2021
Fund Affordable Vet Clinics
Our efforts over the decades have yielded many accomplishments. Find out more about Boca Fund below.
As a nonprofit, our mission has always been to Save Animal Lives through Low-Cost Veterinary Care. The Boca Fund began as The Atlanta Animal Alliance, Inc. in 2003. We invested $200,000 of our own money to purchase a mobile spay-neuter vehicle and started a feline spay-neuter program called Project Catsnip. Why? There was, and still is, a cat overpopulation problem that needed to be addressed. We served 20-Counties in Metro Atlanta with our program that accounted for about 7,700 low-cost sterilizations per year. For 5 years we provided this resource throughout the Metro Atlanta Region totaling close to 40,000 surgeries. In 2008, we sold CatSnip to launch WellPet Humane. CatSnip continued to perform s/n’s and now accounts for over 100,000 cat spays and neuters as well as other wellness treatments.
2008 was a bad year for most businesses as a result of the Great Recession. People lost jobs and money was tight. They needed affordable veterinary care and WellPet Humane provide it. Starting in a 2,000 sq. ft. rented suite, we soon grew based on word-of-mouth and a high demand for affordable care. In 2016 we moved to a 16,000+ sq. ft. facility in northeast Atlanta. WellPet Humane was a full-service, well-equipped, hospital complete with 2 surgeries, 2 dental stations with x-ray, and the latest technology. We offered quality veterinary medicine at an affordable price. Many of our clients were quietly referred to us by local veterinarians. We had a great staff of 50 employees with about 12 humanitarian veterinarians. We received about $4M a year in revenue and spent about $3.95M a year in expenses.
In late 2017 we sold WellPet Humane to a consolidator. We believe that with the sale proceeds we can do more for the veterinary needs of indigent companion animals by becoming a granting foundation with the goal of providing seed money to establish Community Veterinary Care Clinics.
Most of those households who make less than $70,000 are unable to afford veterinary services. Our vision is a world where all companion animals can access veterinary care with for-profit clinics providing 70% of the care and nonprofits providing affordable access to the other 30%.
Working to Save Animal Lives through Affordable Veterinary Medicine
Pet Lives Saved
Bob Christiansen has devoted his career to saving animal lives through education and Community Animal Management Systems. Bob Christiansen started in the animal welfare movement by developing a successful dog training school in San Diego, CA that trained approximately 1,000 dogs per year. Bob Christiansen has devoted his career to saving animal lives through education and Community Animal Management Systems.
Dr. Amy Orlin has worked as a small animal veterinarian for over 30 years. She obtained a B.S. from Emory University and a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. She worked as an associate in a small animal private practice in Snellville, GA for twelve years.
