ITS A SHAME ! THANK YOU!!!! So much of that money could go to help the animals instead of lining his pocket. People want easy, convenient, and feel-good. Bershadker ascended to the ASPCA presidency on June 1, 2013, the first ASPCA president since Sydney H. Coleman, president from 1930 until his death in 1951, to have worked for the ASPCA in any capacity before being put in charge. These days, Sullivan is the chief community and development officer at the Houston SPCA in Texas. It is because people including yourselves and ourselves, legions of eight-dollar-a-month donors and $9.70 an hour workers and volunteers, together built a movement. "I wish that they could do some soul searching within the organization and understand that their massive efforts to draw support from around the country to support their own efforts and the issues that they wish to focus on, does hinder the ability for local organizations like ourselves to do the good work that we do. tornado and Superstorm Sandy. "The big, big question here really is what sense of urgency in spending the resources does the organization have?" A lifelong animal lover, he first joined the nation's first animal welfare organization in 2001, serving most recently as Senior Vice President of the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Group, the division responsible for programs that confront animal cruelty and suffering across the country. The bad decisions that led to those payouts, however, were made two generations of HSUS leadership ago, and three generations of ASPCA leadership ago. "If we just look at how much of the spending goes toward shelter and veterinary services, and toward grants to local humane societies, it's hovering around 40%.". I donate to many many animal rescues, K-9 cops etc. But during that same time period it spent nearly three times that, at least $421 million, on fundraising. I submit hypocrisy is not lost when one is complacent of an executive making millions selling violent video games to children while objecting to a non-for-profit compensating an individual who would otherwise be worth that elsewhere. I am fine with a founder getting a fair salary. The Anti-Cruelty Group evolved from a fledgling team of responders to a robust, national program that confronts animal cruelty and suffering on all levels across the country. Even an ex girlfriend of mine that works for UNICEF should be ashamed, but there is no shame ?? Matthew Bershadker is president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the first animal welfare organization in America and a national leader in the . SO TO THE PUBLIC STOP DONATING MONEY TO THESE SO CALLED ANIMAL LOVERS. Its obscene that anyone is given so much money that is intended to be used to help animals. But more than $28 million of the total money raised in 2019 was not reflected in spending that year. (See How the ASPCA cooked 26 dogs in a truck: source comes forward.). Included in the multi-pronged effort is a fully-subsidized spay/neuter facility in South Los Angeles, operated by the ASPCA. We guarantee we will continue make the best possible use of every $8.00, $80, $800, or $8,000 that you send us. Why is the ASPCA stonewalling about the deaths of 20 dogs in transport? http://www.tortoise.com http://www.worldturtleday.org If youre going to attack someones salary you should cite why they arent qualified to receive it. But the ASPCA adoption transport program operates at a fraction of the scale of the North Shore Animal League adoption transport program, begun in 1971, and the PetSmart Charities transport program, which ran from 2004 to 2016. In fact, one out of every 10 staff members at the ASPCA is a licensed veterinarianand we often have open veterinary positions. You are both prolific and thorough, an amazing feat! (Beth Clifton collage). Mr. Bershadker helped form the Field Investigations & Response team to provide skilled support to state and federal agencies during large-scale puppy mill busts, dog fighting raids, animal hoarding cases, and other instances of animal cruelty as well as natural disasters such as the Joplin, Mo. I give every month to the ASPCA and the Humane Society but these so called CEOs and directors need to be fired ASAP. Dori Dolgin. Matt: Veterinarians play an enormous role in the health of animals in their communitiesnot just with their traditional clientele, but also with homeless animals, animal victims of cruelty, and animals whose owners are experiencing financial challenges. Axelrod, Towey, and Bailey introduced former ASPCA executive vice president Jo Sullivan, who helped to create the Sarah McLachlan commercials for the ASPCA. It looks like they could save them all by themselves. Matthew E. Bershadker was named president and CEO of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in May 2013 and serves on the Global Animal Partnerships Board of Directors. Susan M. Tellem, RN, BSN Executive Director Last year, the ASPCA played a leadership role in the removal of 50 dogs from a Bronx dog fighting ring. Upon launching ANIMALS 24-7, in 2014, Beth & I initially hoped to continue this project in an online format. treatment hotline: Talking with Matt Bershadker, President and CEO of the ASPCA, Julie Morris Shelter Medicine Residency Program, showed that more than 4.2 million pets were at risk of entering poverty, housing crisis resulting from the pandemic, 2021 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. It just doesnt make a lot of sense to give when the upper management is making that kind of money. I tried to call animal control or various places that are suppose to help wild life. It is just heartbreaking to see these babies get run over. Perhaps thats why they increased their fund raising so much; but it may mean that a large portion of it actually went to the media for advertising. On January 10, 2019, ANIMALS 24-7 discovered from the ASPCA filing of IRS Form 990, and promptly pointed out, that Bershadker took home $804,372 in pay for 2017, including a bonus of $276,000, and received benefits of $47,859, for total compensation of $852,231more than any two other animal welfare executives in one year ever. Jo Sullivan was an executive vice president at the ASPCA when the commercials came out and was part of the team that created them. This sadness is compounded by the fact that the ASPCA gives viewers the false impression that the organization is literally rescuing dogs and cats from the cold, and finding good homes for them, whereas that isnt so. ", "I am thrilled to serve the ASPCA, its members and the many communities around the country where we play a vital role," stated Mr. Bershadker. I have long hated the relentless ASPCA ads, and can just imagine good-hearted, impoverished people sending in money they can ill-afford to part with from their meager Social Security checks and the like. Honest national organizations would strive to remediate donor ignorance, not aggressively exploit it. There must be a way to curb these salaries, more in-line with other animal support organizations. "It is frustrating on this side of the table to realize that a bulk of our time and our staff time is spent trying to explain the difference between national and local," Sullivan said. But by now the animal cause is hundreds of times larger, served by a wealth and multitude of electronic mediaand the more, the better. I love ANIMALS 24-7 and the great work you do to save animals. Maybe that is why the BCI has received GuideStars Platinum rating for transparency since 2013 only the Thane SPCA among thousands of humane groups has a similar rating and that too since 2021. Am I the only person that knew this was a fraud group since 1965? In 2013, I was honored to be named President and CEO. And did not get one reply or even a person on the phone. I will donate to the ASPCA when your ceo gives up 80% of his salary so the money actually goes to the animals! We always will. Their breakdown showed that about 41 cents of each dollar donated to the ASPCA goes toward hands-on help withanimals across the country.. Exactly! After I earned my MBA in 2001, I applied for a job at the ASPCA. One good way to do that is to go onto the Charity websites Charity Watch, Charity Navigator, etc., select the animal charity you are interested in, and look at the ratios of yearly income, yearly expense (outlay), and the ratios of how much goes to salaries, how much to fundraising and administrative expenses, and how much to the programs for animals that are the reason for their existence. From those readers, I heard two consistent complaints: that I did not give charities an excessively simplistic thumbs up or thumbs down, to enable them to make decisions without having to think, and that at $25 a year, about 17 per charity listed, the reports cost too much of the money that purchasers preferred to give directly to the animals.. Prior to joining the ASPCA, Bershadker worked for ICF Consulting, Share our Strength[4] and Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network[5]. Born on in United States, Matthew E. Bershadker started his career as President and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) . A lifelong animal lover, Mr. Bershadker joined the nation's first animal welfare organization in 2001, serving previously as Senior Vice President of the ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Group, the division responsible for programs that confront animal cruelty and suffering across the country. They never got a dime from me and never will. In that time, it has spent $146 million, or about 7% of the total money raised, in grants to local animal welfare groups. (See Why is the ASPCA stonewalling about the deaths of 20 dogs in transport? Their job is to be excellent. But its clear that modern shelters need to look broadly at the needs of people and pets in their communities versus just the needs of animals in their facilities, focusing more on the causes of animal homelessnesslike financial strain and barriers to resourcesversus the consequences of animal homelessnessnamely, ending up in a shelter or worse. NOBODY!!! We often put in 15-hour days. A Board Member of the Global Animal Partnership, Matt received his Master of Business Administration degree from Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Ohio University. In that partnership, the NYPD leads in responding to all animal cruelty complaints in the five boroughs, while the ASPCA provides direct care for animal cruelty victims and assists law enforcement officials with forensics work and prosecutions. he is one of famous President and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) with the age years old group. I am sickened to think that anything I donate would be to help pay his salary! One of the things that makes Matthew McConaughey such a unique film presence is how skilled he is at playing a very specific type of old-school, southern man. The ASPCA says the vast majority of donor dollars go directlytoward its mission, Axelroad intoned, but a CBS News investigation found there arequestions about whether the money is going where donors expect.. At the end of 2020, the ASPCA claimed more than $407 million in assets. Unfortunately, sources such as Charity Watch and Charity Navigator would not have caught the issues that ANIMALS 24-7 and CBS News noticed at the ASPCA, because their robots accept whatever organizations declare on IRS Form 990 at face value, and neither comb Form 990 for discrepancies, nor do on-the-ground program verification. Till 1987, we were a volunteer driven group with even our 247 ambulance services driven by off-duty Indian Airlines pilots. Beginning in 2007, the ASPCA led the charge to weaken animal shelter temperament testing in order to rehome more pit bulls, by promoting the so-called SAFER test, which eliminates several components of traditional temperament testing. In 2019, the ASPCA's CEO Matt Bershadker made more than $840,000. Ive never donated to the ASPCA because I felt management was way too handsomely compensated, but when they solicited my support around the same time as that transport debacle, I emailed them asking for an explanation of the circumstances as a pending donor and heard NOTHING back. Muckrake (n): synonym for crusading journalist. A professor in a university animal ethics course, who indicates that her students include everyone from ranchers to vegans, near universally weep in class when she plays the ASPCA commercial. The ASPCA clearly stole the playbook from the Sally Strothers commercials of the 1980s that depicted starving children (but no sad pop songs, that I can recall), and similarly traumatized many now middle-aged people. Maybe more people would support the ASPCA if 90% of it didnt go for salary. THANKFULLY, I DID MY RESEARCH. The national and local orgs are different. ASPCApro: Whats changed in animal control in the last 20 years, and what does the future of that work look like to you? Thomas Sewid encouraged it. Bershadker declined CBS News' request for an interview, but in response to questions posed to the nonprofit, the ASPCA's Senior Vice President of Communications Elizabeth Estroff wrote, "the ASPCA's CEO compensation is evaluated and benchmarked every year by an outside consultant." Originally the term SPCA specifically meant a humane society with limited law enforcement powers, but few such humane societies exist in the 21st century, and none are anywhere near Grand Junction, Colorado. Steve Hindi, arguably the most accomplished animal rights advocate of the past 30 years, has never taken a cent of compensation from his organization, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK]. But trying to avoid donating toward advertising expense is a very naive and impractical idea in the first place, since every nonprofit organization needs to raise funds somehow, and even if an animal shelter, for example, does no advertising for fundraising purposes, it will still have to advertise animals for adoption. NEW YORK--The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) today announced that it has named Matthew E. Bershadker President and CEO. I BELIEVE IN WELL PAID EXECUTIVES. Together were building the road to a more humane future for both pets and people. "The major problems that most SPCAs have is that the ASPCA does not fund these agencies," Rogers told CBS News chief investigative correspondent Jim Axelrod. I certainly agree, I would definitely like to see those people that abuse these animals go to jail and have their pictures shown on television. Matt also oversaw the kickoff of the ASPCAs $25 million commitment to assist at-risk animals and pet owners in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, including a fully subsidized spay/neuter facility in South Los Angeles operated by the ASPCA and a dedicated campaign to encourage the fostering of local vulnerable kittens. The HSUS has $47 million in the Cayman Islands. We are fortunate that even today we have a group of professionals who donate their time and efforts on a purely honorary basis to look after much of the administration and special projects and rescues, thus ensuring that donations received by us go into helping animals without being eroded by administrative expenses. Mr. Bershadker is a 12-year veteran of the ASPCA, serving most recently as Senior Vice President of the Anti-Cruelty Group (ACG). "The organization benefits greatly," Mercer said of the ASPCA. It is not just large shelters this happens in. And it's on top of Bershadker . We always have. But according to Jo Sullivan at the Houston SPCA, not everyone is granted access to the list, even if they are willing to pay. Oh I forgot, this the ME GENERATION. Cattle egrets, in short, tend not to have many friends, even among the most avid bird advocates, despite being a very useful species for their contributions to insect control, and a readily watchable species. According to its own 2017 survey, ASPCAsaid 84% of its donors also donated to a local animal charity. What that survey did not ask was whether donors knew thedifference between giving to the ASPCA and giving to other localSPCAs nationwide., Countered 30-year Houston SPCA president Patti Mercer, I would challenge the fact that 84% of people know thedifference when the fundraising tactics would lead you to believethat money given to the ASPCA trickles down into localorganizations.. Unfortunately, though more than 30 million U.S. households give to animal charities, these annual reports never built a readership of more than a few hundred. Explained State Humane Association of California executive director Erica Gaudet Hughes when the 2011 case was filed, The complaint alleges that ASPCA capitalizes on, and intentionally reinforces, the widely held mistaken belief that it is a parent or umbrella organization to the thousands of humane societies and SPCAs across the country. How the ASPCA cooked 26 dogs in a truck: source comes forward. Matt: The animals Ive known throughout my life have played an influential role in who I am, how I view the world, and how I lead the ASPCA. Who shot pregnant harbor seals? These services also help pet owners keep their pets at home, which is typically the safest place they can be. That is thievery no matter how you look at it. Its funny you mention the dodo, have you ever looked up the dodo on youtube? (See ASPCA and the Humane Alliance move toward merger. The State Humane Association of California, founded in 1909, merged with the California Animal Control Directors Association in 2018 to become the California Animal Welfare Association. Between 2009 and 2019, the ASPCA made more than $3.2 million selling donor lists. What that survey did not ask was whether donors knew the difference between giving to the ASPCA and giving to other local SPCAs nationwide. Most recently, the ASPCA assisted federal and state authorities in the removal of nearly 100 dogs from a multi-state dog fighting ring. Liars and egotism lead the fall. YouTube: AmericanTortRescue Matthew E. Bershadker, better known by her family name Matthew E. Bershadker, is a popular American President and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). . Im guessing you have no problem with the above. Thats what you get from ANIMALS 24-7, in our unique dual role of watchdogging and reporting the news about animal protection & advocacy from a caring perspective, informed by decades of experience on animal-related news beats. Previously, Matthew was the Board Member at Gruber Family Foundation and also held positions at GFAS, Share Our Strength, RAINN. Jonathan Kaufelt is a former Humane Society of the U.S. board member. More distinguished predecessors, all of whom ANIMALS 24-7 found lacking in some aspects of leadership, included, besides immediate predecessor Ed Sayres, Larry Hawk, the late Roger Caras, and the late John Kullberg. So, how much is Matthew E. Bershadker networth at the age of years old? ASPCApro: Do you think the challenges weve seen from the pandemic will affect the future practice of animal sheltering? She also said it is based on policies and practices that are fully consistent with IRS regulations regarding "reasonable compensation" for nonprofits. Terms & Conditions / Privacy Policy, 2023American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Darryl Hinton Just us. Before becoming President and CEO, Matt served the ASPCA as Senior Vice President of ASPCA Anti-Cruelty, Vice President of Development, Senior Director of Major Gifts and Special Events, and Senior Director of Partnership Marketing. [2] He holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School[3] and a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Ohio University. I didnt get it, but 10 days later, I was offered a business development position at the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center. People do not pay attention to where they are driving. In 2014, he partnered with the New York City Police Department and established a program . But during that same time period it spent nearly three times that, at least $421 million, on fundraising., According to the nonprofits tax returns, the ASPCA took in nearly $280 million in 2019, Axelrod detailed. Hasnt PETA also been criticized for killing a lot of animals? We dont like running deficits, even after squeezing and trimming all that we can. I fully agree with you but then the animals suffer even more! Matthew McConaughey Made His Views About Gun Law Reform Known at the White House. ", The ASPCA provided the following statement in response to CBS News' questions: "For more than 155 years, the ASPCA has been steadfastly dedicated to our mission 'to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States.' (Beth Clifton collage). CBS News spoke to more than two dozen local SPCA's across the country. WHY IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASPCA GET SO MUCH ? As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with more than two million supporters nationwide, the ASPCA is committed to preventing cruelty to dogs, cats, equines, and farm animals throughout the United States. Mittendorf says that strategy isn't wrong, but it all comes down to expectations. Bermuda, and Ireland. Bershadkers compensation is more than the CEOs of Feeding America andthe American Red Cross, charities that have a budget 10 times thesize of the ASPCA, Jim Axelrod told the CBS News audience, but passed over that issue relatively lightly. Currently working as President and Chief Executive Officer at ASPCA in New york, United States. Not even Ingrid Newkirk herself makes a fraction of Matthew Bershadkers compensation! Over $150 million of that went to Eagle-Com Inc, a Canadian media production company, to produce and place ASPCA's ads. Matt is a national thought leader in modern animal welfare, and his vision and commitment have catapulted the ASPCA into a leadership position advancing the fields evolution and national impact. In that time, it has spent $146 million, or about 7% of the total money raised, in grants to local animal welfare groups. In 2020, under Matts leadership, the ASPCA launched a series of programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on pets, owners, and communities. Board Member. Bershadker has led some of the most innovative programs to help animals all across the country. "I don't know how they can put their head on a pillow at night," Rogers said, "knowing that there are so many animals out here that that money could be used for, for other things.". WOW, what a salary! Harold J. Hovel, author of Helping Animals Means Helping People: From Hunting & Poaching to Climate Change & Nuclear War (2017), is chair of the New York State Humane Association. There is no mystery or mumbo-jumbo about what we do, how we do it, and what results we get. Also learn about how he is rich at the age of 49 years old? And Matt Bershadker has perhaps the most mediocre record on actual behalf of animals of any ASPCA president in more than four decades. A year later, at the end of 2018, the ASPCA claimed $283 million in assets. Whereas the CEO of ASPCA was given, from money donated to help animals, the staggering grand total of $853,232!!!!!! Matthew E. Bershadker was named president and CEO of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in May 2013[1] and serves on the Global Animal Partnership's Board of Directors. The focal issue, however, for Axelrod, Towey, and Bailey of CBS, was that ASPCA fundraising pitches allegedly mislead donors into mistakenly believing that the ASPCA is the fundraising umbrella for all 303 U.S. animal charities incorporated as Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Board issue, no blame for CEO. Take the donations and doesnt help ALL the animals they say they will?? It SHOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO BE PAID $852,372 thousand dollars that was donated!!!!! (Beth Clifton collage). 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