2025-11-17T11:07:44-06:00 2024-12-31 320043599 LEGACY PROFESSIONAL LLP 4 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER SUITE 700 WESTCHESTER IL 60154 990 2024-01-01 364219778 PAWS CHICAGO PAWS 7734753302 1997 N CLYBOURN AVENUE CHICAGO IL 60614 PAULA FASSEAS EXECUTIVE CHAIR 7734753302 2025-11-17 1 1 CHRISTINE V ERNST P01725863 3123680500 2025-11-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PAULA FASSEAS 1997 N CLYBOURN AVENUE CHICAGO IL 60614 96074846 0 X WWW.PAWSCHICAGO.ORG X 1998 IL PAWS CHICAGO IS BUILDING COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTIONS TO END THE KILLING OF HOMELESS PETS. 25 24 254 3283 27000 0 27406441 30523028 2734442 2846775 2640899 13834186 -403802 -238115 32377980 46965874 0 0 0 0 10972888 12398456 0 0 1431012 8792298 8947560 19765186 21346016 12612794 25619858 124506436 150104831 1407347 1484428 123099089 148620403 X PAWS CHICAGO IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE NO KILL ANIMAL WELFARE MOVEMENT, HELPING MORE THAN 23,842 HOMELESS AND AT-RISK PETS EACH YEAR THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE SPAY/NEUTER, MEDICAL, AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS. 0 0 8177739 169661 ANIMAL HEALTH & BEHAVIOR:ENSURING THAT EVERY SINGLE RESCUED PET RECEIVES THE MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO NOT JUST SURVIVE BUT THRIVE IS THE CORE PURPOSE OF THE ANIMAL HEALTH & BEHAVIOR PILLAR OF PAWS CHICAGO'S NO KILL MODEL. THE EXPANDED AND RECENTLY RENOVATED 30,000 SQUARE FOOT PAWS CHICAGO NAN & WAYNE KOCOUREK MEDICAL CENTER IS THE MOST STATE-OF-THE-ART HOSPITAL FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS IN THE NATION, AND IT'S THE FIRST STOP FOR EVERY ONE OF PAWS CHICAGO'S 4,382 ADOPTED PETS. WITH SPECIAL QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION WARDS TO PREVENT DISEASE TRANSMISSION, A TEAM OF EXPERT MEDICAL AND BEHAVIOR PROFESSIONALS ENSURES EVERY PET RECEIVES THE INDIVIDUAL CARE THEY NEED, RESULTING IN AN INDUSTRY-LEADING 97.93% SAVE RATE. FROM UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS TO DEADLY DISEASES LIKE CANINE PARVOVIRUS AND FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA, FROM INJURIES TO SKIN INFECTIONS, THE PAWS CHICAGO MEDICAL TEAM SEES AND HEALS IT ALL. VETERINARY SURGEONS NOT ONLY SPAY AND NEUTER EVERY PET BUT ALSO PERFORMED 609 ADVANCED SURGERIES ADDRESSING ORTHOPEDIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS TORN LIGAMENTS, EYE INJURIES, HERNIA REPAIRS, MASS REMOVALS, EXTENSIVE DENTAL DISEASE REQUIRING EXTRACTIONS, AND MANY OTHER MEDICAL NEEDS. THE MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS WORLD-CLASS VETERINARY TEAM TREAT THE MOST SERIOUS CASES ON SITE. A ROBUST FOSTER NETWORK CARES FOR PETS WHEN THEY ARE STABLE AND READY TO RECOVER IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT, WITH 2,254 CATS AND DOGS SPENDING TIME IN FOSTER CARE IN 2024.AS PART OF THE FOSTER PROGRAM, HELP ME HEAL (HMH) IS A FOSTER-TO-ADOPT PROGRAM THAT ENABLES ANIMALS WITH LONG-TERM MEDICAL RECOVERIES TO GO INTO FOSTER CARE WITH THEIR ADOPTIVE FAMILIES INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THE SHELTER FOR MONTHS. FOR EXAMPLE, A DOG UNDERGOING THREE MONTHS OF TREATMENT FOR HEARTWORM WILL BE CARED FOR IN ITS FUTURE ADOPTIVE HOME WHILE RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT ADMINISTERED BY PAWS IN AN OUTPATIENT CAPACITY; ONCE THAT PET IS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED, THE ADOPTION WILL BE FINALIZED. IN 2024, THERE WERE 165 PETS CARED FOR IN HMH HOMES BEFORE ADOPTION.RECOGNIZING THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SOCIALIZATION AND ENRICHMENT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT TO A QUALITY LIFE AS PHYSICAL HEALTH, PAWS CHICAGO ALSO HAS THREE FULL-TIME AND THREE PART-TIME TRAINERS WHO LEAD AN INNOVATIVE DOG AND CAT TRAINING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR PAWS CHICAGO'S HOMELESS ANIMALS. THIS TEAM OF BEHAVIOR PROFESSIONALS AND TRAINED VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE NEGLECTED, UNDER-SOCIALIZED, AND PREVIOUSLY ABUSED HOMELESS DOGS AND CATS WITH ONE-ON-ONE AND GROUP TRAINING AS WELL AS BEHAVIOR ENRICHMENT AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION TO HELP THEM BUILD CONFIDENCE AND COMMUNICATION, WHICH LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL LONG-TERM ADOPTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRAINING AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAM PROVIDES CRITICAL PLAY GROUPS AND FIELD TRIPS FOR DOGS. THIS TEAM ALSO PROVIDES ADOPTERS WITH SUPPORT IN TRANSITIONING ANIMALS INTO A PERMANENT HOME ENVIRONMENT WITH COUNSELING AND POST-ADOPTION CONSULTATION.PAWS CHICAGO'S TRAINING CENTER ALSO HAS A TEAM THAT PROVIDES VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON COURSES TO PAWS ADOPTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. FOR THE PUBLIC, PAWS TRAINERS ALSO LED 150 IN-PERSON CLASSES WITH 1,069 DOGS IN 2024. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED 22 GROUP ZOOM TRAINING CLASSES WITH 113 DOGS. 4174987 1667014 PREVENTION & SPAY/NEUTER: PAWS CHICAGO PERFORMED 17,168 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES IN 2024, MAKING IT THE LARGEST LOCAL PROVIDER OF FREE AND LOW-COST, HIGH-VOLUME SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, AND THE ONLY CLINIC LOCATED IN AND SERVING UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES WHERE THE MAJORITY OF STRAY, FERAL AND UNWANTED PETS ORIGINATE. THROUGH THE PAWS CHICAGO LURIE CLINIC IN LITTLE VILLAGE, LOCATED LESS THAN TWO MILES FROM CHICAGO'S ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL, THE CITY IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY, PAWS OFFERS SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED MOST AND WHERE THEY HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT.PREVENTING UNWANTED PETS FROM BEING BORN IS KEY TO BUILDING A NO KILL CHICAGO BECAUSE PETS BREED EXPONENTIALLY. A SINGLE FEMALE CAT AND HER OFFSPRING CAN THEORETICALLY PRODUCE 420,000 KITTENS IN SEVEN YEARS. FOR DOGS, THE NUMBER IS 96,000. SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES ARE THE SOLUTION TO PET OVERPOPULATION, AND AS SUCH, ARE AT THE CORE OF PAWS'S PREVENTION INITIATIVES.PAWS CHICAGO'S FERAL CAT TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR) PROGRAM IS ANOTHER CRITICAL ASPECT OF THE PREVENTION PILLAR. BY PROACTIVELY STERILIZING AND MANAGING THE FREE-ROAMING CAT POPULATION, THE SOURCE OF THOUSANDS OF UNWANTED KITTENS BORN EACH YEAR, TNR REDUCES THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ENTERING THE SHELTER SYSTEM WHILE ALSO SAVING KITTENS AND FINDING THEM ADOPTIVE HOMES. IN 2024, PAWS PERFORMED 3,672 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES ON FERAL CATS. PAWS ALSO HOSTS AN ANNUAL WORKSHOP TO BUILD OUTDOOR CAT WINTER SHELTERS, WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE COMMUNITY.BY THE END OF 2024, PAWS CHICAGO HAD PERFORMED 332,515 FREE AND LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES SINCE THE LURIE CLINIC'S OPENING IN 2000, WHICH HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE IN CHICAGO'S REDUCTION IN EUTHANASIA DURING THAT TIME. 3021732 1010100 ADOPTION: RESCUING HOMELESS PETS AND UNITING THEM WITH THEIR NEW FAMILIES DIRECTLY CONNECTS THE PUBLIC WITH HOMELESS PETS ON THE DEEPEST LEVEL AND PROVIDES A TANGIBLE WAY FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE AN IMPACT FOR ANIMALS. THROUGH PAWS CHICAGO'S ADOPTION CENTER AND INNOVATIVE ADOPTION EVENTS, PAWS UNITED 4,382 ANIMALS WITH LOVING HOMES IN 2024. BY THE END OF 2024, PAWS CHICAGO HAD PERFORMED 86,616 ADOPTIONS SINCE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOUNDING IN 1997. USING A PROPRIETARY COMPETIBILITY QUIZ, PAWS USES TECHNOLOGY TO MATCH PETS WITH PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS BASED ON THEIR LIFESTYLE NEEDS, HELPING TO ENSURE A LONG-TERM FIT AND MATCH EXPECTATIONS.PAWS TRAINERS AND VOLUNTEERS OFFER ON-SITE SUPPORT AND ADVICE, PROVIDE DETAILED PET BACKGROUND AND ASSESSMENT INFORMATION, CONDUCTING RESIDENT PET INTRODUCTIONS AND ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION INTO THE HOME. VOLUNTEERS OFFER DETAILED ADOPTION COUNSELING AND FOLLOW-UP TO ENSURE POST-ADOPTION SUCCESS. SHOWCASING ADOPTABLE PETS IN HIGHLY TRAFFICKED PLACES OUTSIDE OF THE PAWS ADOPTION CENTER EXPANDS THE REACH OF THE MISSION AND INSPIRES ACTION FOR ANIMALS. IN 2024, PAWS HOSTED 29 OFF-SITE ADOPTION EVENTS, INCLUDING HIGH-PROFILE ANGELS WITH TAILS ADOPTION EVENTS AROUND THE CHICAGOLAND AREA WHERE LOCAL RETAILERS, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS AND GROCERS WELCOMED HOMELESS PETS TO THEIR LOCATIONS FOR ONSITE ADOPTIONS. 3451137 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 VOICELESS VICTIMS. THE WAY TO INSPIRE AND CREATE REAL CHANGE FOR ANIMALS IS TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE TO BE THEIR CARETAKERS AND ADVOCATES AND PROVIDE NEEDED SUPPORT IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES.WHEN PAWS CHICAGO WAS FOUNDED IN 1997, THE MASS KILLING OF HOMELESS PETS WAS A HIDDEN CRISIS. THE PUBLIC HAD NO IDEA THAT 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 TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THE CAUSE BY ADOPTING, FOSTERING, VOLUNTEERING, ADVOCATING FOR AND DONATING TO HOMELESS PETS.WITH ITS NO KILL MODEL IN ACTION, PAWS CHICAGO IS LEADING A MOVEMENT THAT RIPPLES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. EVERY YEAR, PAWS CHICAGO WELCOMES SHELTERS, RESCUE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE TO SHADOW ITS OPERATIONS. PAWS CHICAGO ALSO HELPS START-UP ADOPTION/RESCUE GROUPS AND SPAY/NEUTER CLINICS AROUND THE WORLD. IN CHICAGO, PAWS HELPS CHICAGO-AREA 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. THIS INCLUDES PAWS CHICAGO MAGAZINE, WITH A DISTRIBUTION OF 115,000; THE PAWS CHICAGO WEBSITE, WITH MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION UNIQUE USERS AND 20 MILLION PAGEVIEWS IN 2024; AND THE PAWS CHICAGO E-NEWSLETTER, WITH A MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION AVERAGING 179,000 AND AN OPEN-RATE OF MORE THAN 50%. THESE VEHICLES INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION FOR ANIMALS AND BECOME ADVOCATES FOR HOMELESS PETS.360@CACC AND OUTREACH2024 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF PAWS CHICAGO'S 360@CACC PROGRAM, A ROBUST 360-DEGREE PARTNERSHIP WITH CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL (CACC), THE CITY'S IMPOUNDMENT FACILITY. OF THE 18% INCREASE IN INTAKE OR 2,295 ADDITIONAL CATS AND DOGS COMING INTO CACC IN 2024 - 1,875 ADDITIONAL ANIMALS HAD A POSITIVE "LIVE" OUTCOME (ADOPTIONS, TRANSFERS AND RETURNED TO OWNER) OVER 2023. WITHOUT THIS INCREASED LIFESAVING, EUTHANASIA WOULD HAVE INCREASED BY 82%. INSTEAD, EUTHANASIA WAS UP 14%. 360@CACC IS ORIENTED AT INCREASING THESE LIVE OUTCOMES AND HELPING KEEP PETS OUT OF THE CITY SHELTER THROUGH:1) PAWS CHICAGO MEDICAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES AND OTHER MEDICAL CARE TO ENSURE CACC PETS ARE VETTED AND READY FOR ADOPTION. THE RESCUE READY PROGRAM HELPS INCREASE TRANSFERS OF CACC PETS TO RESCUE GROUPS BY OFFERING HIGHLY SUBSIDIZED MEDICAL CARE AND SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES FOR PETS THAT CAME FROM CACC. THE BIG FIX PROGRAM TRANSPORTS CACC PETS TO THE PAWS CHICAGO LURIE SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC EACH WEEK TO BE SPAYED/NEUTERED AND VETTED. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS SPAYED OR NEUTERED 1,336 CACC PETS. 39 DIFFERENT RESCUE GROUPS TRANSFERRED IN ANIMALS WHO WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND, OVERALL, CACC TRANSFERS INCREASED BY 19%.2) THE ADOPTION EXPANSION PROGRAM STAFFS A FULL-TIME PAWS CHICAGO EMPLOYEE AT CACC TO SUPPORT PROSPECTIVE ADOPTERS IN FINDING AND ADOPTING A PET. THE CACC BUDGET HAS NEVER HAD A STAFFED RESOURCE DEDICATED TO ADOPTIONS, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WOULD OFTEN LEAVE WITHOUT A PET. WITH THIS ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, CACC FACILITATED 3,019 ADOPTIONS IN 2024, A 28.6% INCREASE OVER 2023.3) PET OWNER SUPPORT, WHERE PAWS CHICAGO TEAM MEMBERS MEET FAMILIES AT THE DOOR AND HELP KEEP PETS IN THEIR HOMES WITH THE FAMILIES WHO LOVE THEM OR OTHERWISE PREVENT MORE PETS FROM ENTERING THE CROWDED CITY SHELTER. IN 2024, PET OWNER SUPPORT KEPT 123 PETS IN THEIR HOMES AND 135 CAME DIRECTLY TO PAWS, PREVENTING FURTHER OVERCROWDING.BEYOND 360@CACC, PAWS CHICAGO HAS OPERATED AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM SINCE 2014 TO EXPAND ACCESS TO SPAY/NEUTER AND PET RESOURCES IN CHICAGO'S MOST UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES. OF THE OWNED PETS COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETS, 95% ARE NOT YET SPAYED OR NEUTERED, BUT ONCE OUR OUTREACH TEAM WORKS WITH FAMILIES, 83% END UP STERILIZING THEIR PET AT PAWS.SINCE LAUNCHING IN 2014, THE PRIMARY NEIGHBORHOOD OF FOCUS HAS BEEN ENGLEWOOD, WHERE MORE THAN 49% OF THE POPULATION LIVES BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, BUT SERVICES HAVE IN RECENT YEARS EXPANDED TO NEARBY WEST ENGLEWOOD, BACK OF THE YARDS, AND WEST WOODLAWN AS WELL. PAWS PERFORMED 1,377 FREE SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM IN 2024.THIS OUTREACH PROGRAM ALSO OPERATES A COMMUNITY MEDICINE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES 610 APPOINTMENTS FOR WELLNESS, PREVENTATIVE AND ACUTE VETERINARY CARE TO PETS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NEVER SEE A VETERINARIAN.ADDITIONALLY, 84,430 POUNDS OF FOOD WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PAWS CHICAGO PET FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM, WHICH OFFERS FREE PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED.VOLUNTEERSVOLUNTEERS ARE THE LIFE FORCE BEHIND PAWS CHICAGO'S OPERATIONS AND AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT TO BUILDING A NO KILL CHICAGO. IN 2024, 3,283 VOLUNTEERS DEDICATED 125,071 HOURS OF SERVICE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 60 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. AND THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE FOSTER FAMILIES WHO TOOK IN AND CARED FOR 2,254 ANIMALS IN NEED IN 2024. 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.ANIMAL WELFARE IS INCREDIBLY LABOR-INTENSIVE WORK, AND VOLUNTEERS WORK ALONGSIDE OUR STAFF TO AMPLIFY OUR LIFESAVING. FROM SHEPHERDING THE ADOPTION PROCESS TO ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF SICK PETS AT OUR MEDICAL CENTER TO MANNING OUR OFF-SITE ADOPTION AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, OUR VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT THE WORK OF EVERY DEPARTMENT.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. 3451137 18825595 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 55 0 1 254 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 25 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 IL X X X JOHN NOCERA 7734753323 1933 N MARCEY ST CHICAGO IL 60614 PAULA FASSEAS EXECUTIVE CHAIR/FOUNDER 30.00 X X 0 0 0 PAM CAREY PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 ALEXIS FASSEAS TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER 30.00 X X 196960 0 11206 GEORGE KARCAZES SECRETARY - PAST 5.00 X 0 0 0 JANICE BECK BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BARBARA BRADFORD BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA CANNING BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CANNING BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ED CAREY SECRETARY AND FINANCE CHAIR - NEW / BOARD MEMBER - 5.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM CORGAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRUCE CROWN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA DENT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 RAJ FERNANDO BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF HALL BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANIE FIELD HARRIS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DIMITRI KARCAZES BOARD MEMBER - NEW 1.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN HARRIS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANTHONY KREMER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 SUZANNE LE MIGNOT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHLOE MENDEL CORGAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MURRAY PERETZ BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MAYARI PRITZKER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PHIL RASKIN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 LAURA SACHS BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NANCY SANTI BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KURT SEIDENSTICKER BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHARLES DAY ADVISORY BOARD 0.30 X 0 0 0 MARK DUGGAN ADVISORY BOARD 0.30 X 0 0 0 DR BARBARA ROYAL ADVISORY BOARD - PAST 0.30 X 0 0 0 MARIA SMITHBURG ADVISORY BOARD 0.30 X 0 0 0 SUSANNA WICKHAM CEO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 40.00 X 260600 0 7986 KRISTINA MARIA ROSINIA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 40.00 X 176317 0 5416 DR ALYCIA EISENSTEIN DVM CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER 40.00 X 284534 0 8033 APARNA GOPALAN BRUSH HEAD OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 40.00 X 174781 0 11892 GABRIEL ENRIQUE NIEVES HEAD OF PEOPLE & CULTURE 40.00 X 180675 0 5546 DR ANAIS ALAMO-ABRAHAM DVM VETERINARY SURGEON 40.00 X 170201 0 18 DR EMILY ANDERSON YACKER DVM MEDICAL DIRECTOR 40.00 X 167010 0 113 1611078 0 50210 25 0 1 0 PREFERRED COMMUNICATIONS 130 SEBASTIN RUN AUSTIN TX 78738 COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 107317 1 4980833 25542195 5243350 30523028 SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC 541990 1667014 1667014 ADOPTION FEES 812900 1010100 1010100 TRAINING CENTER 812900 169661 169661 2846775 3391601 3391601 57723978 1081233 47626126 736500 10097852 344733 10442585 10442585 430588 4980833 720799 -290211 -290211 25010 1335 23675 23675 25633 24212 1421 1421 ADVERTISING 541800 27000 27000 27000 46965874 2846775 27000 13569071 658484 611076 19471 27937 10116328 9387989 299137 429202 104992 97433 3105 4454 674853 626266 19955 28632 843799 791635 19750 32414 153944 153944 181628 181628 212805 212805 156215 124394 31821 204770 187326 17444 1317069 1129774 31752 155543 672780 622276 8248 42256 413452 312084 2155 99213 121083 95656 12108 13319 943044 919671 5794 17579 299912 224406 71374 4132 MEDICAL SUPPLIES 1786150 1785190 960 PET FOOD 990043 990043 PRINTING AND PRODUCTION 684711 499839 184872 BANK/CREDIT CARD FEES 341450 20758 18226 302466 468504 399779 29957 38768 21346016 18825595 1089409 1431012 3371129 4476581 3311916 2388685 4600557 6562744 1290158 1094475 141740 115482 233312 464708 27511186 9589979 18588833 17921207 92968791 117080949 124506436 150104831 948925 781370 458422 703058 1407347 1484428 X 85015841 96373309 38083248 52247094 123099089 148620403 124506436 150104831 25619858 -98544 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 13912387 16173589 20962234 27406441 30523028 108977679 13912387 16173589 20962234 27406441 30523028 108977679 18248704 90728975 2152381 3531858 1801139 1862932 3391601 12739911 27000 27000 5554 12955 18509 121763099 20180913 0.74510 0.76870 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 88216122 9132437 13494426 110842985 60036086 12849935 15330101 88216122 70313856 5674382 -15952152 60036086 50449464 8567620 11296772 70313856 41810232 8639232 50449464 0.58960 0.41040 0 0 3874619 3874619 18684145 5467736 13216409 183725 177601 6124 2241963 1891700 350263 2526734 2052942 473792 17921207 X 46678737 -98544 -98544 46777281 212805 -24212 188593 46965874 21157423 24212 24212 21133211 212805 212805 21346016 PART X, LINE 2: ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REQUIRE THE ORGANIZATION TO EVALUATE TAX POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE ORGANIZATION AND RECOGNIZE A TAX LIABILITY IF THE ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN AN UNCERTAIN POSITION THAT MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WOULD NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAX AUTHORITIES. THE PLAN IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD -24,212. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD 24,212. FUR BALL 2086689 1968465 118224 30249 21340 1220 600 149415 TEAM PAWS 1441593 1373797 67796 41400 138965 13350 4 1883139 1638571 244568 14893 198707 83295 17300 10065 5411421 4980833 430588 45142 261447 223480 31250 159480 720799 -290211 25010 1335 0 25010 1335 1335 23675 IL 1 0 1 0 1.00000 JOHN NOCERA 1933 N MARCEY ST CHICAGO IL 60614 0 0 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DR ALYCIA EISENSTEIN DVM CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER 284534 0 0 0 0 0 6953 0 1080 0 292567 0 0 0 SUSANNA WICKHAM CEO, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 260600 0 0 0 0 0 7818 0 168 0 268586 0 0 0 ALEXIS FASSEAS TREASURER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-FOUN 196960 0 0 0 0 0 6000 0 5206 0 208166 0 0 0 APARNA GOPALAN BRUSH HEAD OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 174781 0 0 0 0 0 5718 0 6174 0 186673 0 0 0 GABRIEL ENRIQUE NIEVES HEAD OF PEOPLE & CULTURE 180675 0 0 0 0 0 5420 0 126 0 186221 0 0 0 KRISTINA MARIA ROSINIA CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 176317 0 0 0 0 0 5290 0 126 0 181733 0 0 0 DR ANAIS ALAMO-ABRAHAM DVM VETERINARY SURGEON 169951 0 250 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 170219 0 0 0 DR EMILY ANDERSON YACKER DVM MEDICAL DIRECTOR 167010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 0 167123 0 0 0 X 24 23981 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 26321 3730789 FAIR MARKET VALUE X 122371 988042 FAIR MARKET VALUE X SPECIAL EVENT 490 500538 FAIR MARKET VALUE 0 1 1 PART I, LINE 32B: PAWS CHICAGO USES INSURANCE AUTO AUCTIONS, INC. TO MANAGE THE DONATION/SALES OF VEHICLES. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 (CONTINUED) AN INDUSTRY-LEADING ADOPTION CENTER, A STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL CENTER, AND A HIGH-VOLUME SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC WORK SYNCHRONOUSLY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS AND AT-RISK PETS CITYWIDE. LIFESAVING RESCUE AND ADOPTION PROGRAMS FOUND HOMES FOR MORE THAN 4,300 HOMELESS PETS LAST YEAR; AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 ANIMALS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED FAMILIES, COMMUNITY CATS WHO LIVE ON THE STREET AND AT-RISK ANIMALS AT OUR LOCAL CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL (CACC) RECEIVED FREE AND LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, VACCINATIONS, MEDICAL CARE, AND OTHER SUPPORT, INCLUDING A PET FOOD PANTRY. PAWS CHICAGO'S PROGRAMS IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS TO BUILD NO KILL COMMUNITIES, END PET OVERPOPULATION, AND TRANSFORM ANIMAL WELFARE BY SETTING STANDARDS THAT ARE USED AS A MODEL BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SINCE PAWS CHICAGO'S FOUNDING IN 1997, THE NUMBER OF PETS KILLED EACH YEAR IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 88.80%. DESPITE THIS INCREDIBLE PROGRESS OVER TIME, IN JUNE OF 2023, PAWS NOTICED A SURGE IN INTAKE TO CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL BASED ON POST-PANDEMIC EFFECTS: INFLATION MAKING PET FOOD AND VETERINARY CARE UNAFFORDABLE FOR MANY PEOPLE; A DRAMATIC RISE IN BACKYARD BREEDING; AND REDUCED AVAILABILITY OF VETERINARY CARE FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND SHELTERS. IN RESPONSE TO THESE TRENDS, PAWS LAUNCHED 360@CACC, A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM ORIENTED AT PROVIDING 360-DEGREES OF SUPPORT FOR THE UNDERFUNDED AND OVERSTRETCHED CITY SHELTER. IN 2024, CACC RECORDED AN INTAKE OF 15,262 PETS- AN 18% INCREASE OVER 2023 AND 30% INCREASE OVER 2022. DESPITE THIS INCREASE, WITH 360@CACC PROGRAMS ENHANCING ADOPTIONS AND TRANSFER AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR OWNED PETS, CACC'S SAVE RATE INCREASED FROM 76% IN 2023 TO 76.8% IN 2024. THE SAVE RATE IS A CALCULATES THE PROPORTION OF ANIMAL OUTCOMES THAT ARE ALIVE. MORE DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN THE 360@CACC AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SECTION BELOW. OVERALL, PAWS CHICAGO 2024 RESULTS INCLUDE 17,168 FREE AND LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES; 4,382 ADOPTIONS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS INTO NEW, LOVING FAMILIES; A 97.93% SAVE RATE EVEN WHILE RESCUING AN EXTREMELY VULNERABLE POPULATION OF AT RISK HOMELESS PETS; 84,430 POUNDS OF FOOD DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE PET FOOD PANTRY; 2,254 HOMELESS ANIMALS PLACED IN FOSTER CARE; 125,071 HOURS WORKED BY VOLUNTEERS (THE EQUIVALENT OF 60 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES); AND EARNING CHARITY NAVIGATOR'S HIGHEST 4-STAR RATING CONSECUTIVELY SINCE 2003. BEYOND CHICAGO, PAWS CHICAGO IS ALSO ABLE TO SAVE AT-RISK ANIMALS FROM NINE ADDITIONAL HIGH-KILL STATES AND TOOK IN ANIMALS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE IN TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA AND THE EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN IOWA. RESPONDING TO NATIONAL DISASTERS HAS BEEN A PART OF PAWS CHICAGO'S MISSION SINCE ITS HURRICANE KATRINA RESCUE MISSIONS IN 2005. ALL OF PAWS CHICAGO'S PROGRAMS WORK TOWARD BUILDING NO KILL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPREHENSIVE NO KILL MODEL. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NO KILL MODEL IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INSPIRING PEOPLE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAUSE OF HOMELESS PETS. ATOP THIS FOUNDATION ARE PAWS CHICAGO'S MISSION-CRITICAL PROGRAMS- THE PILLARS OF PREVENTION (SPAY/NEUTER), ANIMAL HEALTH & BEHAVIOR, ADOPTION, AND VOLUNTEERS. DETAILED PROGRAM INFORMATION FOLLOWS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 1. PAULA FASSEAS IS THE MOTHER OF ALEXIS FASSEAS. ALEXIS FASSEAS SERVES ON THE BOARD AND AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 2. MICHAEL AND MELISSA CANNING ARE MARRIED, THEY ARE MAJOR FUNDRAISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, BOTH SERVE ON THE BOARD. 3. ED CAREY AND PAM CAREY ARE MARRIED, THEY ARE MAJOR FUNDRAISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, BOTH SERVE ON THE BOARD 4. CHLOE CORGAN AND WILLIAM CORGAN ARE MARRIED, THEY ARE MAJOR FUNDRAISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, BOTH SERVE ON THE BOARD FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B BEFORE THE FORM 990 IS FILED, IT IS REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AFTER THAT REVIEW AND BEFORE IT IS FILED, A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR STAFF WILL ANNUALLY DISCLOSE AND PROMPTLY UPDATE ANY DISCLOSURES PREVIOUSLY MADE REGARDING THEIR INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THIS INCLUDES FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS OR INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, OR OTHER TRANSATIONS OR AFFILIATIONS THAT MAY PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE WHETHER (A) NO ACTION NEED BE TAKEN, OR (B) THE SITUATION BE DISCLOSED TO THE BOARD FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND RESOLUTION. IN SOME CASES THE PERSON WITH THE CONFLICT MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM SENSITIVE DISCUSSIONS SO AS NOT TO UNDULY INFLUENCE THE DISCUSSION OF THE CONFLICT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND THE PRESIDENT PERFORM AN ANNUAL COMPARISON OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TOP MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION TO THAT OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND BY EVALUATING INDUSTRY STANDARDS. DURING THIS EVALUATION THE ROLES, EXPERIENCES, AND LEVEL OR EDUCATION ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THE PROCESS IS DOCUMENTED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORMS 1023, 990, 990-T (IF APPLICABLE) 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 ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE - WWW.PAWSCHICAGO.ORG FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS OR SELECTION PROCESS DURING THE YEAR.