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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE.

Totals

Total revenue
$445,084
Total expenses
$469,235
Contributions and grants received
$373,395
Grants paid
$245,000
Program service revenue
$66,027
Investment income
$5,662
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$389,001
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,989
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$369,012
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$438,494
Management and general expenses
$27,764
Fundraising expenses
$2,977
Program service expenses (Part III)
$438,494

Program services were 93.4% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $11,441

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $361,954

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE ATTENDEES

    total $34,244 · related or exempt $34,244

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE SPONSORS

    total $19,500 · related or exempt $19,500

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS

    total $11,807 · related or exempt $11,807

  • 2d · Program service revenue: LAWBOOKS

    total $476 · related or exempt $476

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,662 · excluded $5,662

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $245,000 · program services $245,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $55,300 · program services $31,755 · management and general $20,780 · fundraising $2,765

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,230 · program services $2,429 · management and general $1,589 · fundraising $212

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $175 · management and general $175

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $5,113 · program services $5,113

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $389 · management and general $389

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,662 · program services $2,466 · management and general $3,196

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $630 · program services $599 · management and general $31

  • 17 · Travel

    total $344 · program services $327 · management and general $17

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $237 · management and general $237

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $307 · program services $153 · management and general $154

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,694 · program services $847 · management and general $847

  • 24a · Other expenses: HIGH5 EXPENSES

    total $75,078 · program services $75,078

  • 24b · Other expenses: CONFERENCE PRODUCTION EXP

    total $61,266 · program services $61,266

  • 24c · Other expenses: SAVEVAPETS EXPENSES

    total $6,295 · program services $6,295

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNITY RELATIONS

    total $4,166 · program services $4,166

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,349 · program services $3,000 · management and general $349

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $279,535 · end of year $39,569

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $128,704 · end of year $333,366

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,393 · end of year $15,518

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

    $2,646

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

    $2,098

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $855 · end of year $548

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,085 · end of year $56

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $21,239 · end of year $19,933

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $356,118 · end of year $307,525

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $37,045 · end of year $61,487

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE SOCIETIES (VFHS) PROVIDES PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP, ADVOCACY, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF ANIMAL ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND HOMELESSNESS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE SOCIETIES LEADS AN ALLIANCE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING MUTUAL SUPPORT AND TO ACTING COLLECTIVELY AS THE VOICE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE IN VIRGINIA. WE ARE THE LEADING ADVOCATE FOR ENDING UNNECESSARY EUTHANASIA OF CATS AND DOGS AND FOR ADVANCING ANIMAL WELFARE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

  • SPAY VIRGINIA IS FOCUSED ON ENSURING ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE SPAY/NEUTER OPTIONS FOR VIRGINIA PET OWNERS AND ADVOCATES. IN THE LAST 5 YEARS SPAY VIRGINIA HAS DESSEMINATED OVER 100,000 IN GRANTS TO MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PROVISION OF SPAY/NEUTER OF OWNED PETS, RESCUE PETS AND COMMUNITY CATS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THANKS TO THE SUPPORT OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS, WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF AWARDING 65,000 TO 40 VFHS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS IN 2024. THIS ONGOING INITIATIVE HAS MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF PETS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITIES. MEMBERS FOR 2024 - 239 (172 ORGANIZATIONAL AND 67 SUPPORTING)

    Expenses $95,750 · Grants $65,000 · Revenue $476

  • CONFERENCE AND EDUCATION: EACH YEAR, VFHS PRESENTS A MULTI-DAY CONFERENCE FEATURING RENOWNED SPEAKERS WHO OFFER TRAINING ON LATEST PROGRESSIVE PRACTICES IN ANIMAL CARE, PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, FUNDRAISING, SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMMING AND INCREASING LIFESAVING FOR SHELTERED ANIMALS. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE FEDERATION'S LIFESAVING GOAL, NOT ONLY FOR THE TRAINING IT OFFERS BUT ALSO BECAUSE MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP STRONG AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WHICH SUPPORT THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIFESAVING EFFORTS. IN 2023, WE LAUNCHED OUR VFHS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHICH OFFERS ONGOING TRAININGS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS BASED ON INPUT FROM VFHS MEMBERS. THESE VIRTUAL TRAININGS ARE FREE TO ALL VFHS MEMBERS.

    Expenses $77,186 · Revenue $65,551

  • HIGH FIVE IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE EUTHANASIA OF HEALTHY AND TREATABLE ANIMALS IN VIRGINIA BY THE TRANSFER OF ANIMALS FROM UNDER-RESOURCED AND RURAL COUNTIES TO AREAS WHERE THEIR CHANCES OF ADOPTION ARE FAR GREATER. MOVING ANIMALS FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER CAN RESULT IN A DECREASE IN LENGTH OF STAY, A MORE DIVERSE SELECTION OF ANIMALS FOR ADOPTERS AND A DECREASE IN EUTHANASIA OVERALL. SAVE VIRGINIA PETS IS DEDICATED TOREDUCING THE EUTHANASIA OF HEALTHY AND TREATABLE ANIMALS IN VIRGINIA BY SERVING UNDERRESOURCED AREAS OR ORGANIZATIONS IN NEED. IN 2024, 180,000 OF GRANTS WERE PROVIDED TO ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $265,558 · Grants $180,000

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jill Mollohan

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Melissa Miller

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Schindler

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amber Pryor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Reasa Currier

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alice O'Connor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rosemarie Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Goodhart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Graves

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • HOMEWARD TRAILS ANIMAL RESCUE INC

    $62,500

    ANIMAL CARE

  • BRUNSWICK COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

    $20,000

    ANIMAL CARE

  • GONE TO THE DOGS RESCUE

    $20,000

    ANIMAL SERVICES

  • ISLAND KITTIES RESCUE

    $10,000

    ANIMAL SERVICES

  • NOTTOWAY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

    $10,000

    ANIMAL CARE

  • RUSSELL COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

    $10,000

    ANIMAL CARE

  • SUSSEX COUNTTY ANIMAL SHELTER

    $10,000

    ANIMAL CARE

  • DINWIDDIE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL

    $7,500

    ANIMAL CARE

  • PAGE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

    $7,500

    ANIMAL CARE

  • SURRY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER

    $7,500

    ANIMAL CARE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
5 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533159349302278

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