Talk:North Shore Animal League America

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Surely there should be some aspect of the criticism this group has received over the years. For example, the person running it makes well over 300,000 a year and a lot of the money they raise goes to parties in the Hamptons that supposedly raise money for them, but are actually red carpet events for D list rich people with expensive alcohol and hors d'oeuvres. From what I've read about it, this is nothing but a vanity charity.

http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/toc/north-shore-animal-league-america-in-port-washington-ny-4056

"This charity does not meet one or more of the 20 standards for Charity Accountability." from The Better Business Bureau of the United States and Canda website

Also this:

"Evaluation Conclusions

North Shore Animal League America (NSALA) does not meet the following 2Standards for Charity Accountability.

Standard 12: Detailed Functional Breakdown of Expenses - Include in the financial statements a breakdown of expenses (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fund raising, and administrative activities. If the charity has more than one major program category, the schedule should provide a breakdown for each category. NSALA does not meet this Standard because its financial statements did not include a detailed functional breakdown of expenses by natural classification (e.g., salaries, travel, postage, etc.) that shows what portion of these expenses was allocated to program, fund raising, and administrative activities.

Standard 19: Cause Related Marketing - Clearly disclose how the charity benefits from the sale of products or services (i.e., cause-related marketing) that state or imply that a charity will benefit from a consumer sale or transaction. Such promotions should disclose, at the point of solicitation: (a) the actual or anticipated portion of the purchase price that will benefit the charity (e.g., 5 cents will be contributed to abc charity for every xyz company product sold), (b) the duration of the campaign (e.g., the month of October), (c) any maximum or guaranteed minimum contribution amount (e.g., up to a maximum of $200,000). NSALA does not meet this Standard because an affinity card is promoted through an arrangement with a bank. Promotional information for the card states, in part, “a percentage of every purchase goes directly to NSAL to support its ongoing efforts.” Neither the amount benefiting NSALA from issuance and renewals of cards, nor the portion from transactions made with the card that will benefit Audubon are disclosed.

In addition, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information on the organization’s governance and oversight, effectiveness measures, finances, solicitation materials, annual report, and donor privacy and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following 12Standards for Charity Accountability: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18."

Lots of problems with this place. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaginsh (talk • contribs) 15:44, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Largest no-kill?

Now that Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is running shelters in Los Angeles and Atlanta, as well as having other local extensions (for example, New York), as well as their main location in Kanab, Utah, I wonder if North Shore's claim to be the largest no-kill organization is still valid. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:51, 1 April 2017 (UTC)