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    Bissell Pet Foundation
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    Bissell Pet Foundation

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    501(c)(3) organization
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    http://www.bissellpetfoundation.org/
    2345 WALKER AVE NW
    GRAND RAPIDS MI 49544-2516

    GRAND RAPIDS MI | IRS ruling year: 2011 | EIN: 38-3853264  
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
    An EIN is a unique nine-digit number that identifies a business for tax purposes.
     
    Organization Mission
    BISSELL Pet Foundation exists to support animal welfare organizations and provide resources to underserved communities. This includes helping to reduce the number of ... (More)
     

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    Rating Report

    Leadership & Adaptability
    Score

    100

    This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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    Strategy

    40 out of 40 points

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    Mission Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission.
    BISSELL Pet Foundation exists to support animal welfare organizations and provide resources to underserved communities. This includes helping to reduce the number of animals in shelters and rescues through pet adoption, spay/neuter programs, vaccinations, microchipping, and crisis and disaster response.
    Vision Statement
    10 out of 10 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's vision.
    Our goal is to help every pet find a home.
    Strategic Goals
    20 out of 20 points
    The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
    Goal One: Adoption is key to addressing pet homelessness. By sponsoring adoption events & bringing attention to the importance of adoption, we get pets out of shelters & into loving homes. Adoption saves lives.
    Goal Two: By providing funding to spay/neuter shelter pets, supporting Trap-Neuter-Return for community cats, & sponsoring high-impact, community spay/neuter clinics, BPF prevents cats & dogs from multiplying.
    Goal Three: During crises, shelters can count on BPF to respond. Emergency grants & The BPF National Shelter Alliance program supports shelters when disasters happen & helps prepare them for the unexpected.

    Leadership

    30 out of 30 points

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    Partial Credit
    No Credit
    Investment in Leadership Development
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development.
    BISSELL Pet Foundation staff have many opportunities to develop skills and leadership through weekly zoom conversations with leaders, courses in BISSELL University and through the ability to attend conferences and directly interact with organizational leaders.
    External Focus on Mobilizing Mission
    15 out of 15 points
    The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
    • Strategic Partnerships
    • Collaborative Engagement
    • Thought Leadership
    • Social Promotion
    • Civic Engagement

    Adaptability

    30 out of 30 points

    Full Credit
    Partial Credit
    No Credit
    Adaptability Statement
    30 out of 30 points
    The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
    The pandemic has slowed preventative veterinary services such as spay/neuter, worsening our nation's pet overpopulation crisis. To address these challenges, BPF hired a skilled veterinarian in April 2022. As an example of creating solutions to the pet overpopulation crisis during this unprecedented pandemic, BPF hosted and funded the first-ever FREE spay/neuter clinic in Detroit in early June, 2022. The event resulted in the sterilization of 120 owned dogs. Dogs spayed and neutered at the clinic also received age-appropriate vaccinations, including rabies and a microchip. This FREE three-day clinic, which was filled within a matter of hours, took place in partnership with the City of Detroit. Discussions are already taking place for future events in Detroit and additional underserved areas throughout the country. Additionally, BISSELL Pet Foundation's Empty the Shelters event started in Michigan and because of its success in emptying our state’s shelters, is now the largest funded adoption event in the country enabling hundreds of participating shelters to offer free or reduced-fee adoption. Empty the Shelters makes adoption affordable for prospective pet owners while supporting participating organizations with reimbursement for each pet adopted. Four events are scheduled annually with emergency events added as needed. Additionally, BPF hosts and funds the largest adoption event in the country, Empty the Shelters. This is a quarterly event that started as a weekend event. Over the past two years, to save more lives, the event has been extended to a multiple week event with emergency events added as needed. BISSELL Pet Foundation reimburses participating shelters for every pet adopted.
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