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Hyena Sanctuary Update
13 years ago
So we found a great piece of property. The limiting factors for finding property are what counties we can be in and if they're commutable to Crocuta's job. We are down to only 2 counties. We found a property in one county that we could put the sanctuary in (had a house and, well and county water plus flat clear area for enclosures), then the parcel went pending. The offer got pulled a month later because the buyers couldn't get financing. It's back up for grabs and we're racing against the current buyers. Who can get financing first? D:
Once we secure a property (not going to say it's this one, could be another one), then it's time to raise money to get enclosures. The sanctuary is required to have minimum double fencing to USDA standards. Our enclosures are going to have room for the hyenas to stretch their legs, so fencing costs are going to be super high. Here's what it boils down to:
13 hyenas
8 Enclosures (plus a secondary enclosure)
5 months to do this in.
We have 5 months to scramble this together.... D: We've already had to jump through hoops at the bank and funding to get the property still isn't secure.
How much do we need? It depends. Fencing materials alone (this does not include labor, delivery, etc) are around $40K Plus we'll need a concrete footing around the fencing. I could see if a company can donate materials by then, but we're running against the clock. We might not have our non-profit for a while and companies might not be willing to donate if you don't have the sure-fire nonprofit status.
Here's my plant of action:
Get property
Work on squiring non-profit status.
Make website that shows pictures of the hyenas future homes. Try to raise funds.... try to get fencing put up in a very short amount of time....
Some how acquire a truck that can haul an enclosed stock/horse trailer (has to be all enclosed and have A/C).
Go get hyenas in May.
I have a few ideas for fund raisers, they're long shots so the payout can be great, but the chances of it happening are small. I usually do good with long shots but there's 13 hyenas in the balance here.
Food and daily operating costs have already been negotiated. The upkeep for the hyenas will be very little. The enclosures are designed to be low-maintenance.
Once we secure a property (not going to say it's this one, could be another one), then it's time to raise money to get enclosures. The sanctuary is required to have minimum double fencing to USDA standards. Our enclosures are going to have room for the hyenas to stretch their legs, so fencing costs are going to be super high. Here's what it boils down to:
13 hyenas
8 Enclosures (plus a secondary enclosure)
5 months to do this in.
We have 5 months to scramble this together.... D: We've already had to jump through hoops at the bank and funding to get the property still isn't secure.
How much do we need? It depends. Fencing materials alone (this does not include labor, delivery, etc) are around $40K Plus we'll need a concrete footing around the fencing. I could see if a company can donate materials by then, but we're running against the clock. We might not have our non-profit for a while and companies might not be willing to donate if you don't have the sure-fire nonprofit status.
Here's my plant of action:
Get property
Work on squiring non-profit status.
Make website that shows pictures of the hyenas future homes. Try to raise funds.... try to get fencing put up in a very short amount of time....
Some how acquire a truck that can haul an enclosed stock/horse trailer (has to be all enclosed and have A/C).
Go get hyenas in May.
I have a few ideas for fund raisers, they're long shots so the payout can be great, but the chances of it happening are small. I usually do good with long shots but there's 13 hyenas in the balance here.
Food and daily operating costs have already been negotiated. The upkeep for the hyenas will be very little. The enclosures are designed to be low-maintenance.
You might be able to get people to pitch in via a crowd-funding campaign (eg. Kickstarter). AFAIK, Kickstarter is less ideal for non-profits, but The Oatmeal recently used Indiegogo to raise over a million dollars to create a Nikola Tesla museum, so they're probably alright. A strictly non-profit focused site called StartSomeGood also exists which might be a good avenue to investigate.
You should also consider starting a cause on causes.com, and from there you can get people interested, run campaigns, put out calls to action, collect donations, etc. I worked there for a bit and I can hook you up with some of the people that run it to maybe get your campaign featured.