Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO PROVIDE PLACEMENT AND CARE DURING PLACEMENT OF GREYHOUND DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS; TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE NEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF A PARTICULAR BREED OF DOG, NAMELY THE GREYHOUND, IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE A HUMANE STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE BREED OF DOG; TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERSHIP OF GREYHOUNDS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN SCHOOLS AND ELSEWHERE. GENERALLY TO DO ALL ACTS NECESSARY TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
GREYHOUND FRIENDS INC., LOCATED IN HOPKINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IS A SMALL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO RE-HOMING RETIRED RACETRACK GREYHOUNDS AND PLACING THEM IN RESPONSIBLE LOVING HOMES. GREYHOUNDS PASSING THROUGH THE KENNEL HAVE GENTLE DISPOSITIONS AND MAKE WONDERFUL COMPANIONS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1983, GREYHOUND FRIENDS HAS FOUND HOMES FOR MORE THAN 10,000 DOGS. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A KENNEL TO RECEIVE GREYHOUNDS AND AS SOON AS A DOG IS ADOPTED ANOTHER ONE COMES IN FROM A RACING KENNEL. DOGS, WHO COME TO THE KENNEL ARE WELL CARED FOR. MOST RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO KIND TREATMENT AND ARE READIED FOR ADOPTION. GREYHOUND FRIENDS RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK.GREYHOUND FRIENDS ALSO WORKS ON A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACING THIS PARTICULAR BREED OF DOG, TO FURTHER INTERNATIONAL RESCUE AND ADOPTION EFFORTS, AND TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY. THE REACH OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATIONAL AND ADVOCACY WORK IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A DEEP ORGANIZATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BREED AND RACING INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY WORKING TO END GREYHOUND ABUSE. GREYHOUND FRIENDS' ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL UPDATE PROGRAM REFLECTS THIS. HELD EACH YEAR IN HOPKINTON, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FROM SPAIN, ARGENTINA, IRELAND, ITALY AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD SHARED PERSPECTIVES ABOUT GREYHOUND AND HOUND ISSUES AND A VARIETY OF ADVOCACY INITIATIVES. OTHER INITIATIVES HAVE INCLUDED DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS. A SAD REALITY IS THAT GREYHOUNDS PAST THEIR RACING PRIME IN THE UNITED STATES ARE OFTEN DISCARDED BY THE RACING INDUSTRY AND DUMPED ABROAD WHERE THEY ARE HELD IN DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS AND FORCED INTO ILLEGAL STRAIGHT RACING. HISTORIC RACING CULTURES IN OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO UNDERMINE GREYHOUND STANDARDS OF CARE. TWO RECENT DOCUMENTARY FILMS, PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF GREYHOUND FRIENDS BY PHOTO-JOURNALIST JOHN MOTTERN, EXPOSE THESE DARK REALITIES: LAND OF THE MAGPIE & THE CROW (HIGHLIGHTING THE CHANGING ATTITUDES AND MARKETPLACES BOTH DOMESTICALLY IN IRELAND AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR GREYHOUNDS) AND A CRIME TO BE BORN IN ARGENTINA (EXPOSING GREYHOUND ABUSE IN ARGENTINEAN STRAIGHT RACING). THE FILMS AND ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS TO BOTH EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND INFLUENCE REGULATION OF THE RACING INDUSTRY. THE RECENT ARGENTINEAN LEGISLATIVE BAN ON GREYHOUND RACING IS A TANGIBLE REMINDER OF THE IMPACT THESE KINDS OF ADVOCACY EFFORTS CAN HAVE. A CRIME TO BE BORN IN ARGENTINA WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED BY ANIMAL ADVOCATES AND VIEWED ACROSS ARGENTINA IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE LEGISLATIVE VOTE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Louise Coleman | FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $18,652 |
| Terri Shephard | DIRECTOR/FORMER TREASURER | 5 | $14,350 |
| Caryn-Amy Rose | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffrey Schindler Dr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Adelia Leblanc | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kathy Melhado | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Cythnia B Curley | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Peter Bloom | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Donna Nelson-Duey | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| John Dumas | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Stoddard Melhado | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
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