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← ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$46,689,046
Total expenses
$45,210,114
Contributions and grants received
$34,347,340
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$10,612,307
Investment income
$1,566,382
Other revenue
$163,017
Total assets, end of year
$137,253,806
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,234,661
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$131,019,145
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$35,838,505
Management and general expenses
$5,642,183
Fundraising expenses
$3,729,426
Program service expenses (Part III)
$35,838,505

Program services were 79.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,181,045

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $32,166,295

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,520,397

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PET INTAKE AND PLACEMENT

    total $3,368,398 · related or exempt $3,368,398

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEDICAL OPERATIONS

    total $4,980,062 · related or exempt $4,980,062

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ANIMAL CRUELTY AND RESCUE SERVICE

    total $1,879,257 · related or exempt $1,879,257

  • 2d · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY RESOURCES

    total $221,086 · related or exempt $221,086

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER OPERATING REVENUE

    total $163,504 · related or exempt $163,504

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,549,582 · excluded $1,549,582

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,665,961 · other assets $591,800

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $15,665,961 · other assets $575,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $16,800

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,800 · excluded $16,800

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $279,835

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,181,045

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $279,835

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $629,265

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $251,453

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $377,812 · excluded $377,812

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,328,206

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,543,001

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$214,795 · related or exempt -$214,795

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,752,090 · program services $1,493,001 · management and general $143,636 · fundraising $115,453

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $24,366,480 · program services $20,776,167 · management and general $1,975,910 · fundraising $1,614,403

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $388,235 · program services $328,399 · management and general $31,845 · fundraising $27,991

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,573,859 · program services $2,165,140 · management and general $267,449 · fundraising $141,270

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,602,216 · program services $1,369,551 · management and general $118,584 · fundraising $114,081

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $62,387 · program services $62,387

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $1,283,643 · fundraising $1,283,643

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $157,982 · management and general $157,982

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,432,906 · program services $1,143,852 · management and general $289,054 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $500,489 · program services $446,196 · management and general $5 · fundraising $54,288

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $210,088 · program services $190,727 · management and general $19,361 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,008,072 · program services $648,109 · management and general $188,594 · fundraising $171,369

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $921,779 · program services $512,330 · management and general $371,913 · fundraising $37,536

  • 17 · Travel

    total $126,206 · program services $89,963 · management and general $32,197 · fundraising $4,046

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $440,277 · program services $419,669 · management and general $685 · fundraising $19,923

  • 20 · Interest

    total $31,591 · program services $30,499 · management and general $1,049 · fundraising $43

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,185,667 · program services $881,640 · management and general $1,296,999 · fundraising $7,028

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $473,774 · program services $407,022 · management and general $43,329 · fundraising $23,423

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $3,910,082 · program services $3,782,060 · management and general $121,432 · fundraising $6,590

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $1,111,642 · program services $712,380 · management and general $364,843 · fundraising $34,419

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSE & FEES

    total $302,425 · program services $224,249 · management and general $65,310 · fundraising $12,866

  • 24d · Other expenses: HIRING, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

    total $229,254 · program services $123,641 · management and general $94,390 · fundraising $11,223

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $138,970 · program services $31,523 · management and general $57,616 · fundraising $49,831

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,569,613 · end of year $4,834,467

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,627,345 · end of year $6,625,802

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,819,710 · end of year $9,707,904

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,372,058 · end of year $208,202

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $470,124 · end of year $511,979

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $621,526 · end of year $918,546

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $75,646,329

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $16,405,465

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $59,544,926 · end of year $59,240,864

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $23,232,549 · end of year $40,198,851

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,751,272 · end of year $15,007,191

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,888,143 · end of year $3,714,412

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,635,722 · end of year $1,311,467

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,321,762 · end of year $1,208,782

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $102,541,585 · end of year $105,461,350

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,621,911 · end of year $25,557,795

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE SAVE THE MOST VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF PETS AND PEOPLE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SAVE THE MOST VULNERABLE ANIMALS AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF PETS AND PEOPLE.

  • AHS' SERVES AS A SAFETY NET FOR THE VALLEY'S MOST VULNERABLE ANIMALS. OUR LIFESAVING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR LAZIN ANIMAL FOUNDATION TRAUMA HOSPITAL, MUTTERNITY SUITES, KITTEN NURSERY, BOTTLE BABY KITTEN ICU AND PARVO PUPPY ICU SAVE THE LIVES OF PETS ROUTINELY EUTHANIZED IN SHELTERS. LAST YEAR, OUR TRAUMA HOSPITAL TREATED 20,666 SICK, INJURED AND ABUSED HOMELESS PETS MORE THAN 83 PERCENT OF ALL THE ANIMALS WHO CAME THROUGH OUR DOORS. WE ALSO CARED FOR 566 CRITICALLY ILL DOGS IN OUR PARVO PUPPY ICU AND 1148 MOMS AND BABIES IN OUR MUTTERNITY AND MEOWTURNITY SUITES. OUR KITTEN NURSERY AND BOTTLE BABY KITTEN ICU CARED FOR 3,987 NEWBORN KITTENS AND PUPPIES.

    Expenses $20,592,066 · Revenue $4,980,062

  • LAST YEAR, AHS SAVED 18,814 ANIMALS THROUGH ADOPTION AND OTHER PLACEMENT OUTLETS, AND OUR ETHICAL NO-KILL PHILOSOPHY ENSURES WE NEVER EUTHANIZE A PET FOR SPACE OR LENGTH OF TIME. WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO KEEPING PETS IN HOMES BY CONNECTING PET OWNERS WITH AFFORDABLE MEDICAL, BEHAVIOR AND SUPPORT SERVICES. OUR PET RESOURCE CENTER HANDLES MORE THAN 360 CALLS A DAY, HELPING TO PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT HELP PETS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED SPAY/NEUTER SURGERY TO 24,916 OWNED AND SHELTER ANIMALS, HELPING TO REDUCE PET OVERPOPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND VETERINARY SERVICES TO 40,075 OWNED ANIMALS THROUGH OUR VETERINARY CLINICS. OUR FOSTER HEROES EXPAND OUR CAPACITY FOR CARE, PROVIDING TEMPORARY HOMES FOR 400-800 PETS AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WHILE OUR VOLUNTEERS GIVE OVER 98,250 HOURS OF THEIR TIME TO OUR PETS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $8,488,208 · Revenue $3,368,398

  • AHS' EMERGENCY ANIMAL MEDICAL TECHNICIANS ARE ON THE ROAD 365 DAYS A YEAR RESCUING MORE THAN 13,080 ABUSED, INJURED AND ABANDONED ANIMALS. WE SEEK JUSTICE FOR ABUSED ANIMALS, AND OUR EAMTS PARTNER WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CONDUCT 10,700 CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS EACH YEAR. THIS PAST YEAR, OUR EAMTS RESPONDED TO 134 CASES IN WHICH WE SEIZED 10 ANIMALS OR MORE. WE SEIZED 2,567 ANIMALS TOTAL FROM THESE CASES. WE ADVANCE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PETS INVOLVED IN THE MOST HORRIFIC CASES AND ADVOCATE TO FIGHT CRUELTY AND NEGLECT. AHS ALSO SERVES AS THE DESIGNATED RESPONDER FOR ANIMALS IN DISTRESS DURING NATURAL DISASTERS.

    Expenses $4,494,845 · Revenue $1,879,257

  • OUR SUPPORT TEAMS, WHICH INCLUDE FACILITIES & MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORT, ANIMAL CARE & EXPERIENCE, CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, WAREHOUSE AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT AND SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN HELPING US SAVE THE LIVES OF HOMELESS PETS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $2,263,386 · Revenue $169,795

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chad Makovsky

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deepa Lohse

    TREASURER (END 8/15/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Dr Craig Thatcher

    PAST-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Johnson

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Suzanne Hensing

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Suzy Juneau

    GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yvone Betts

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Andrea Claus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrea Marconi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Damiano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Siner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bryan Albue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Ingrid Haas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Stephen Fisher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dyan Getz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Gable

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kristin Slyker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Cushing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patricia Tate

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick Ray

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Phyllis Kirk

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ricki D Jennings

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Susanne Ingold

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Matthew Johnson

    VP OF FINANCE & CFO

    Total calculated
    $196,435
    From this org
    $175,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,826
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $155,544
    Bonus
    $18,565
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $2,971
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,855
    Filer's total
    $196,435
  • Steven Hansen

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $473,617
    From this org
    $456,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,449
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $374,998
    Bonus
    $70,555
    Other
    $10,615
    Deferred
    $4,171
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,278
    Filer's total
    $473,617
  • Jill Santa

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $193,447
    From this org
    $181,709
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,738
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,993
    Bonus
    $19,216
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $2,949
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,789
    Filer's total
    $193,447
  • Kelsea Patton

    VP OF STRATEGY, EXT AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $242,349
    From this org
    $237,256
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,093
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $210,617
    Bonus
    $25,139
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $4,014
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,079
    Filer's total
    $242,349
  • Lauren Martich

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $222,673
    From this org
    $210,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,830
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,021
    Bonus
    $22,322
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $3,121
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,709
    Filer's total
    $222,673
  • Melissa Thompson

    VP OF MEDICAL OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $251,397
    From this org
    $239,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,131
    Bonus
    $26,988
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $2,989
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,789
    Filer's total
    $251,397
  • Dr Mindy Bemmerl

    DIR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

    Total calculated
    $158,291
    From this org
    $144,177
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,114
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,077
    Bonus
    $6,750
    Other
    $1,350
    Deferred
    $2,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,705
    Filer's total
    $158,291
  • Kathleen Croteau

    STAFF VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $153,913
    From this org
    $140,451
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,462
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,085
    Bonus
    $5,366
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,345
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,117
    Filer's total
    $153,913
  • Lai-Ting Torres

    STAFF VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $172,171
    From this org
    $160,821
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,681
    Bonus
    $6,140
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,561
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,789
    Filer's total
    $172,171
  • Melanie Peters

    STAFF VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $154,396
    From this org
    $143,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,180
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,748
    Bonus
    $5,468
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,789
    Filer's total
    $154,396
  • Nancy Mitchell

    SR. MANAGER, GIVING & CAMPAIGN

    Total calculated
    $155,178
    From this org
    $143,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,192
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,046
    Bonus
    $5,440
    Other
    $1,500
    Deferred
    $2,403
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,789
    Filer's total
    $155,178

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7 NON-FIXED PAYMENTS
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS: EMPLOYEE BONUSES ARE AWARDED AT THE CEO'S DISCRETION, BASED ON THE EMPLOYEE'S PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 September 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202612579349301091

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