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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DESERT CAT RESCUE & SANCTUARY OF ARIZONA - DCRSA.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 21 May 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$4,944,045 changed to $228,081
Total expenses
$4,940,623 changed to $229,898
Contributions and grants received
$4,944,009 changed to $228,045
Total assets, end of year
$45,354 changed to $40,115
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,139 changed to $32,900
Program services expenses
$4,940,623 changed to $229,898
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,940,623 changed to $229,898

Totals

Total revenue
$4,944,045
Total expenses
$4,940,623
Contributions and grants received
$4,944,009
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$36
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$45,354
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,215
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,139
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,940,623
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,940,623

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,944,009

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $36 · related or exempt $36

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $29,260 · program services $29,260

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $705 · program services $705

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,717,757 · program services $4,717,757

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,269 · program services $1,269

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $549 · program services $549

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $886 · program services $886

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $445 · program services $445

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,270 · program services $4,270

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,928 · program services $1,928

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,271 · program services $1,271

  • 24a · Other expenses: VETERINARY AND MEDICINE

    total $79,131 · program services $79,131

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL SUPPLIES & CARE

    total $93,798 · program services $93,798

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $5,560 · program services $5,560

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,123 · program services $1,123

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,671 · program services $2,671

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $19,661 · end of year $23,444

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

    $28,043

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

    $6,133

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $23,838 · end of year $21,910

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $8,782 · end of year $7,215

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $34,717 · end of year $38,139

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

DESERT CAT RESCUE & SANCTUARY OF ARIZONA IS A NO-KILL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ANIMAL RESCUE WORK; ADOPTIONS, REDUCING OVERPOPULATION, STOPPING ANIMAL ABUSE AND PREVENTING THE NEGLECT OF DOMESTIC COMPANION ANIMALS. WE SERVING THE VOICELESS BECAUSE THEY MATTER.

  • WE ARE A PETSMART CHARITY AND WE HAVE AN ADOPTION CENTER AT PETSMART IN TUCSON. WE TAKE IN SURRENDERED, LOST AND STRAY KITTIES. WE FULLY VET THEM: SPAY/NEUTER, SNAP TESTED, FVRCP & RABIES VACCINATIONS AND MICRO-CHIPPED. WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. OUR SENIORS ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE ON THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF OWNING A PET. WE TAKE AWAY THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AND PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SUPPLIES AND VET CARE. ALL THEY NEED TO SUPPLY IS THE HOME AND LOVE. MANY OF OUR ADOBTERS HAVE CHILDREN. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE LIBRARY AND OFFER A READING PROGRAM FOR THESE CHILDREN. WHEN SOMEONE WITH CHILDREN ADOBTS A KITTY FROM US BETWEEN THE AGE OF 0 - 12 THEY ARE GIVEN A BOOK BAG WITH NEW BOOKS, COURTESY OF THE LIBRARY, SO THEY CAN GO HOME AND READ TO THEIR NEW BEST FRIEND. THE BOOK BAGS WILL INCLUDE AGE APPROPRIATE PET CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHILDREN TOO. OUR PETSMART PARTNERS WILL ALSO BE ADDING TO THE BAGS TREATS AND TOYS FOR THE KITTIES.

    Expenses $4,940,623 · Grants $35,040 · Revenue $4,944,009

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Doris Kempton

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Paul David

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Esther Jones-McDonald

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    19

  • Cheryl Christensen

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Canute Christensen

    PRESIDENTCEO

    Total calculated
    $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
2 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412489349301506

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