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Name:	American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Address:	424 East 92nd Street
	New York, NY 10128
Phone:	212-876-7700
Web Address:	www.aspca.org
Also known as: ASPCA

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

During 2010, the ASPCA launched the new ASPCA Field Investigations and Response (FIR) Team. The organization reports that this team comprises of a group of responders that participated in 27 separate raids and rescues, as well as more than 120 investigations and consultations, assisting thousands of animal victims of cruelty and disasters. The FIR Team works in remote locations where communities have trouble absorbing the hundreds of animals displaced by disaster, many whom have medical and behavioral needs. To help address this problem, in 2010, the ASPCA created a Shelter Response Partner program, which establishes relationships with shelters and rescue groups across the country that are willing to take in animals for rehabilitation and eventual adoption. According to ASPCA, it has about 90 partnerships that helped it to assist more than 13,000 animals in 2010. ASPCA also reports that in 2010, its Humane Law Enforcement (HLE) agents assisted 394 at-risk animals and responded to nearly 35,297 calls and 6,750 emails from the public. The organization also reports that it addressed 350 instances of animal cruelty, initiated more than 3,700 cruelty investigations, and made 54 arrests. ASPCA’s HLE department also formed the Cruelty Intervention Advocacy (CIA) program to collaborate with various New York City agencies to help hoarders and their animals by providing education, grants for medical care and spay/neuter services. Furthermore, ASPCA operates other programs such its Adoption Center, Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinic, and an Animal Poison Control Center. Some ($16,110,621 or 20%) of ASPCA's program activities are carried out in conjunction with fund raising appeals.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, ASPCA's program expenses were:

Communications	28,941,215
Animal health services	26,675,363
Community outreach	15,136,052
Anti-cruelty programs	10,787,891
Grants and sponsorships	7,316,913
Total Program Expenses:	$88,857,434

Chief Executive : Edwin J. Sayres, President

Compensation*:

$510,464

Chair of the Board: Mary Jo White
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Attorney

Board Size: 23

Paid Staff Size: 602

*2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, telemarketing, special events, print advertisements, television, grant proposals, Internet appeals, door to door, planned giving, cause-related marketing, membership appeals, and face to face.

Fund raising costs were 5% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $102,809,892 are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

ASPCA incurred joint costs of $38,383,4734 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs, $19,922,724 was allocated to program expenses, $18,436,542 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $24,468 was allocated to administrative expenses.

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on ASPCA's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Source of Funds
Contributions, grants and memberships	97,379,953
Animal health service fees	13,500,750
Bequests and trust income	11,683,635
Investment return	11,004,815
Royalties and licenses	2,808,986
Federated campaigns	2,796,948
Other revenues	1,450,274
Special events, net	765,474
Total Income	$141,390,835

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 74%  Fund Raising: 22%  Administrative: 4%

Total income				$141,390,835
	Program expenses			$88,857,434
	Fund raising expenses			25,777,210
	Administrative expenses			5,221,402
Total expenses				$119,856,046
Income in Excess of Expenses				21,534,789
Beginning net assets				166,658,168
Other Changes in Net Assets				(168,555)
Ending net assets				188,024,402
Total liabilities				21,539,710
Total assets				$209,564,112

Note: In the above financial summary, "other changes in net assets" represents unrealized gains on beneficial interests in trusts held by others ($746,723) and pension related changes other than net periodic pension cost (-$915,278).