Alley Cat Allies
3.4 from 33 reviews
Address 7920 Norfolk Ave #600, Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone Number +12404821980
Description Alley Cat Allies believes every cat deserves to live out his or her life to the fullest. Founded in 1990, Alley Cat Allies is the leading advocacy organization for cats with a mission to transform and develop communities to protect and improve the lives of all cats and kittens. Together with our over 1 million supporters, we work toward a world where cats are valued and every community has humane and effective programs and policies to defend them. Our website is www.alleycat.org, and we are active on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Linkedin and YouTube.
Website https://www.alleycat.org/
1catmac
Alley Cat Allies is a super organized and efficient group. They provide online resources for TNR groups, and individuals can enlist to be a local resource for their own communities. Great way to meet people and help protect the abandoned cats.
Carol Kerewich
I am so proud to donate regularly to this worthwhile organization - especially one that focuses on cats. Keep up the great work. Thank you! You are truly appreciated for all you do.
Rivkah Nisan
Ok I'm a big advocate of TNR. This is what I loved about this organization. We wanted to adopt a kitten to help with an aging only in house community (ours). Like how grandkids and grandparents go together. We established a connection with a foster family (across state lines) and they directed us towards the paperwork. I was honest about our house and literally after deflecting responses to us for a bit was told "we don't adopt that far away". Well never said you were coming to us; we planned on coming to you. So never could adopt through them and ended up adopted two barn/rural kittens who are happily snipped and up to date on shots. So please ACA stop sending requests for money to us. You wouldn't adopt out to a family that not only understands cats but can financially and medically make sure they are ok. And if you want the email chain I will 100% send them to you @ACA . In short I don't believe this is a bad charity but I believe the employees need to be vetted.
Jo Clayton
This is a wonderful group dedicated to protect our less than fortunate feral furry friends. When I joined Ally Cat Allies I learned how to effectively trap, neuter , return and how to provide shelters during inclement weather. They are my go to people when I have a question. I not only help the cats I am also doing a service for the community by cutting down on the amount of feral cats in our community. I started T/N/R 4 years ago. At the time there were kittens having kittens in a colony behind my house. After 3 years of continuous trapping I reached my goal of no more kittens in the colony. After trapping 30+ feral’s I haven’t seen a kitten in over a year.
Miki Haas
In the past I had contacted the organization for information and assistance in neutering a feral cat colony. I sought help in either referring me to a low cost neutering clinic or assisting with the cost of trapping and neutering. Several attempts to elicit a response were ignored; however, for years afterwards they send out fundraising in an attempt to solicit donations for their organization. I will donate to a low cost neutering clinic, but never to an organization that did not have the decency to respond let alone offer advice or assistance.
Hilary Tibbens
Philanthropy.com reported that a nonprofit organization doing business as Alley Cat Allies, which promotes the abandonment of domestic cats, had been involved in “a number of questionable” financial practices. The piece said that this organization “offers a case study in what can happen when there’s a lack of government or institutional oversight.” The group’s founder and president, Becky Robinson, was reportedly “paid $265,309 in total compensation for the fiscal year that ended on July 31, 2017, while [Donna] Wilcox, the board chair and vice president, was paid $230,556 in salary and benefits. Together, their compensation amounts to more than 5 percent of the group’s revenue. The board sets the CEO’s pay, yet the board chair works for the CEO.” In 2015, after a neighbor complained about an outdoor horde of cats at Robinson’s home, “Alley Cat Allies bought the neighbor’s home for $590,000. Last summer, the charity bought a second home in Arlington for $569,000. Neither transaction was disclosed to the full board of the nonprofit.” In addition, the “board rarely meets—it has yet to convene in 2018.” This investigation was done by PETA. If you are a donor of this organization I would be cautious that your money isn’t going to the animals.
Business Hours
Monday:09:00AM - 18:00PMTuesday:09:00AM - 18:00PMWednesday:09:00AM - 18:00PMThursday:09:00AM - 18:00PMFriday:09:00AM - 18:00PMSaturday:ClosedSunday:Closed
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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