Basset Rescue Network Inc

What it reported doing in 2014

BASSET RESCUE NETWORK, INC. AT DAPHNEYLAND HAS A SIMPLE MISSION: TO HELP BASSET HOUNDS IN NEED. WE FOCUS ON THE RESCUE OF PURE-BRED BASSET HOUNDS AND SOME MIXES, WHICH MAY END UP IN ANIMAL SHELTERS, HUMANE SOCIETIES, ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE/NEGLECT OR UNWANTED AND/OR SIMPLY MISUNDERSTOOD BY THEIR OWNERS. A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE GATHERS INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS ABOUT HOUNDS IN NEED THROUGH E-MAIL FORUMS, SHELTER POSTINGS, SOCIAL MEDIA VENUES AND PHONE CALLS. THE HOMELESS BASSET HOUNDS ARE THEN RESCUED FROM SHELTERS BY THE VOLUNTEERS WHO TRANSPORT THEM TO OUR REHABILITATION CENTER THERE THEY ARE CARED FOR AND SOCIALIZED. CARE INCLUDES MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE BY VETERINARIANS, NUTRITIONAL REHABILITATION AND STABILIZATION, GROOMING, TRAINING, BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION AND SOCIALIZATION, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER NEEDSA THAT BECOME EVIDENT.OUR FAMILY CRISIS PROGRAM PRVIDES HOUNDS DISPLACED DUE TO FORECLOSURES, FAMILY EMERGENCIES OR OTHER UNFORESEEN CRISIS, A SAFE HAVEN FOR A 90-DAY PERIOD IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE FAMILY A CHANCE TO REUNITE. OUR MILITARY CRISIS PROGRAM HAS ALLOWED THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OUR COUNTRY TO HAVE THEIR BASSET HOUNDS CARED FOR WHILE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS.WE HAVE HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS ON PET GUARDIANSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITIES, INTEGRATING COMPANION ANIMALS TO A FAMILY, AND BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION. WE CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, EFFORTS AND EVENTS. WE WORK WITH GIRL SCOUTS, BROWNIES, BOY SCOUTS AND SEVERAL OTHER YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERISM AMONGST YOUTH. WE ALSO ARE INVOLVED IN THE BIGSUNDAY.ORG EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERISM IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA. CHURCH GROUPS AND TEMPLE GROUPS ARE ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. SEVERAL INNER CITY YOUTH REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ALSO HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS HERE WITH US, WHICH PROVIDES A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND NETWORKING.2014 Found our Organization extending many of our existing programs through Media Opportunities that arose.Our Youth Education program was able to produce a social media video and has networked with a world wide youth education program in conjunction with the Singapore SPCA. The focus group is todays youth, using the rewrite of Patti Pages Do You See That Doggie in the Shelter. This program is launching in Japan, and has aspirations for global education of youth through picture books, video and the educational system. Our video participation is online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=jflrCcmPxC4In November of 2014, we were given the opportunity to be featured on the televised Foxs Cause for Paws which broadcast on Fox Thanksgiving night to a record breaking audience. Participating with 35 homeless basset hounds from Daphneyland, we brought national focus on the need for adoptions across the country. Networking partners reported a 300% increase in adoption applications and inquiries during the month of December, typically the hardest month to adopt out a dog. The show has gone on to win awards and has been picked up by Fox Network to be an annual event.Our Chapter in Arizona was able to achieve independent status and reclaim their activities and thus we have closed our Arizona Chapter who is running independent of Basset Rescue Network and is highly active. We continue to network with them and in July we oversaw a sad family crisis situation wherein a family with severe medical crisis required the surrender of their 14 dogs. Coordinating locally in Arizona, we performed the intake in extreme conditions, sought local veterinarian emergency treatments. And once able to transport took ownership of these hounds we called the AZBHR Specials.Despite continued decline in donations and grants, we were able to continue to operate at maximum capacity throughout 2014 through additional fundraisers. Our totals for 2014 on Hounds Assisted are as follows: Daily maximum of 66 hounds (plus 10 foster homes) = 22,400 Canine care annually.2014 Stats: 282 Adoption

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: $61.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -10.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.25; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings