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        <Desc>ADOPTION: RESCUING HOMELESS PETS AND UNITING THEM WITH THEIR NEW FAMILIES IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT PAWS CHICAGO DOES DAILY. THROUGH PAWS CHICAGO'S ADOPTION CENTERS AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, PAWS UNITED 4,100 ANIMALS WITH LOVING HOMES IN 2020. PAWS CHICAGO'S RESCUE AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS DID NOT CLOSE FOR EVEN ONE DAY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, IMMEDIATELY SHIFTING TO A VIRTUAL ADOPTION PROCESS AND CONTINUING TO SAVE THE LIVES OF AT-RISK ANIMALS. WHEN OTHER STATES PROHIBITED TRANSPORT OF AT-RISK HOMELESS PETS DURING THE PANDEMIC, PAWS CHICAGO STEPPED IN TO SAVE LIVES. IN 2020, PAWS CHICAGO ALSO LAUNCHED THE COMPETIBILITY QUIZ AND MATCHMAKING PROGRAM, DESIGNED TO ASSIST ADOPTERS IN FINDING PETS THAT FIT THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLE. THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM WAS ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION TO BUILD A VIRTUAL ADOPTION PROCESS AND SAVE THOUSANDS OF ANIMAL LIVES.</Desc>
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        <Desc>VOLUNTEERS: VOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFE FORCE BEHIND PAWS CHICAGO'S OPERATIONS AND AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT TO BUILDING A NO KILL CHICAGO. IN 2020, VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED 84,167 HOURS OF SERVICE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 41 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE FOSTER FAMILIES WHO TOOK IN AND CARED FOR 2,834 ANIMALS IN NEED IN 2020. IN ADDITION TO THE TIME VOLUNTEERS COMMIT TO PAWS CHICAGO, THEY ARE ALSO AMBASSADORS, REACHING NEW PEOPLE AND ENGAGING NEW COMMUNITIES IN THE CAUSE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS THROUGH THEIR EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS. THE PANDEMIC REQUIRED INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO PROVIDING TRADITIONAL SERVICES SUCH AS ADOPTION AND SHELTER MEDICINE. WHEN LOCAL STATUTES LIMITED NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN ON-SITE REMOTE VOLUNTEER TEAMS WERE CREATED TO SHIFT TO VIRTUAL WORK. VOLUNTEERS SHOWED UP ONLINE AND ONSITE BY THE HUNDREDS TO HELP SAVE THOUSANDS OF ANIMALS IN NEED. A GROUP OF 1,421 NEW VOLUNTEERS JOINED THE PAWS TEAM. TWENTY NEW REMOTE TEAMS WERE FORMED AND 12 NEW VOLUNTEER ROLES WERE CREATED. ANIMAL WELFARE IS INCREDIBLY LABOR-INTENSIVE WORK. ONLY THROUGH VOLUNTEERS IS PAWS CHICAGO ABLE TO EXECUTE ALL ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NO KILL MODEL AND ADVANCE ON THE MISSION OF BUILDING NO KILL COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR CREATING LASTING CHANGE FOR ANIMALS AND IS THE BASIS UPON WHICH ALL OF PAWS CHICAGO'S PROGRAMS ARE BUILT. PEOPLE CAUSE THE PET OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM AND PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO SOLVE IT; ANIMALS ARE THE VICTIMS. THE WAY TO INSPIRE AND CREATE REAL CHANGE FOR ANIMALS IS TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO BE THEIR CARETAKERS AND ADVOCATES, AND PROVIDE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. WHEN PAWS CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED IN 1997, THE MASS KILLING OF HOMELESS PETS WAS A HIDDEN CRISIS. THE PUBLIC HAD NO IDEA MORE THAN 42,000 HOMELESS CATS AND DOGS WOULD BE EUTHANIZED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT YEAR. PAWS CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF THESE VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND TO MOBILIZE PUBLIC SUPPORT TO DEVELOP HUMANE SOLUTIONS AND BUILD NO KILL COMMUNITIES. SHINING A LIGHT ON PET OVERPOPULATION AND HOMELESSNESS AND THE RESULTANT KILLING HAS MOBILIZED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAUSE BY ADOPTING, FOSTERING, VOLUNTEERING FOR, ADVOCATING FOR AND DONATING TO HOMELESS PETS. PAWS CHICAGO CONTINUES TO RAISE AWARENESS THROUGH MANY CHANNELS, INCLUDING WORKING WITH THE MEDIA TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF HOMELESS PETS, HOSTING-HIGH PROFILE ADOPTION EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, GENERATING MILLIONS OF VIEWS THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS, AND PUBLISHING PAWS CHICAGO MAGAZINE, WHICH HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY AREA MAGAZINE. WITH ITS NO KILL MODEL IN ACTION, PAWS CHICAGO IS LEADING A MOVEMENT, BUILDING A COMMUNITY, AND PREPARING THE FOUNDATION TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL. EVERY YEAR, PAWS CHICAGO WELCOMES SHELTERS, RESCUE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY TO SHADOW ITS OPERATIONS. PAWS CHICAGO ALSO HELPS START-UP ADOPTION GROUPS AND SPAY/NEUTER CLINICS AROUND THE WORLD. IN CHICAGO, PAWS HELPS LOCAL RESCUE GROUPS AND SHELTERS BY PROVIDING LOW-COST MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE LURIE SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC AND BY INCREASING EXPOSURE OF THEIR HOMELESS ANIMALS THROUGH ANGELS WITH TAILS ADOPTION EVENTS. BY RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT PET HOMELESSNESS AND ENGAGING PEOPLE IN LIFESAVING EFFORTS, PAWS CHICAGO MAKES LASTING CHANGE FOR ANIMALS.</Desc>
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        <NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt>478850</NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt>
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        <ContributionCnt>417</ContributionCnt>
        <NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt>565160</NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt>
        <MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt>FAIR MARKET VALUE</MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt>
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      <ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd>1</ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>PART I, LINE 32B:</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>PAWS CHICAGO USES INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC. TO MANAGE THE DONATION/SALES OF VEHICLES</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1, DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION MISSION (CONTINUED)</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>IN SUMMARY, 2020 RESULTS INCLUDE 9,453 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES; 4,100 ADOPTIONS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS INTO NEW, LOVING FAMILIES; A 98.17% SAVE RATE; 9,606 MEDICAL DIAGNOSES TREATED; 29,889 POUNDS OF FOOD AND SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PET FOOD PANTRY; 2,834 HOMELESS ANIMALS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE; 84,167 HOURS WORKED BY VOLUNTEERS (THE EQUIVALENT OF 41 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES); 1,399 PETS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES MEDICALLY TREATED; AND THE 18TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR CHARITY NAVIGATOR'S HIGHEST 4-STAR RATING. ALL OF PAWS CHICAGO'S PROGRAMS WORK TOWARD BUILDING NO KILL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE NO KILL MODEL. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NO KILL MODEL IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. PAWS CHICAGO'S MISSION-CRITICAL PROGRAMS THE NO KILL PILLARS OF PREVENTION, ANIMAL HEALTH &amp; BEHAVIOR, ADOPTION AND VOLUNTEERS SIT ATOP THIS FOUNDATION.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>1) PAULA FASSEAS, CHAIRMAN, AND PETER FASSEAS, BOARD MEMBER, ARE MARRIED; 2) ALEXIS FASSEAS, TREASURER AND BOARD MEMBER IS THE DAUGHTER OF PETER AND PAULA FASSEAS; 3) MICHAEL AND MELISSA CANNING ARE MARRIED. THEY ARE MAJOR FUNDRAISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS; 4)BARBARA BRADFORD AND ROBERT SHERMAN ARE MARRIED. THEY ARE MAJOR FUNDRAISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>BEFORE THE FORM 990 IS FILED IT IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE SECRETARY, TREASURER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, AND THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. AFTER THAT REVIEW AND BEFORE IT IS FILED, A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR STAFF WILL ANNUALLY DISCLOSE AND PROMPTLY UPDATE ANY DISCLOSURES PREVIOUSLY MADE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IN THE SECTION BELOW THAT REQUESTS THEM TO IDENTIFY THEIR INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, SUCH AS A LIST OF FAMILY MEMBERS, SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS OR INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS OR AFFILIATIONS WITH BUSINESSES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR THOSE OF FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL AS OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. FOR EACH INTEREST DISCLOSED, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE ORGANIZATION SHOULD: (A) TAKE NO ACTION OR (B) DISCLOSE THE SITUATION MORE BROADLY AND INVITE DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION BY THE FULL BOARD OF WHAT ACTION TO TAKE, OR (C) REFRAIN FROM TAKING ACTION AND OTHERWISE AVOID THE CONFLICT. IN SOME CASES THE PERSON WITH THE CONFLICT MAY BE ASKED TO EXCUSE HIM/HERSELF FROM SENSITIVE DISCUSSIONS SO AS NOT TO UNDULY INFLUENCE THE DISCUSSION OF THE CONFLICT.</ExplanationTxt>
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        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT PERFORM AN ANNUAL COMPARISON OF PAWS CHICAGOS TOP MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION TO OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND BY EVALUATING INDUSTRY STANDARDS. DURING THIS EVALUATION THE ROLES, EXPERIENCE, AND LEVEL OF EDUCATION ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THE PROCESS WAS DOCUMENTED. THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT, THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT PERFORM ANNUAL EVALUATIONS OF VETERINARIAN AND OTHER KEY MANAGEMENT SALARIES BASED ON EXPERIENCE AND AREAS OF SPECIALTY.</ExplanationTxt>
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      <SupplementalInformationDetail>
        <FormAndLineReferenceDesc>FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19</FormAndLineReferenceDesc>
        <ExplanationTxt>THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORMS 1023, 990, 990-T AND ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH IN IRC SECTION 6104(D). IN ADDITION, FORM 990 IS COMMONLY AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATIONS WEBSITE WWW.PAWSCHICAGO.ORG.</ExplanationTxt>
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