Startup Costs
Total: $3,393.73
- Incorporation fees: $30.00
- Secretary of State Filing fees: $275.00
- Articles of Incorporation Fees: $25.00
- Domain costs: $23.88 (yearly – may increase)
- Blue Host for website: $10.10 (yearly – may increase)
- Business Insurance $500.00 (Yearly – May increase)
- Website design and setup: $1,600.00
- Business cards: $109.22
- Business checks: $41.54
- Microsoft 365 $69.99 (yearly may increase)
- Dell Support $60.00 (yearly may increase)
- McAfee + Premium $150.00 (yearly may increase)
- Wyze Security System $99.00
Recurring Yearly Fees
• Microsoft 365 $69.99 (yearly may increase)
• Dell Support $60.00 (yearly may increase)
• McAfee + Premium $150.00 (yearly may increase)
• Wyze Security System $99.00
• Domain costs: $23.88 (yearly – may increase)
• Blue Host for website: $10.10 (yearly – may increase)
Adding these recurring yearly fees to the overall financial picture provides a clear understanding of the operational costs necessary to maintain various systems and services.
Recurring Monthly Fees
Total: $57.10 and higher based on donations and transactions
- Bank fees: $20.00 per month
- Merchant fees: $37.10 per month plus a percentage of each transaction
Operational Costs (approximate for monthly costs for 5 birds)
- Fresh Food: $168.65
- Nuts in Shells: $26.95
- Nuts out of Shells: $25.65
- Dry Kibble blend: $75.64
- Supplements: $140.46
- Cage liners: $89.87
- Bathing supplies: $11.93
- Cleaning Supplies: $18.56
- Bird chew toys: $23.68
As we take on more birds, these costs will increase accordingly.
Veterinary Care
- Contagious disease panel: $110.95
- 1st vet visit: $896.26
- HeiHei meds: $80.73
- Kevin meds: $65.63
- Kuzco meds: $27.20
Note: Veterinary care costs and monthly operational costs will vary, especially as more birds are acquired. Projected costs will increase as the non-profit continues to grow.
Summary
We hope to grow each year, to help more birds, and to be able to adopt out healthy birds. We have a goal of moving our rescue to the middle of the United States to offer that area a large bird rescue. We will eventually need to purchase a Sprinter Van with wall secure hook ups, to move large cages and pick up multiple birds. In addition, as we get larger and add more birds and cages, we will need to move our rescue into a separate building on acreage with an isolation area.
Donations will allow us to help all these sick and injured large birds and allow us to grow to help so many more. Join our mission by making a donation today.
Please note that any amount, even a $5.00 donation helps. You can even contribute to a specific need:
a surgery for a specific bird,
food,
vet bills,
cages,
or operational expenses.