get their street dogs spayed, and then to provide protection, food, and other care for them. 2450 0 Disbursements to AKI Partner Organization Save the Animals-Armenia: SA-Armenia used AKI funds to purchase food for the approximately 30 dogs at the SA-A shelter (mostly older dogs, who were rescued years ago, and because of their large size and many with emotional and physical injuries, never were adopted); to feed about 30 street cats and dogs; and to sterilize street dogs. 4074 0 Although our Partnership with Mbwa wa Africa ended as of December 31, 2021, AKI made a last disbursement in January 2022, of the remaining funds that were donated at the end of 2021, to Mbwa wa Africa. MwA used these funds to cover salaries of shelter workers, food for dogs and cats at the shelter, and shelter supplies. 49524 0 0 131848 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 NM X X X Karen Menczer 5758340908 PO Box 300 Jemez Springs NM 87025 X Karen Menczer Executive Director 40 0 X X 0 0 0 Karen Rae Vice President 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Betsie Van Dyke Secretary 4 0 X X 0 0 0 Ron Stryker Treasurer 2 0 X X 0 0 0 Jean Merriman Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Barbara Brown Abolafia Board member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Dipesh Pabari Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20000 0 272831 32675 292831 0 307 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 293138 307 0 0 0 0 0 0 131848 131848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 344 344 0 84 0 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wire fees 380 0 380 0 Donation platform-monthly fee 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 132685 131848 808 29 X 165269 292939 32783 165269 325722 0 0 0 0 X 0 32783 0 0 165269 292939 165269 325722 165269 325722 160453 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 82247 108632 122305 227370 292831 833385 82247 108632 122305 227370 292831 833385 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 833385 228 377 251 122 307 1285 0 0 0 0 0 0 228 377 251 122 307 1285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82475 109009 122556 227492 293138 834670 0.99846 0.99818 0.00154 0.00182 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 Grantmaking AKI is a grantmaker to our Partner Organizations (through disbursements) and our Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program grant recipients (grants). We provide ongoing support to our POs: Uganda SPCA, Have a Heart-Namibia, Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society, Bam Animal Clinics-Uganda, Sauvons nos Animaux-DRC. Support to our Partners Ghana SPCA, South Sudan spay/neuter, & Katutura Pet Care Project-Namibia is on hold mainly awaiting their need for AKI funds. AKI funding covers staff salaries, vet care, including spay/neuter, pet food, humane education material, transport (fuel, maintenance), & other costs associated with running animal welfare organizations. It also included funds raised for Uganda SPCA to purchase land & construct their new shelter. Our 5th annual grant program supported 9 grants to: HorseSafety, Tikobane Trust, Botswana SPCA, SPCA Grahamstown, Hero in my Hood, Feral Cat Care, Pwani Animal Welfare, Save Animals-DRC, & Zambezi Working Donkey. 117898 Central America and the Caribbean 0 0 Grantmaking We provide grants (in the form of disbursements) to our two Partner Organizations in the region: Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras and Kingston Community Animal Welfare Organization. For HHHH, support covers operating costs of their sanctuary (shelter supplies, dog and cat food, vet care, spay/neuter, medicines, stipends for shelter helpers). For KCAW, support covers care of street cats and dogs and the pets of no/low income families (dog and cat food, basic veterinary supplies (de-wormers, mange treatment, flea and tick prevention, wound care), and vet care, including spay/neuter). 11500 Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) 0 0 Grantmaking Grantmaking (through disbursements) to our Partner Organization in the region, Save Animals-Armenia, provides funds for dog food for about 30 dogs at the SA-A shelter and 30 cats and dogs living on the street in Yerevan, and for spay/neuter of street dogs. 2450 0 0 131848 Sub-Saharan Africa Disbursements to our Partner Organizations, as reported and listed by organization in "Program Accomplishments" to: Uganda Society for the Protection & Care of Animals: for shelter support (operating costs of The Haven, the current shelter) and for the USPCA Land Fund (funds raised for the USPCA to purchase land and to construct their new shelter); Have a Heart-Namibia: AKI-HaH Emergency Fund and Lifetime Care Program (both providing care for previously spayed/neutered cats and dogs); Bam Animal Clinics-Uganda: Donkey welfare program; Liberia Animal Welfare & Conservation Society: Animal Care Clinics and humane ed; Sauvons nos Animaux-DRC: for shelter support, including dog and cat food and vet and shelter meds; and Mbwa was Africa-Tanzania (final disbursement) for shelter operations. 96474 wire and hand carry 0 Sub-Saharan Africa Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program-awarded grants to 9 organizations ranging from $1505 to $3000 (as described in Program Services): SPCA Grahamstown (South Africa)-repair of kennel gates; Feral Cat Care (SA)-spay feral cats; Hero in my Hood (SA)-production and distribution of original humane ed material; Twala Trust (Zimbabwe)-dog food for weekly community vet clinics, aka Doggy Tuesday, feeding 600 dogs each week for 4 months; Zambezi Working Donkey Project-training in use of humane harnesses and donkey care; The Six Freedoms (Ghana)-horse rescue and care; Save Animals (DR Congo)-funds for an event promoting dogs as pets, and follow up anti dog fighting efforts; and Pwani Animal Welfare-construction of dog and cat kennels at their shelter. 21424 wire 0 Central America and the Caribbean Disbursements to our two Partner Organizations in this region, Helping Hands for Hounds of Honduras-funds to operate their sanctuary for older, sick, and unadoptable dogs and cats; Kingston Community Animal Welfare-feeding and care of street dogs and cats and pets belonging to no-low income families. 11500 checks 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule F, Part I, Line 2 For each disbursement to our Partner Organizations (each PO receives a disbursement two to four times a year), the PO is required to complete AKI's form, the Expenditure Tracker, which requires each PO to describe in detail how they used AKI funds. Apart from the Expenditure Tracker, throughout the year, our POs are required to send us pictures and information relevant to their use of AKI funds (in part, our disbursements are based on the quality and adequacy of each PO's communications and reporting). Our Africa-Based Animal Welfare Organization Grant Program grantees submit a monthly grant report (based on our standard reporting template) over their grant project timeframe (a grant must be completed within 6 months) describing activities undertaken during that month and the grant funds spent that month. We also conduct site visits to select Partners and Grantees; in 2022, we visited Partner Organizations, Uganda SPCA, Ghana SPCA, and Sauvons nos Animaux-DR Congo; and HorseSafety/The Six Freedoms (a 2022 grantee). Our supporters also sometimes visit our Partners and Grantees. In 2022, one supporter visited SA-Armenia. X 2 32675 Date stock received in AKI account 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Karen Menczer (Director) and Ron Stryker (Board member) are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Board members receive a copy by email of the 990 (pdf form) to review prior to filing and are also sent a copy by email after filing to keep for their records. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Annually, at the end of each year (board meeting in December), Board members review all relevant governing documents, including the bylaws and COI Policy. Board members are required to sign the COI Policy annually. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The IRS 990 is available on the AKI website under the Annual Reports tab -all 990s are uploaded on that page after filing. Other governing documents (COI Policy, etc) are available upon request. Our 990s are also available on Guidestar/Candid and via Charity Navigator. Form 990, Part X, Line 2 Holding in the AKI account: $85,000 for Uganda SPCA Land Fund for construction of the new shelter. USPCA needs to submit and get approval for an Environmental Impact Assessment before construction can move forward. Once approved, we will send the funds, as agreed with USPCA; $31,000 for Sauvons nos Animaux (Pet Food Fund); $16,000 for South Sudan spay/neuter campaign, awaiting government of South Sudan approvals and for the Kenya SPCA and South Sudan teams to organize the campaign.