Today, March 2nd, 2023, Palomacy Pigeon and Dove Adoptions is, after being fiscally sponsored for 15 years (three by Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue & twelve with Community Initiatives), now the independent nonprofit public charity that we have always aspired to be! THANK YOU FOR LIFTING US UP!
Kingpin by Adrienne Ruork
What’s New, Changing and Staying the Same with Palomacy Now?
What’s staying the same
Palomacy’s mission is unchanged and our passion for this work has only been strengthened by the progress we are seeing! Our purpose is saving lives by closing the deadly gap in the animal welfare community that for too long has endangered and abandoned domestic pigeons and doves. Palomacy provides advocacy, education, rescue, coaching, referrals, veterinary care, foster and forever homes. Our programmatic work isn’t changing. (See What Is All This Palomacy, Anyway?) Staying the same are our:
+ Purpose, people, programs and practices!
+ Website at www.PigeonRescue.org including all of our articles and stories (updates needed have been made)
+ GlobalGiving donor platform (all changes were made internally, no donor action required)
+ Our social media (@PigeonDiplomacy for Instagram and Twitter) and our Palomacy Help Group and Facebook Fan Page are the same
What’s changing
Our administrative processes have changed. We have spun off from being a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives (CI) and are now, as our own nonprofit, tax exempt public charity, taking over, with the professional support of virtual bookkeepping firm Good Steward Financial Company, the accounting, payroll, benefits, and tax reporting responsibilities CI had fulfilled. Checks and invoices can now be made out directly to Palomacy and sent to our same PO Box 24585, SF CA 94124.
+ Palomacy donations will no longer incur a 10% fiscal sponsorship fee
+ Palomacy’s recurring donors through FundRazr will need to restart their contributions here (please!)
+ If your estate plan makes a bequest to Palomacy, you’ll need to update it, removing Community Initiatives/CI from our name and switching to our EIN: #87-2836252, Palomacy Pigeon and Dove Adoptions
+ Employer matching plans need to be updated the same way, removing Community Initiatives/CI from our name and switched to our EIN: #87-2836252, Palomacy Pigeon and Dove Adoptions
What’s new
As an independent nonprofit, we are able utilize resources that we previously could not access through our fiscal sponsor’s status. For example, we:
+ Qualify for Facebook and Instagram fundraisers (no fees!)
+ Qualify for TechSoup, Google for Nonprofits, etc.
+ Qualify for nonprofit US Postal Services (thank you, Heather)
+ Can receive and send money as a PayPal Charity low fee account
+ Can receive and send money as a Venmo Charity low fee account (Venmo.com/PigeonDiplomacy)
+ Expand our range of potential grant and donor sources
+ And lot’s more. We’ll be updating you!
We did it!
Heihei by Adrienne Ruork
