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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SHELTER TO SOLDIER INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 14 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII 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
$2,436,029 changed to $3,256,055
Total expenses
$1,647,732 changed to $2,487,556
Contributions and grants received
$2,435,696 changed to $3,254,357
Investment income
$333 changed to $1,698
Total assets, end of year
$1,117,217 changed to $1,600,929
Total liabilities, end of year
$10,792 changed to $518,773
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,106,425 changed to $1,082,156
Program services expenses
$1,498,994 changed to $2,412,977
Management and general expenses
$10,481 changed to $41,722
Fundraising expenses
$138,257 changed to $32,857
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,498,994 changed to $2,412,977

Listed only on the earlier return

  • BRIAN DENNIS

Listed only on the later return

  • BRIAN LUKACZ

Totals

Total revenue
$3,256,055
Total expenses
$2,487,556
Contributions and grants received
$3,254,357
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,698
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,600,929
Total liabilities, end of year
$518,773
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,082,156
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,412,977
Management and general expenses
$41,722
Fundraising expenses
$32,857
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,412,977

Program services were 97.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $285,727

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,968,630

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,698 · excluded $1,698

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

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

    $218,550

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $41,925 · program services $41,925

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $671,571 · program services $656,142 · management and general $6,230 · fundraising $9,199

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,863 · program services $10,725 · fundraising $138

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,079 · management and general $2,079

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,688 · management and general $21,688

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,430 · program services $32,186 · fundraising $12,244

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,712 · program services $13,712

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,683 · program services $53,683

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $45,518 · program services $44,830 · fundraising $688

  • 24a · Other expenses: BOARDING SERVICES

    total $893,500 · program services $893,500

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOARDING FEES

    total $330,510 · program services $330,510

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD AND DOG SUPPLIES

    total $136,338 · program services $136,338

  • 24d · Other expenses: MARKETING

    total $91,129 · program services $82,896 · management and general $1,865 · fundraising $6,368

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $130,610 · program services $116,530 · management and general $9,860 · fundraising $4,220

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $221,646 · end of year $137,040

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $14,449 · end of year $746,227

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $28,188

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

    $286,500

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

    $104,360

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $92,825 · end of year $182,140

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $507,334

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $10,292 · end of year $10,792

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $507,981

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $318,128 · end of year $187,529

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $894,627

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SHELTER TO SOLDIER, INC. WAS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SPECIALLY TRAINED DOGS TO U.S. VETERANS THAT HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY RETIRED AND DEMONSTRATE A NEED FOR A SERVICE DOG.

  • EIGHTEEN DOGS WERE RESCUED FROM SHELTERS DURING THE YEAR. TWELVE GRADUATED FROM TRAINING AND WERE MATCHED WITH VETERANS WHO DEMONSTRATED THE NEED FOR A SERVICE DOG.

    Expenses $2,412,977 · Revenue $3,369,665

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • KYRIE BLOEM

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $41,925
    From this org
    $41,925
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    30
  • GRAHAM D BLOEM

    President/Dir

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • KRYSTYNA S HOLC CPA

    TREASURER/DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • BRIAN LUKACZ

    SECRETARY/DIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MICHAEL FORD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • LIZ GREY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • DAVIS MOSS

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 September 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202543009349301679

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