2016-11-14T15:42:44-07:00 2015-12-31 990 2015-01-01 870515959 COMMUNITY ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY COMM 8013284731 5165 South 900 East Salt Lake City UT 84117 Karen Summerhays Secretary 8013284731 2016-11-07 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z X CAWS Franci DeLong C/O The Summerhays Group 5165 South 900 East Salt Lake City UT 84117 312311 0 X www.caws.org X 1994 UT Cat & dog rescue - including rescuing shelter animals who need veterinary care or whose time is up; foster/adoption; low income spay/neuter; aid with veterinary care for low income pets; and spay/neuter and care for feral cats. 4 4 0 450 0 0 217694 255089 54387 57222 1373 0 0 0 273454 312311 0 0 0 0 18000 22700 0 0 0 215800 283051 233800 305751 39654 6560 120233 117208 0 0 120233 117208 Provide animal welfare outreach, including rescue from shelters, including animals whose "time is up" and those needing veterinary care. Provide a sliding-income-scale spay / neuter / vaccinate program for pets. Conduct an ongoing foster and adoption program at many public locations. Actively and aggressively encourage spaying / neutering of all pets. Provide public education and information regarding the responsibilities of pet ownership. Conduct a feral (non-tame) cat program, TAVRM (Trap, Alter, Vaccinate, Return, & Maintain), including veterinary care and neighbor liaison aid. 0 0 257472 57222 FOSTER AND ADOPTION PROGRAM: CAWS placed approximately 1,000 cats and dogs in adoptive homes during the reporting period. Program includes public adoption events almost every weekend, best practices screening, refundable adoption fee upon request, and requirement that the animal be returned to CAWS, at any time, if the adoption does not work out. Follow-up contact is made on adoptions. We have taken back animals that have been in adoptive homes for more than 8 years. Expenses include veterinary care, spay/neuter, foster expenses, AVID FriendChip chips used to identify all CAWS pets, and boarding of animals when necessary. Revenue is adoption fees. 11689 20293 SLIDING INCOME VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR SPAY/NEUTER AND VETERINARY CARE: CAWS provides a sliding income scale voucher program for animal spay/neuter procedure through a network of participating veterinarians. CAWS volunteers work with requesting pet owners to determine the amount they can contribute. The veterinarians provide a charitable rate, and CAWS covers the balance. CAWS has a similar program for pet owners whose pets need veterinary care, including care for abscesses, dental cleaning, and injuries. CAWS requires that the pet be altered, if health allows and the pet is not already altered, as part of the sliding income veterinary program, even if CAWS must cover that expense. This program also includes help with euthanasia costs if the animal is too injured or ill to be saved. 1856 0 CAWS RESCUE AID: At times people find a stray cat or dog and would like to bring it into their home, but the animal needs significant veterinary care. CAWS provides help using a sliding income scale voucher program. CAWS requires proof of a good faith effort to find the pet's owner, which includes posting fliers in the area and at local shelters, and having the animal placed at the shelter for the required time. After the noted actions have been taken, CAWS helps these people with costs that allow them to bring this animal into their family. During 2014, we helped approximately 30 people bring unclaimed animals into their homes, helping them with the costs of spay/neuter, vaccines, blood work for older cats, dental cleaning, and heartworm tests. 4125 0 Provides support for feral cat caregivers, including spay/neuter procedures, veterinary care for illnesses or injuries, vaccines, food, boarding, and euthanasia as humane for ill or injured feral cats. 4125 0 0 275142 1 1 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 1 0 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 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X Stacy Mikesell 8017187844 C/O The Summerhays Group 5165 South 900 East Salt Lake City UT 84117 Neila Jordan Vice President 30 X 0 0 0 Steven Bulkley Secretary 30 X X 0 0 0 Susan Allred President 40 X X 0 0 0 Janita Coombs Executive Director 40 X 22700 0 0 22700 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255089 0 255089 Adoption Fees 812910 57222 57222 0 0 0 0 0 0 57222 0 0 0 0 0 0 312311 57222 0 0 22700 22700 721 721 1630 1630 3924 3924 585 585 246 246 803 803 Adoption and Foster Program 257472 257472 0 0 Sliding Income Scale Vet Assistance 11689 11689 0 0 Feral Cat Program 4125 4125 0 0 Rescue Animal Assistance 1856 1856 0 0 0 0 0 305751 275142 30609 0 101526 110103 18707 7105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120233 117208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 101520 117208 18713 0 0 0 120233 117208 120233 117208 X 6560 0 0 0 0 -9585 X 0 0 0 X 69972 120177 143912 217694 312310 864065 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69972 120177 143912 217694 312310 864065 864065 76 62 65 65 0 268 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 864333 0 0.99969 0.99927 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Janita Coombs Executive Director 22700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22700 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Working copies of this Form 990 are distributed to all board members for review and discussion Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents are on file with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Utah. Tax returns are available through the Utah State Division of Consumer Protection, where they are filed annually in order to obtain a nonprofit solicitation permit. Tax returns and governing documents are provided as a part of grant applications and also available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 At the beginning of 2016 CAWS hired a new bookkeeper to go through the previous years books and reconcile all bank accounts to the proper cash accounts. After much review, it was determined that the cash balances needed to be written down by $9,585 to reconcile with the cash accounts. As such, this is a one time, negative difference recorded on the tax returns in order to reflect accurate account balances. Going forward the books will be maintained by an Accountant with several years experience and will be reconciled in a timely manner to avoid future issues. In early 2016 CAWS hired a new bookkeeper to review all financial activity. As such, this accountant needed adequate time to review the books in order to prepare financial statements for the tax return. The organization did file the appropriate tax extensions to remain compliant with IRS regulation.