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HomeMy WebLinkAboutGrant Request - Humane Society of RedmondFor: 7/25 Economic Development Fund Discretionary Grant Program Organization: Humane Society of Redmond Organization Description: This organization, since 1987, has provided care and shelter for lost and unwanted animals. Other services include community education and outreach, pet adoptions and foster placement. Project Name: Cleaning Heating & Air Conditioning Ventilation Units Project Description: These grant funds will be used for cleaning the heating and air conditioning ventilation units, which had not been completed in several years. Project Period: July - August 2011 Amount of Request: $4,500 Previous Grants: • July 2001: $1,000 Construction ($1,000 Daly) • February 2002: $1,000 Completion of new shelter ($1,000 Daly) • October 2002: $1,500 Computer Equipment ($1,500 Daly) • August 2003: $3,500 Pet Evac. Team ($1,500 Daly, $1,500 Luke, $500 DeWolf) • May 2004: $2,000 Outreach and Education ($2,000 Daly) • August 2004: $2,000 Offsite Animal Adoption Program ($2,000 Daly) • March 2005:$1,000 Event promotion and educational materials ($1,000 Daly) • August 2005: $2,500 OASIS Project ($2,500 Daly) • April 2006: $2,300 Pet Evac. Team ($1,150 Daly, $1,150 Luke) • October 2006: $2,000 Temporary Shelter ($1,000 Daly, $500 Luke, $500 Clarno) • July 2007: $5,000 New Training and Events Center ($3,500 Daly, $1,500 Baney) • November 2008: $5,525 Outside Kennels ($5,525 Daly) • 2009 Spay & Neuter Grant: $1,400 • March 2010: $1,500 X-ray machine supplies ($500 Baney, $500 Luke, $500 Unger) • 2011 Spay & Neuter Grant: $3,567 Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960 (541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.deschutes.org DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION Direct Application to: Commissioner Tammy Baney Commissioner Anthony DeBone Date: L ( Project Name: Project Beginning Date: Amount of Request: Commissioner Alan Unger All Three Commissioners 7 /(OMktes 67/ ThMb,tY6 k(/A AO4,iJ , %.0 I .11y, 6---oo Applicant/Organization: Address: Project End Date: Date Funds Needed: Tax ID #: City & Zip: Telephone: /4JMANc 'o e./ 67 y OF / --iu /35 -s -Ng" Wer L O&ft Ave Contact Name(s): Fax: boo b &O yAJe Alternate Phone jl65--tfe_rile Email: Ih' ,ilsi_ 7,01( Mo/0T ©f- 91- - 6 On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions: 1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities. 2. Describe the proposed project or activity. 3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity. 4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health. 5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit. 6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future. Attach: Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status. * Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget. Tammy Baney: Amount: Signature: Anthony DeBone: Amount: Signature: Alan Unger: Amount: Signature: DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION Applicant: The Humane Society of Redmond Date: June 28, 2011 1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities. The purpose of the Humane Society of Redmond is to provide a resource for our community where animal care and adoption to a responsible family are the underlying tenets of our organization. Our leadership structure includes an active, "hands-on" Board of Directors, a professional Shelter Manager, a staff of approximately seven full time equivalent employees and community volunteers. The primary activities of the HSR include: sheltering and caring for stray and rescued animals brought to our facility by law enforcement and the community; operating a low- cost spay and neuter clinic to control the population growth of unwanted animals; providing community education on animal care and long term animal control; administering limited emergency veterinary services for stray animals; and providing pet adoption services. 2. Describe the proposed project or activity. Our project is a simple but important one. Our shelter buildings use six large Heating/Air ConditioningNentilation units to provide a comfortable environment for our staff, visitors and animals. Given that our facility is full of animals at all times, the amount of hair, dander, dust and other particulate matter which accumulates in our HVAC units and ductwork is substantial. These units require cleaning as does the ductwork to ensure long life and trouble-free operation. If left un -serviced for an extended period of time (i.e. several years), their efficiency reduces, thereby increasing operating costs, and the possibility of breakdown increases. Unfortunately, due to the prioritization of our expenses, the proper cleaning of the HVAC units and ducts has not been performed for many years and we are asking for funding to complete this work. 3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity. If funded, the work on our HVAC systems may commence immediately using trained professionals from a local firm. 4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health. The Toss of any one of our HVAC units would require the immediate expenditure of thousands of dollars to repair or replace the unit. These funds would need to come from other programs within our organization such as our spay/neuter program, our animal treatment program, and other community -centric activities. These programs would suffer seriously from a re -distribution of resources and affect our community as a whole. 5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit. Programs such as animal medical care and spay/neuter benefit the pet loving members of our community that do not have the resources to avail themselves of traditional care and need a low cost alternative. The Humane Society of Redmond provides these services for the needy animals and families in our community. 6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future. Quotes for the cleaning of the HVAC units and Ductwork have been obtained by the Shelter Manager at a cost of approximately $4,500 to complete the work. At present we are providing routine maintenance in the form of changing all HVAC filters at a cost of $400 quarterly out of our operating budget. We do not presently have the resources set aside for the work requested in this grant. If the grant funds are Tess than the $4,500 required for the job, we will seek additional matching funds from our list of donors. As our shelter resolves its financial difficulties of the past, we are confident that we will have the resources in the future to maintain these HVAC units to the manufacturer's recommendations out of our operating budget. Internal Revenue Service Date: June 9, 2006 HUMANE SOCIETY OF REDMOND PO BOX 1404 REDMOND OR 97756-0400 Dear Sir or Madam: Department of the Treasury P. 0. Box 2508 Cincinnati, OH 45201 Person to Contact: Janet M. Duncan 31-07676 Correspondence Specialist/Screener Toll Free Telephone Number: 877-829-5500 Federal Identification Number: 93-0976110 This is in response to your request of June 9, 2006, regarding your organization's tax- exempt status. In November 1989 we issued a determination letter that recognized your organization as exempt from federal income tax. Our records indicate that your organization is currently exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our records indicate that your organization is also classified as a public charity under section 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our records indicate that contributions to your organization are deductible under section 170 of the Code, and that you are qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Internal Revenue Code. If you have any questions, please call us at the telephone number shown in the heading of this letter. Sincerely, AL4t4 "L p„ Janna K. Skufca, Director, TE/GE Customer Account Services 1