Cat Rescue is a
LIFESTYLE
Mission Possible Homeless Cat Foundation is a U.S.A. 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. All donations will receive a tax-deductible receipt.
Our History
Our Founder, Lisa Crawford, had been a "colony cats" caretaker for over 20 years, spending many hours each day after work and on weekends driving around to several cat colonies in the dangerous industrial areas of San Jose, CA. Utilizing her own personal finances, she paid for their kibble and canned food, plastic bin cat shelters, spay and neuter services, vaccinations, microchips, flea treatment, and emergency vet care for what eventually became 100 stray and feral cats. She came to love them all as much as her house cats. Unfortunately, by not being an official nonprofit organization, she wasn't afforded any personal income tax relief to offset these large expenses. Irregardless of that, she felt that it was her "calling in life" to sacrifice her personal financial goals and freedoms in order to help these beautiful, abandoned little souls to have a more comfortable existence.
Lisa's ultimate goal was for her cat colonies' popula-tion to naturally decrease over time since they were all sterilized, however, more and more intact cats kept showing up to her colonies seeking food. This not only added themselves to the population, but also their eventual kittens due to the challenge of trapping them all in time to prevent the inevitable. Her valiant efforts had become a never-ending battle, and with no end in sight...
In 2017, Lisa's personal life circumstances changed, and as such, she realized it was simply too cost-prohibitive and unsustainable to continue caretaking for these cats in the manner she had been doing - she needed a new and better approach in order to get better control of the situation.
Lisa then decided it was time to take the plunge and begin the arduous process of becoming an official nonprofit 501(c)3 rescue organization. This way, she could not only provide people donation tax receipts as incentive to obtain financial aid for her cats, but could also provide a safe and secure outdoor haven for them while maintaining better control of her cat population. Being able to secure a USDA mortgage, she purchased a rural homestead with a large horse barn in her home state of (east) Texas that would be suitable for her new outdoor cat sanctuary.
With the help of Lisa's fellow colony cat caregivers, they were able to trap her cats in order to get them professionally transported in an air-conditioned trailer to start their new life in Texas. After a few weeks of the cats living in the barn to settle in, they were then able to freely roam and frolic in an allocated 2-acres of Lisa's lovely treed property, with newly installed cat-proof fencing, to live out the rest of their natural lives in peace, comfort, and security.
Lisa is now living her life-long dream of owning and operating an official nonprofit outdoor homeless cat sanctuary and is enjoying reconnecting with her family and friends.
Our Mission
We believe in a no-kill model of homeless cat welfare and that all of them, whether young or old, social or shy, in good health or poor, deserve a good life. Every cat in our care is to be provided with the medical care, nutritional support, and love that is necessary to thrive. We are committed to ensuring that our socialized homeless cats are matched with a suitable, loving home.
Our Goal
With the help of Mission Possible's Board of Directors, our dedicated volunteers, and our wonderful donors, Lisa has been able to keep her nonprofit homeless cat rescue independent of her personal finances as it is financially sustained, thanks to all of our wonderful donors. She is fully committed to keep Mission Possible Homeless Cat Foundation operational until every last one of her rescue cats has lived out their fullest and happiest life. Our goal for Lisa is that it will occur by the time she reaches retirement age so that she may then be able to enjoy more time and freedom to travel and engage in her various creative passions, such as crafting and professional singing.
