Non-Profit Organizations: A Case Study

General operating funds are an integral part for the sustainability, impact, and growth of all non-profit organizations. General operating funds would provide our organization with the flexibility to meet pressing community needs and achieve impact. Funding would also contribute to maintaining our sustainability, while shifting attention from limited program outcomes to broader organizational and social impact. Furthermore, it would help ease administrative burdens and costs associated with our shelter, while maintaining a strong sustainable infrastructure.

General operating funds or unrestricted support are essential to the impact our organization has on our low-income community and the animals that we serve. Unrestricted funding provides
Our community also includes the City of Show Low, a micropolitan area that has the highest poverty rate in the nation, with 33% residing in poverty, according to US Census Bureau Vintage 2014. The population of our service area is 192,306 and increases substantially in the summer months, when the area has an influx of visitors from the Metropolitan areas. Above all, we continually strive to provide services to all of the additional at-risk animals in our region whether they are local animals or just visiting.

Our shelter helps more than 1,000 homeless and abused animals per year. We feed, home, vaccinate, spay/neuter, and adopt these animals, while incurring the cost for all these services and supplies. Our yearly expense for just the supplies to provide these services to all the animals brought into our shelter is $39,099.00, making up 7% of our total expenses.

We offer services to our low-income community to help reduce the unwanted pet population, and to be able to vaccinate their pets at a lower cost than going to the Veterinarian.
We have a huge impact on our low-income community while helping all the homeless and abused animals in our