2025-04-08T12:07:40-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 271250051 MAKING A DIFFERENCE NOW MAKI 8595592466 PO Box 21724 Lexington KY 40522 Barbara Jones Treasurer 8595767942 2025-04-08 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X Diane Parrish 173 Louisiana Ave Lexington KY 40502 53416 0 X www.madnky.com X 2009 KY Mission: Rescue animals, educate communities, advocate for animal welfare. We exist to help animals and the people who love and care for them. 5 5 0 15 0 0 56107 52701 6746 0 486 715 0 0 63339 53416 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1497 61237 52202 61237 52202 2102 1214 52551 53612 2000 1847 50551 51765 Mission: Rescue animals, educate communities, advocate for animal welfare. We exist to help animals and the people who love and care for them. 0 0 40863 6200 33320 First Program Service Accomplishment Rescue/Animal Care. This was our largest program area in 2024 by far. It includes such specific services as S/N (spay-neuter) of companion animals; TNR (trap-neuter-return) for community cats; community cat caregiving; rescue of ill, injured, homeless and at-risk animals; veterinary care; transport of homeless animals at risk of euthanasia in Kentucky shelters to shelters and rescues in other states with more options for foster and adoptive homes; and foster care, along with extensive collaboration with sister organizations regarding all these service needs. We have always made collaborations and partnerships a priority and firmly believe that these relationships are key to addressing the critical needs in animal welfare. Sadly, even with these committed partnerships MADN and other organizations have developed, animal welfare remains in post-pandemic crisis. Needs far exceed resources and most shelters and rescues struggle to keep their heads above water. Shelters that hadn't had to euthanize healthy animals for years before covid continue to face that awful prospect, as all animal welfare staff and volunteers continue the search for additional resources to save more lives. We are grateful for all our ongoing partnerships and for the new collaboratives we built in the last year. We piloted a new approach to veterinary care in 2024: purchase of services agreements with two partner veterinary practices in central Kentucky. The agreements allowed us to quickly refer animals to be seen for urgent and preventive care, including S/N and TNR, and because we received grant funding for the pilot, we were able to cover more extensive medical expenses and offer services more quickly than we would have been able to otherwise. We plan to expand this program this year. 3511 3196 Second Program Service Accomplishment Education. The pandemic's ongoing impact continues with many people estimating that animal welfare has been set back at least a decade or two. And for many in the field, the general public's lack of awareness continues to be surprising and discouraging. Casual owner relinquishment of their pets, even elderly pets who have only known this family for most of their lives. Rejection of S/N. Pets abandoned to fend for themselves, most of whom suffer from confusion, terror, hunger, and thirst, and many of whom die. Pets starved to inconceivable condition. And purchasers of animals continuing this awful cycle by supporting irresponsible breeders and puppy/kitten mills, and the pet stores that support them, rather than adopting from shelters/rescues or at least ensuring they only purchase from responsible breeders. Education has always been a central element of MADN's mission. We have developed highly regarded programs we have offered in central Kentucky (Making A Difference Conferences) and in other communities (Taking it to the Towns: On the Road Workshops), as well as webinars and other online offerings. We will continue all of these. But the last year taught us that we want to explore a new focus, too: some way to reach and teach individuals who contribute to the crisis either because of low information/awareness or disregard for the consequences of their actions. We are engaging in research and collaboration to develop the specifics of this approach which we hope will measurably increase animal welfare in our state. 2842 2832 Third Program Service Accomplishment Advocacy. Advocacy is a slog in Kentucky, with our state ranking dead last in the Animal Legal Defense Fund's ranking for over 10 years. While no longer dead last, we have remained in the worst five states for our animal protection laws, coming in at 47th for 2024. While hard, advocating for better laws and better enforcement is essential if we are to help Kentucky's animals and people. An excellent case in point is the state statute that was passed in 2024. Dubbed Ethan's Law for the wonderful dog who captured hearts all over the state as he recovered from severe neglect, the statute allows a person to be charged with a Class D felony the first time and every time they torture a dog or cat. It is an important deterrent and it is also the first substantial upgrade to our animal protection laws in years. Bipartisan support for Ethan's Law offers hope for additional progress. Of course, passage of the law is the first step. Enforcement must back it up. In too many cases and areas of our state, enforcement has been slow to keep pace, and MADN and our many excellent advocacy partners continue to call out lax enforcement and encourage community members to make their voices heard. In addition to our advocacy partnership work in support of and opposition to state statutes and their full enforcement, MADN and our partners support local ordinances as well. Six Kentucky communities, including MADN's home community of Lexington, passed humane retail pet sales ordinances to prohibit the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores and outdoor venues. These are huge successes for our communities because pet stores that continue to sell pets, rather than work with local rescues and shelters to showcase rescued pets for adoption, contribute mightily to the pet overpopulation crisis. They support the horrors of puppy/kitten mills and often sell ill, ill-bred, under-socialized puppies and kittens at predatory pricing and lending rates. These six communities said no thanks to these business practices and the cruelty of the puppy/kitten mill-to-pet store cruelty pipeline. We fully expect more communities to join them and MADN and animal advocates throughout our state will continue to support these efforts. 0 0 0 47216 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 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 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 KY X Barbara Jones 8595767942 173 Louisiana Ave Lexington KY 40502 X Barbara Jones Treasurer 0.70 0 X 0 0 0 Ruth Hufnagle Board Member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Michelle Jude Board Member 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Mark Campbell Board Member 6 0 X 0 0 0 Diane Parrish President 30 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52701 38021 52701 0 0 0 0 0 715 715 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 0 0 0 0 0 53416 715 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 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 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 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 Animal Care 40863 40863 0 0 Advocacy/Education 6353 6353 0 0 Administration 3262 0 3262 0 Miscellaneous Other 1724 0 227 1497 52202 47216 3489 1497 5419 3537 47132 49475 0 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52551 53612 2000 1847 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 1847 X 49551 50765 1000 1000 50551 51765 52551 53612 1214 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 37938 39606 28698 62853 52701 221796 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37938 39606 28698 62853 52701 221796 0 221796 146 100 145 486 715 1592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 223388 221796 0.99287 0.99525 X 37938 39606 28698 56107 52701 215050 0 0 0 6746 0 6746 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37938 39606 28698 62853 52701 221796 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221796 146 100 145 486 715 1592 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 100 145 486 715 1592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38084 39706 28843 63339 53416 223388 0.99287 0.99525 0.00713 0.00475 X Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b - Form 990 is made available upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 - MADN makes the governing documents, policy documents, financial statements, and Form 990 available to the public upon request.