Charleston Animal Society was recently named a top-rated charity organization by Charity Navigator, the nation's largest charity watchdog organization.
Charity Navigator's "4 Star" designation is reserved for charities that exceed "industry standards and outperforms most charities in its cause." This makes Charleston Animal Society the only animal organization in South Carolina to attain this distinction.
Charity Navigator is the largest charity evaluator in America and its website attracts more visitors than all other charity rating groups combined. The organization helps guide intelligent giving by evaluating the Financial Health and Accountability and Transparency of 6,000 charities. Charity Navigator accepts no advertising or donations from the organizations it evaluates, ensuring unbiased evaluations, nor does it charge the public for this trusted data.
Founded 138 years ago in the heart of downtown Charleston, the mission of Charleston Animal Society is to prevent cruelty to animals by finding homes for homeless animals, containing outbreaks of rabies and other deadly diseases, reuniting lost pets with their families, fighting hunger when food is unaffordable, teaching children to be kind to animals and each other, and saving the lives of abused, abandoned and unwanted animals.
As Charleston's largest animal rescue organization, Charleston Animal Society cares for 90% of Charleston County's unwanted, abused and abandoned animals, yet continues to drive down the Charleston community's euthanasia rate. In 2012, it spent over $500,000 treating animals that were ill or injured, many times in dire health, and saved nearly 75% of all the animals that came to the shelter, making it the leader among large animal shelters in South Carolina and a national model.
Charleston Animal Society is also the state's largest spay/neuter provider. In 2012, its spay/neuter programs sterilized nearly 12,000 animals, which made a significant dent in the community's animal overpopulation problem.
Additionally, Charleston Animal Society is South Carolina's number one adoption provider, has the state's most successful Community Cat Trap-Neuter-Return Program, a nationally recognized Veterinary Science Initiative with high school students, and the largest hands-on humane education program in schools reaching over 15,000 kids each year. By staying firmly focused on its mission, Charleston Animal Society saves more animals than all other animal organizations in Charleston County combined.
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Charleston Animal Society was recently was selected Non-profit of the Year at the annual "Giving Back Awards" gala sponsored by Charleston Magazine and the Coastal Community Foundation.
Source: http://www.live5news.com/story/20523456/charleston-animal-society-dubbed-a-top-rated-charity
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