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Ed Sayres: Non-Profit Specialist and Consultant

Ed Sayres
Ed Sayres with a furry friend

After working in the non-profit sector for over 35 years, Ed Sayres launched his own firm, Sayres Consulting, in Millbrook, New York. Sayres’ firm offers advice to non-profit directors and senior management on crucial activities such as fundraising, board development, strategy, financial and crisis management.

From 2003 until 2013 Sayres was the president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), a huge non-profit group whose mandate is to protect and promote the welfare of animals. Although the ASPCA was already one of the country’s largest animal rights organizations, this did not prevent Ed Sayres from furthering the non-profits growth and prominence. During Sayres’ tenure at the ASPCA he was able to increase private growth by 280 percent. According to “The Chronicle of Philanthropy” made the ASPCA the ‘top public charity’ during that time period. Membership increased three-fold, reaching an impressive 1.3 million. Grant making went up from half a million dollars to 17 million during that time.
Sayres also sought, and acquired, corporate support from some of America’s leading companies. Walmart, Subaru, Target, CVS and Pottery Barn all became supporters of the ASPCA due to Sayres efforts.

Another important transformation Sayres was able to implement successfully was his promotion of a ‘collaborative no-kill’ shelter model. He led an initiative with New York City’s Mayor’s Alliance for Animals which reduced the overall number of euthanized animals in city animal shelters and increased the number of adoptions from only 25 percent to 75 percent. He was able to repeat this success in ten additional nationwide cities, working closely with municipal and other non-profit animal welfare groups which, together, were able to find funding to rescue at-risk animals from being euthanized.

Previous to his work with the ASPCA Sayres was the president of the San Francisco SPCA, the director of the Phoenix-based PetSmart Charities, and director of the Colorado-based American Humane Association. Sayres is also the author of “Cinderella Dogs: Real-life, Fairy-tail Adoptations from the San Francisco SPCA.”

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