Who we are
OUR MISSION:
Animal Aid Alliance of NC exists to provide financial support and other key resources to animal rescue and other not-for-profit organizations aligned with humane initiatives to reduce animal overpopulation, homelessness, and euthanasia rates.
OUR STORY:
Animal Aid Alliance of NC was formed by a passionate, knowledgeable, and experienced group of people who have spent a large part of their adult lives fostering animals, working and volunteering in rescue and animal shelters. We became frustrated feeling that our work, although wonderfully satisfying at times, was not addressing the core problems. It often felt like trying to fill up a bathtub with a teaspoon. We wanted to address the disease, not only the symptoms.
Most rescues are run by people who are extremely passionate about what they do and spend most of their time helping animals. Very few of them have a business background and many struggle with paying the bills, especially with escalating vet costs. We intend to help these rescues by raising money to meet their extraordinary needs so they can be freed up to do what they do best. We believe that an organization for support of existing rescues was more important than another rescue.
We believe currently that the best way to do address the problem at the root is to provide low cost, accessible spay and neuter opportunities, and much of our funding will go toward this objective.
OUR TEAM
Animal Aid Alliance of NC is powered by a mighty team of animal lovers dedicated to making a big impact. We are proud to serve our partner organizations and work to help end the need for euthanasia, homelessness, and suffering due to shelter overpopulation that could be prevented by community education and provision of affordable spay/ neuter initiatives.
HOW WE OPERATE
We accept applications for funding from rescues and other organizations that share our goals and purpose. Applications are reviewed by our Advisory Committee. This may involve an on-premise visit to the rescue to investigate the request or other means with which to confirm the credibility of the recipient. Once approved by the Advisory Committee, applications are moved to our Board for further review and approval.
TRANSPARENCY
We are currently a fully volunteer staffed organization; we have no payroll. Outside of normal operating costs such as maintaining our website and marketing, 100% of the funds donated go directly to fund the needs of our partner rescues and approved board initiatives.
CREDIBILITY:
We do the hard work. We take responsibility and do the due diligence to make sure that your money is being used for essential work by credible people that have been vetted. We investigate and get to know the people and organizations we provide funds to and follow up to make sure support is going where it was intended to go.
DIVERSIFICATION:
You can know that your donations are not only being used wisely, but also that they serve many important purposes.
ALL YOUR MONEY GOES TO WORK:
There are no million dollar salaries, in fact, there are no salaries at all. Our expenses are detailed on the financial statements. Almost 100% of your donation goes directly to benefit the animals that need it.
QUALIFIED TEAM:
Our board consists of two licensed active veterinarians, an attorney, and a retired Certified Financial Planner. Our Advisory Committee consists of individuals with collective animal and rescue experience of over 40 years.
