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Mission

The mission of the American Humane Association, as a network of individuals and organizations, is to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of children and animals and to assure that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively, and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society.
American Humane envisions a nation where no child or animal will ever be a victim of willful abuse or neglect. As a recognized leader in professional education, training and advocacy, research and evaluation, American Humane joins with other similarly missioned individuals and organizations to make this vision a reality.

Programs

ANIMAL WELFARE: American Humane is a well-established animal welfare organization with a reputation of dedicated leadership on critical animal welfare issues. American Humane believes that being first means being positive and credible. We have learned to effect change by working with other organizations though cooperation and coalition building. American Humane gets things done through positive advocacy and action.
Our programs focus on many animal welfare fronts, including:
Animal adoption
Care and issues
Disaster relief
Farm animals
Film monitoring
Shelter services
Legislative action
Education and awareness

CHILD WELFARE: For more than a century, American Humane has been a national leader in preventing the abuse and neglect of children, while strengthening families and communities and enhancing social service systems.
In Children's Services, our activities are organized around three major goals:
-Increasing child safety, permanency, and child and family well-being by advancing child welfare practices.
-Improving and enhancing the capacity of child welfare systems and the broader community to respond to child abuse and neglect and to strengthen families.
-Preventing child maltreatment.

Program / Activities (NTEE Code)

Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs)

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 08/31/2005

1. Animal Services: Provided training, financial support, resources and consultation to animal care and control agencies. Supplied emergency animal relief during disasters nationwide. Tracked applicable legislation and its impact on animal issues. Protected animals in entertainment (e.g. films and commercial productions) Served constituency with information on welfare issues.
2. Served the constituency with quarterly magazines and an advocacy newsletter along with numerous other publications.
3. Children's Services: Provided training and technical assistance in outcome measures, policy and practice and other information to public welfare agencies. Delivered training for child welfare supervisors and case-aides, evaluated current training needs and assessed training programs on substance abuse and child maltreatment issues. Convened national round tables on current issues.
   

1. American Humane Association seeks to ensure the safety and well-being of children and animals by bringing issues that affect children and animals to the public's attention, then empowering the public to make a difference through their own advocacy efforts or by financially supporting American Humane's programmatic efforts to eliminate abuse and neglect of children and animals.
   

Financial Data
From the organization's FORM 990

Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008

Revenue			Expenses
Contributions $6,295,621 Government Grants $655,141 Program Services $3,102,165 Investments $2,185,053 Special Events $0 Sales $0 Other $709,503			Program Services $15,529,257 Administration $920,489 Other $2,516,197 Total Expenditures $18,965,943
Total Revenue	$12,947,483		NET GAIN/LOSS	$(6,018,460)

Balance Sheet: Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008

Notes
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot long survive, but the types of assets and liabilities also must be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Assets	Jul 1, 2007	Jun 30, 2008	Change
Cash & Equivalent	$4,302,201	$1,115,336	$(3,186,865)
Accounts Receivable	$884,030	$1,376,978	$492,948
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$1,820,425	$1,494,793	$(325,632)
Receivables/Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$57,786	$31,099	$(26,687)
Investments/Securities	$0	$0	$0
Investments/Other	$32,239,799	$25,570,755	$(6,669,044)
Fixed Assets	$2,288,216	$2,266,214	$(22,002)
Other	$6,143,067	$5,901,667	$(241,400)
Total Assets	$47,735,524	$37,756,842	$(9,978,682)
Liabilities	Jul 1, 2007	Jun 30, 2008	Change
Accounts Payable	$1,170,593	$1,756,417	$585,824
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$207,838	$269,573	$61,735
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$215,304	$206,124	$(9,180)
Total Liabilities	$1,593,735	$2,232,114	$638,379
FUND BALANCE	$46,141,789	$35,524,728	$(10,617,061)

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