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← PET HELPERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PET HELPERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,411,857
Total expenses
$2,546,836
Contributions and grants received
$2,468,607
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$569,908
Investment income
$118,946
Other revenue
$254,396
Total assets, end of year
$9,101,247
Total liabilities, end of year
$907,738
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,193,509
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,250,031
Management and general expenses
$99,628
Fundraising expenses
$197,177
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,250,031

Program services were 88.3% 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

    $83,012

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $170,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $211,770

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,003,825

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $317,937

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SHELTER INCOME

    total $523,631 · related or exempt $523,631

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CLINIC INCOME

    total $42,277 · related or exempt $42,277

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM

    total $4,000 · related or exempt $4,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $94,425 · related or exempt $94,425

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $58,931

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

    securities $34,410

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $24,521

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $24,521 · related or exempt $24,521

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $244,579

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

    $83,012

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $114,960

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $129,619 · excluded $129,619

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $65,588

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $65,588 · excluded $65,588

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $59,189 · related or exempt $59,189

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $59,189

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $95,147 · program services $76,117 · management and general $9,515 · fundraising $9,515

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,073,573 · program services $940,683 · management and general $58,201 · fundraising $74,689

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $21,039 · program services $8,404 · management and general $9,035 · fundraising $3,600

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $88,535 · program services $76,953 · management and general $5,184 · fundraising $6,398

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $37,787 · program services $34,487 · management and general $942 · fundraising $2,358

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $45,614 · program services $37,684 · fundraising $7,930

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,109 · program services $9,866 · management and general $243

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $55,256 · program services $41,539 · management and general $1,237 · fundraising $12,480

  • 17 · Travel

    total $178 · program services $178

  • 20 · Interest

    total $27,501 · program services $24,751 · management and general $910 · fundraising $1,840

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $149,056 · program services $134,150 · management and general $10,434 · fundraising $4,472

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $41,087 · program services $38,138 · fundraising $2,949

  • 24a · Other expenses: IN-KIND EXPENSES

    total $315,537 · program services $272,260 · management and general $0 · fundraising $43,277

  • 24b · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE - SHELTER

    total $243,528 · program services $243,528

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE - CLINIC

    total $176,806 · program services $176,806

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITES

    total $65,915 · program services $60,124 · management and general $1,737 · fundraising $4,054

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $100,168 · program services $74,363 · management and general $2,190 · fundraising $23,615

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $446,244 · end of year $676,542

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $22,804 · end of year $51,475

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,761 · end of year $37,085

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

    $5,247,797

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

    $2,208,521

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $3,078,007 · end of year $3,039,276

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,301,723 · end of year $5,296,869

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $50,788 · end of year $69,393

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $959,141 · end of year $838,345

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,426,058 · end of year $7,633,578

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $444,552 · end of year $559,931

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO END EUTHANASIA FOR ALL ADOPTABLE CATS AND DOGS; PROVIDING LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, OFFERING HUMANE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PURSUING ANIMAL CRUELTY PROSECUTION AND INITIATING ANIMAL WELFARE LEGISLATION.

  • ADOPTION - INCLUDING RESCUE AND SHELTER:THE DOGS AND CATS THAT ENTER THE PET HELPERS SHELTER CAN BE STRAYS, TRANSFERS FROM OTHER SHELTERS, OR ANIMALS THAT HAVE TO BE SURRENDERED BECAUSE OF CHANGING FAMILY SITUATIONS WHERE THE ANIMALS CANNOT RECEIVE ADEQUATE CARE. INCREASINGLY, DOGS AND CATS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED TO PET HELPERS FROM OPEN ADMISSION SHELTERS THAT HAVE REACHED CAPACITY. IN THESE CASES, PET HELPERS DIRECTLY SAVES THE LIVES OF HEALTHY ANIMALS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE EUTHANIZED. PET HELPERS HAS OPERATED AS A NO KILL SHELTER SINCE IT WAS OPENED IN 1978.

    Expenses $2,073,225 · Revenue $523,631

  • SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC:PET HELPERS' MISSION IS TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE TO ALL FAMILIES IN THE LOWCOUNTRY. THIS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO REDUCE THE COMPANION ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION PROBLEM. BESIDES THESE SERVICES TO THE GENERAL POPULATION, PET HELPERS AGGRESIVELY WORKS TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY OF SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES TO AREAS OF THE LOWCOUNTRY WITH HIGH RATES OF PET REPRODUCTION. PET HELPERS ALSO OFFERS A LOW COST VACCINE CLINIC THAT PROVIDES SOME PREVENTATIVE CARE SERVICES SUCH AS BRIEF GENERAL EXAMINATIONS, HEART WORM TESTING, FLEA CONTROL, MICROCHIPPING, NAIL TRIMS, ETC.

    Expenses $176,806 · Revenue $223,528

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH:LEVI'S LEGACY: PROVIDES SMALL GRANTS TO PET OWNERS WHO HAVE PETS FACING SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEEK VETERINARY CARE WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT. FOOD BANK: PET HELPERS' FOOD BANK PROVIDES FOOD TO LOW AND FIXED-INCOME PET OWNERS AND THOSE FACING TEMPORARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, TO HELP KEEP PETS IN THEIR HOMES. TNR: PET HELPERS' TRAP-NEUTER-RELEASE (TNR) PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAP RENTALS, SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, MICROCHIPPING AND VACCINATIONS TO HELP CONTROL THE OVERPOPULATION OF COMMUNITY (FERAL) CATS. LEVI'S LEGACY: PROVIDES SMALL GRANTS TO PET OWNERS WHO HAVE PETS FACING SUDDEN ILLNESS OR INJURY AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEEK VETERINARY CARE WITHOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

    Revenue $35,113

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

Listed in Part VII

  • AMY NOVEK

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANNA HOFFORD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARI AUGER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROL LINVILLE

    FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • FREDERICK BAKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES BEALL DDS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JERRY HARTZOG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOANNA HOILES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MCLEOD WILLIAMSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NANCY J MCGINLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA SUSKO

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $95,146
    From this org
    $95,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DR RACHEL JONES

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $103,367
    From this org
    $103,367
    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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202621759349300012

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