What Kind of Person Does That To A Kid? A Baby? An Animal?
No abuser’s ignorance or era or condition excuses her behavior any more than her treatment of us gives us license to abuse other people. ~Eamon Dolan
Fourteen years ago, I severed communication with my mother after she called to wish me a happy birthday and then proceeded to ask me if I wanted her to send the hateful letters written about me when I was 10 years old as a school monitor – seems the gestapo-like behaviors I learned from my mother didn’t positively affect the younger school children and they expressed their feelings in letters addressed to me, which my mother kept for some unknown reason. I declined and called her out for her cruelty (why would anyone want to read a letter professing hate for the reader?). Phone calls and e-mails from my siblings, aunts, and even a sister-in-law in the subsequent months revealed my mother called them in tears claiming she was so upset and didn’t mean to hurt me (my mother found the letters humorous) only confirmed my decision that of course, my mother would make herself the victim in his scenario instead of realizing she was the aggressor and the bully whose abusive behavior would no longer be tolerated. Read more 
$19 a Month to the ASPCA – How Much Goes to Vet Services?
If you donated $19 a month to the ASPCA in 2023 and want to know how your donation was spent, know that:
- $11 went to pay staff, office-related expenses, travel and conferences;
- $6 went to pay advertising and promotion and fees for outside services, including professional fundraisers, and miscellaneous expenses;
- $1 out of every $19 was spent on veterinary services, operating supplies, and grants to other non-profits whose mission is to help protect animals; leaving
- $1 unspent and allocated to the organization’s general fund. Read more
10 Executives at the ASPCA Received $30 Million in Compensation
10 executives at the ASPCA (a non-profit tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) based in New York City, New York) received $30 million in compensation from 2017-2023 (note: the 10 employees listed below are 10 of the most highly compensated employees in 2023; highly compensated employees in any year from 2017-2022 but not in 2023 ae not considered): Read more
Executive Compensation at the ASPCA (2023)
The ASPCA is a non-profit tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) based in New York City, New York. As such, the organization submits a Form 990 to the IRS annually and makes a copy available to the public. The most recent IRS Form 990 (2023) reports the ASPCA: Read more
Where Does $100 to the ASPCA Go (2023)?
If you donated $100 to the ASPCA in 202 and want to know how your donation was spent, know:
- $57 went to pay staff, office-related expenses, travel and conferences.
- $28 went to pay advertising and promotion and fees for outside services, including professional fundraisers.
- $6 out of every $100 was spent on veterinary services, operating supplies, and grants to other non-profits whose mission is to help protect animals.
- $3 out of every $100 was spent on miscellaneous expenses leaving $4 unspent and allocated to the organization’s general fund (which had nearly $500 million at year-end). Read more
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