List of Animal Shelters
Comptroller’s Critters was created by the late, great pet-loving Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka and carried on in her honor by Comptroller Mendoza. The program aims to find shelter dogs, cats and other animals forever homes and features a searchable database of facilities in your area. Our goal is to give you the resources you need to adopt a pet, which in turn reduces animal control costs at the local level and saves taxpayers money.
Through the program, Illinois communities, and organizations may schedule financial workshops hosted by the Comptroller's Office to address everything from the tracking of daily expenses and budgeting to exploring credit card options and identity theft protection.
SECA Advisory Board Members list
The Debt Transparency Report requires state agencies to report their monthly liabilities in a manner prescribed by the Comptroller. The report is intended to provide greater transparency and a truer sense of bills for state services incurred but not yet sent to the Illinois Office of Comptroller for payment.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC: The United States continues to respond to a pandemic respiratory disease known as "coronavirus disease 2019" ("COVID-19") that spreads from person-to-person. This situation poses a serious public health risk. On March 11, 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. In the interest of aiding residents and local governments in Illinois, Governor Pritzker issued a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation on March 9, 2020. The proclamation allowed Illinois agencies to coordinate State and Federal resources, including the strategic national stockpile of medicine and personal protective equipment to support local governments in preparation of and...
The office’s Comptroller’s Critters program works to increase animal adoption and lower local animal control costs.
Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s proposed legislation strengthening the office’s oversight of crematoriums unanimously passes both houses
The money is part of a larger state grant for the organization. This is the first installment of that Fiscal Year 2027 grant.
Special Fiscal Reports Here
Bill aims to protect the dignity of loved ones
State and University Employees Combined Appeal (SECA) is the once-a-year (September 16 - November 18, 2026) program that provides all employees the opportunity to donate to the charitable causes of their choice. As of August 2021, pursuant to P.A. 102-0291, the Illinois Office of Comptroller has become the administrating agency of the SECA program. Originally established in 1983, SECA is a workplace-giving campaign that allows State Employees to donate to nearly 1,600 charities at local, state, national, and international levels. State employees have contributed over $83 million to help improve our environment.
How a charity can join SECA: A bona fide charity may contact the Office of Comptroller to request an application to begin the process as a stand-alone charity in the SECA program. Interested charities should contact Sara Wooley, Office of Comptroller, 325 West Adams, Springfield, IL 62704, Sara.Wooley@illinoiscomptroller.gov, or call (217) 558-3721, to request an application. See information below. A bona fide charity may contact any SECA Federation and request an application to be accepted within that federation. Each federation has their own criteria, rules, regulations and fees. Charity contact information is listed in the SECA booklet as well as on this...
Comptroller Mendoza visits several local businesses to showcase the people, entrepreneurship, and places that make this historic neighborhood
Accounts payable includes General Funds liabilities currently at the Illinois Office of Comptroller and the estimated amount reported by state agencies.
Here are the SECA Training Videos listed.
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Statement from Comptroller Susana Mendoza on the end of spring legislative session.
Comptroller’s Critters was created by the late, great pet-loving Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka and carried on in her honor by Comptroller Mendoza. The program aims to find shelter dogs, cats and other animals forever homes and features a searchable database of facilities in your area. Our goal is to give you the resources you need to adopt a pet, which in turn reduces animal control costs at the local level and saves taxpayers money.
Through the program, Illinois communities, and organizations may schedule financial workshops hosted by the Comptroller's Office to address everything from the tracking of daily expenses and budgeting to exploring credit card options and identity theft protection.
The Debt Transparency Report requires state agencies to report their monthly liabilities in a manner prescribed by the Comptroller. The report is intended to provide greater transparency and a truer sense of bills for state services incurred but not yet sent to the Illinois Office of Comptroller for payment.
The office’s Comptroller’s Critters program works to increase animal adoption and lower local animal control costs.
Special Fiscal Reports Here
Accounts payable includes General Funds liabilities currently at the Illinois Office of Comptroller and the estimated amount reported by state agencies.