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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETYINC.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,797,312
Total expenses
$5,729,411
Contributions and grants received
$3,594,810
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,945,575
Investment income
$217,232
Other revenue
$39,695
Total assets, end of year
$8,575,440
Total liabilities, end of year
$348,458
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,226,982
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,461,541
Management and general expenses
$460,460
Fundraising expenses
$807,410
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,461,541

Program services were 77.9% 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

    $28,327

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,566,483

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ANIMAL PLACEMENT

    total $2,884,011 · related or exempt $2,884,011

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PET SUPPLIES/GOODS

    total $61,564 · related or exempt $61,564

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $220,096 · excluded $220,096

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $4,800

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,800

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,800 · excluded $4,800

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $598,121

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

    securities $596,562 · other assets $4,423

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,559 · other assets -$4,423

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,864 · excluded -$2,864

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $34,286

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

    $28,327

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $15,290

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $18,996 · excluded $18,996

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $15,899 · excluded $15,899

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,899

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $262,413 · program services $36,866 · management and general $170,249 · fundraising $55,298

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,145,139 · program services $2,597,848 · management and general $145,264 · fundraising $402,027

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $196,899 · program services $151,322 · management and general $11,792 · fundraising $33,785

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $292,676 · program services $228,308 · management and general $26,555 · fundraising $37,813

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,000 · management and general $10,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $25,762 · management and general $25,762

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $47,236 · program services $16,172 · management and general $2,335 · fundraising $28,729

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,330 · program services $15,830 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $189,024 · program services $47,792 · management and general $21,218 · fundraising $120,014

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $289,603 · program services $254,614 · management and general $11,804 · fundraising $23,185

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $41,917 · program services $28,044 · management and general $8,727 · fundraising $5,146

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $194,063 · program services $174,554 · management and general $6,003 · fundraising $13,506

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $78,266 · program services $65,184 · management and general $5,773 · fundraising $7,309

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $614,392 · program services $603,959 · fundraising $10,433

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND MAINT.

    total $112,654 · program services $60,752 · management and general $9,952 · fundraising $41,950

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES AND FEES

    total $106,876 · program services $74,135 · management and general $4,526 · fundraising $28,215

  • 24d · Other expenses: VETERINARIAN EXPENSES

    total $106,161 · program services $106,161

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $47,931 · end of year $49,437

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,819,833 · end of year $2,681,062

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $144,167 · end of year $101,165

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $29,614 · end of year $55,227

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

    $3,749,485

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

    $1,847,345

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,846,903 · end of year $1,902,140

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,343,932 · end of year $3,716,150

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $61,446 · end of year $70,259

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $291,086 · end of year $305,798

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $10,940 · end of year $35,395

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $21,794 · end of year $7,265

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,821,052 · end of year $7,777,453

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $148,954 · end of year $449,529

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

DAKIN HUMANE SOCIETY DELIVERS EFFECTIVE, INNOVATIVE SERVICES THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS IN NEED AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM. AS A TRUSTED COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER FOR PETS AND THEIR PEOPLE, WE OFFER A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT TOUCH THE (SEE SCH O) LIVES OF NEARLY 20,000 ANIMALS AND PEOPLE A YEAR INCLUDING ADOPTIONS, PET FOOD ASSISTANCE, LOW-COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERY, AFFORDABLE VACCINE AND MEDICAL CLINICS, AND MUCH MORE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DAKIN HUMANE SOCIETY DELIVERS EFFECTIVE, INNOVATIVE SERVICES THAT IMPROVE THE LIVES OF (SEE SCH O) ANIMALS IN NEED AND THE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM.

  • IN 2025, DAKIN HUMANE SOCIETY PROVIDED SHELTER FOR 3821 CATS, DOGS, AND SMALL ANIMALS. 3,127 ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED INTO NEW HOMES, 66 RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES, AND 132 TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AGENCIES. ALL ANIMALS IN THE ADOPTION PROGRAM RECEIVE VACCINATIONS, SPAY OR NEUTER SURGERY, APPROPRIATE BLOOD TESTS FOR COMMON DISEASES, TREATMENT FOR INTERNAL/EXTERNAL PARASITES, AND MICROCHIP IDENTIFICATION. ANIMALS PRESENTING WITH A TREATABLE ILLNESS OR INJURY RECEIVE TREATMENT WHICH RANGES FROM CARE FOR COMMON RESPIRATORY DISEASE TO VARIOUS SURGERIES TO ADDRESS DENTAL OR ORTHOPEDIC ISSUES.

    Expenses $2,306,217 · Revenue $850,084

  • SINCE ITS OPENING IN 2009, DAKIN'S COMMUNITY SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC HAS PROTECTED AND CARED FOR OVER 190,000 ANIMALS THROUGHOUT MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES IN FOLLOWING THE HUMANE ALLIANCE MODEL OF HIGH-QUALITY, HIGH-VOLUME AFFORDABLE SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERY TO UNDER RESOURCED CLIENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ANIMAL-CONTROL OFFICERS, AND OTHER RESCUE AGENCIES. IN 2025, 8,690 TOTAL SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED ON CATS AND DOGS OF WHICH 402 WERE FOR FERAL CATS. OF THAT TOTAL, 6,110 WERE FOR OWNED PETS, THE OTHERS WERE ADOPTION CENTER ANIMALS.

    Expenses $1,133,000 · Revenue $1,206,241

  • IN JULY OF 2022, DAKIN LAUNCHED THE PET HEALTH CENTER, WHICH IS A NON-EMERGENCY VETERINARY RESOURCE TO BETTER SUPPORT THE PETS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LESSEN THE BARRIERS TO VETERINARY MEDICAL CARE. IN 2025, 5,358 ANIMALS RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH THE PET HEALTH CENTER. DAKIN'S PET FOOD AID PROGRAM PROVIDES FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR PETS WHOSE PEOPLE ARE FACING TEMPORARY HARDSHIPS. IN 2025, OUR PET FOOD AID PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED OVER 50,000 POUNDS OF PET FOOD, WHICH EQUALS 444,000 MEALS FOR DOGS AND CATS, PROVIDING PEACE OF MIND AND MAINTAINING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS WHILE ALSO PARTNERING WITH OUR HUMAN-SERVICE PARTNERS SUCH AS SURVIVAL CENTERS, ANIMAL-CONTROL OFFICERS, AND A NUMBER OF LOCAL SOCIAL-SERVICE AGENCIES TO DISPENSE FOOD DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES IN NEED. IN 2020, DAKIN LAUNCHED THE KITTEN STREET TEAM, A PROGRAM TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE GOAL OF THIS TEAM OF SPECIALLY-TRAINED VOLUNTEERS IS TO ASSIST IN CONTROLLING FERAL (WILD) CAT POPULATIONS IN THE PIONEER VALLEY. TNR (TRAP, NEUTER, RETURN) IS A HUMANE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT UNWANTED LITTERS OF KITTENS BORN OUTSIDE YEAR AFTER YEAR. CATS AND KITTENS TRAPPED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM ARE SPAYED AND NEUTERED AT DAKIN AND RETURNED TO THEIR COLONY OR PLACED UP FOR ADOPTION. IN 2025, THE KITTEN STREET TEAM HELPED 440 CATS AND KITTENS THROUGH TNR.

    Expenses $1,022,324 · Revenue $889,250

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Megan Talbert

    EXEC. DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,848
    From this org
    $175,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,368
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,480
    Filer's total
    $181,848

  • Dr Jack Muth

    PUBLIC MEDICAL & EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $148,953
    From this org
    $148,897
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dr Elizabeth Helton

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $123,359
    From this org
    $120,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,605
    Hours/week
    32

  • Dr Allie Kulow

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $117,436
    From this org
    $116,993
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $443
    Hours/week
    36

  • Dr Sherri Therrien

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $109,387
    From this org
    $108,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $443
    Hours/week
    32

  • Kelly Dawson

    DIR. OF ACCTG AND FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $68,534
    From this org
    $68,478
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tracy Sicbaldi

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Tiffany Appleton

    PRESIDENT "PAST"

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kelly Moloney

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Keith Purcell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Robert Cestola

    TREASURER "PAST"

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kendra O'Neill

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Scott Berg

    DIRECTOR "PAST"

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Lopez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lindsay Manning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Laurie Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Meghan Rothschild

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alison Spafford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Weld

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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
2025
Filed
13 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632299349301238

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