Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BLIND CAT RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,483,521
Total expenses: $1,153,140
Contributions and grants received: $1,353,053
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $97,005
Other revenue: $33,463
Total assets, end of year: $5,000,192
Total liabilities, end of year: $42,019
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $4,958,173
Program services expenses (Part IX): $986,623
Management and general expenses: $157,875
Fundraising expenses: $8,642
Program service expenses (Part III): $986,623

Program services were 85.6% 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.

1a · Federated campaigns

$1,114
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,351,939
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$88,500
3 · Investment income

total $121,866 · excluded $121,866
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $603,247
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $628,108
7c · Gain or loss

securities -$24,861
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$24,861 · related or exempt -$24,861
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$40,960
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$8,597
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $32,363 · excluded $32,363
11a · Other revenue: MISC. REVENUE-RELATED-

total $1,100 · related or exempt $1,100
11e · Other revenue, total

$1,100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $84,703 · program services $71,997 · management and general $12,706
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $362,834 · program services $308,409 · management and general $54,425
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $3,995 · program services $3,396 · management and general $599
9 · Other employee benefits

total $39,678 · program services $33,726 · management and general $5,952
10 · Payroll taxes

total $36,945 · program services $31,403 · management and general $5,542
11b · Fees: legal

total $665 · management and general $665
11c · Fees: accounting

total $19,275 · management and general $19,275
11f · Fees: investment management

total $16,707 · management and general $16,707
11g · Fees: other

total $346 · management and general $346
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $7,095 · management and general $7,095
13 · Office expenses

total $11,824 · management and general $11,824
14 · Information technology

total $506 · management and general $506
16 · Occupancy

total $86,806 · program services $72,060 · management and general $14,746
17 · Travel

total $27 · program services $27
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $18,318 · program services $15,570 · management and general $2,748
23 · Insurance

total $18,354 · program services $15,601 · management and general $2,753
24a · Other expenses: VET & MEDICAL EXPENSE

total $231,143 · program services $231,143
24b · Other expenses: SPAY NEUTER PROGRAM

total $101,529 · program services $101,529
24c · Other expenses: FOOD, LITTER, PET CLEAN

total $96,280 · program services $96,280
24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING

total $8,642 · fundraising $8,642
24e · All other expenses

total $7,468 · program services $5,482 · management and general $1,986

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $167,927 · end of year $260,609
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $408,356 · end of year $484,288
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $277,529 · end of year $0
7 · Other notes and loans receivable

beginning of year $34,456 · end of year $29,478
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $254,779 · end of year $214,014
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$519,744
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$230,653
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $297,536 · end of year $289,091
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $2,905,211 · end of year $3,585,327
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $100,444 · end of year $137,385
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $27,980 · end of year $42,019
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $4,392,983 · end of year $4,931,398
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $25,275 · end of year $26,775

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE ARE A LIFETIME CARE SANCTUARY FOR BLIND CATS THAT ARE DEEMED UNADOPTABLE BY ANIMAL SHELTERS THAT WOULD EUTHANIZE THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE BLIND. WE ALSO SERVE AS A SANCTUARY FOR CATS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA AND FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES. FINALLY, WE OPERATE A SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM.

LIFETIME CARE SANCTUARY FOR BLIND CATS AND THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA AND FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSES (FIV). FEED AND PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FOR THESE FELINES. EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED ANIMALS. BLIND CAT SANCTUARY CONTINUES TO OFFER DAILY VISITS WITH ITS RESIDENT CATS THROUGH VIRTUAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. RECEIVED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF RECOGNITION, PLATINUM STATUS, FROM GUIDESTAR, THE PREEMINENT SOURCE FOR RELIABLE NON-PROFIT INFORMATION, AND WAS NAMED A TOP NON-PROFIT BY GREATERGOOD.COM, A PROMINENT ONLINE SITE FOR NON-PROFITS AND FUNDRAISING. THE WEBSITE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS WWW.BLINDCATRESCUE.COM.

Expenses $885,094
FUNDED SPAY & NEUTER PROGRAM FOR 2,239 NON-SHELTER CATS.

Expenses $101,529

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

ALANA S MILLER

PRESIDENT/TREASURER

Total calculated

$42,352

From this org

$42,352

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
STEPHANIE MATHEWS

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

20
JOAN RICHTER

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
SETH JASON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
NANCY SCHODOWSKI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SUZANNE COHOLIC

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DAN GULDE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JESSICA FAIR

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JULIAN AGUILAR

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
STEPHEN ELSWICK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GABBY STEFFENS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SAMANTHA STEFFENS

PRESIDENT ELECT

Total calculated

$42,351

From this org

$42,351

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 20 June 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.1
Source object: 202441909349301209

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