Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,627,810
- Total expenses
- $1,796,993
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,632,395
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $8,135
- Investment income
- $962
- Other revenue
- -$13,682
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,183,369
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $696,727
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $486,642
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,346,611
- Management and general expenses
- $450,382
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,346,611
Program services were 74.9% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$27,005
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,605,390
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$23,388
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2a · Program service revenue: DOG ADOPTION FEES
total $8,135 · related or exempt $8,135
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3 · Investment income
total $962 · excluded $962
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$6,105
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$27,005
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$25,090
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$18,985 · excluded -$18,985
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11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS
total $5,303 · related or exempt $5,303
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11e · Other revenue, total
$5,303
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $228,200 · program services $228,200
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $624,546 · program services $420,472 · management and general $204,074
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $131,959 · program services $104,542 · management and general $27,417
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $75,659 · program services $58,051 · management and general $17,608
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11g · Fees: other
total $150,992 · program services $59,652 · management and general $91,340
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $15,806 · program services $6,325 · management and general $9,481
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14 · Information technology
total $42,834 · program services $12,198 · management and general $30,636
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,765 · program services $6,765
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17 · Travel
total $93,520 · program services $88,127 · management and general $5,393
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20 · Interest
total $12,454 · management and general $12,454
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $43,073 · program services $43,073
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23 · Insurance
total $41,133 · management and general $41,133
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24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $139,164 · program services $138,453 · management and general $711
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24b · Other expenses: ADOPTIONS
total $64,233 · program services $64,233
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24c · Other expenses: EMPLOYEE EXPENSES
total $39,132 · program services $39,043 · management and general $89
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24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES
total $32,663 · program services $32,358 · management and general $305
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24e · All other expenses
total $54,860 · program services $45,119 · management and general $9,741
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $55,398 · end of year $36,998
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $511,969 · end of year $407,077
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $17,431 · end of year $103,053
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $32,114 · end of year $20,980
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$889,977
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$274,716
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $654,242 · end of year $615,261
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $103,437 · end of year $127,151
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $301,103 · end of year $374,438
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $210,789 · end of year $195,138
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $550,147 · end of year $135,133
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $105,678 · end of year $351,509
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
MAKING A PAWSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES BY REHABILITATING SOULS AND CREATING SECOND CHANCES USING THE POWER OF THE HUMAN/CANINE BOND.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO HELP FIND PERMANENT HOMES FOR STRAY, ABANDONED, OR OTHERWISE HOMELESS DOGS. EVERY DOG THAT COMES TO THE DOG RESCUE IS SPAYED OR NEUTERED AND GIVEN THEIR NECESSARY VACCINATIONS. THE DOGS ARE NOT KEPT IN KENNELS OR CAGES (THEY ARE TREATED LIKE FAMILY) AND COEXIST WITH THE OTHER DOGS ON THE PROPERTY. DOGS ARE LEASH TRAINED, HOUSEBROKEN, TAUGHT TO RIDE IN A VEHICLE AND HOW TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES AROUND HUMANS AND OTHER DOGS. WE ALSO REHABILITATE SEVERELY INJURED AND SICK ANIMALS.
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MIRACLE MUTTS THERAPY DOG PROGRAM IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. UTILIZING ALL BREEDS, THERAPY DOGS ARE TRAINED TO PROVIDE AFFECTION, COMFORT AND SUPPORT TO PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS, LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITIES, RETIREMENT HOMES, HOMELESS SHELTERS, UNDERSERVED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HOSPICE OR HIGHT-STRESS AREAS, SERVING NEARLY 500 PEOPLE. THIS PROGRAM IS POWERED BY HUMAN VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR CERTIFIED THERAPY DOGS, MANY OF WHICH WERE MARLEY'S MUTTS RESCUES.
Expenses $1,056,800 · Revenue $13,438
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PAWSITIVE CHANGE PRISON PROGRAM SERVED 2 CALIFORNIA STATE PRISONS. 35 DOGS WERE PAIRED WITH 59 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS (STUDENT TRAINERS) USING DOG PSYCHOLOGY AND BASIC DOG OBEDIENCE TRAINING. THE CANINE/HUMAN BONDGRADUATED WITH A PAWSITIVE CHANGE CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION THAT PREPARED DOGS FOR ADOPTION WHILE PREPARING THE INCARCERATED TO BE EQUIPPED TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE UPON RELEASE. NO REPORTS OF RECIDIVISM.
Expenses $225,578
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MUTT MOVERS: DEDICATED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE OVERCROWDING CRISIS IN KERN COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTERS, MARLEY'S MUTTS IS ON A MISSION TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE, AND REHOME DOGS IN NEED. A PROGRAM CRITICAL TO SAVING DOGS AND TAKING THE BURDEN OFF OUR SHELTER PARTNERS IS OUR MUTT MOVERS PROGRAM. THIS RESCUE BY RELOCATION PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO TRANSPORT UP TO 500 DOGS PER YEAR TO AREAS WHERE THE DEMAND FOR ADOPTABLE DOGS IS HIGH.
Expenses $64,233
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Ben LebeauBEN LEBEAU
ACTING SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jeff GoldsteinJEFF GOLDSTEIN
VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kathy JohnsonKATHY JOHNSON
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David JonesDAVID JONES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rachel RubensteinRACHEL RUBENSTEIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Guy RuhlandGUY RUHLAND
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Zach SkowZACH SKOW
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR OF PR
- Total calculated
- $128,200
- From this org
- $128,200
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Melissa BrunsonMELISSA BRUNSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $100,000
- From this org
- $100,000
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 23 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202522269349302252
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