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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,071,905
Total expenses
$4,374,442
Contributions and grants received
$2,938,910
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$858,692
Investment income
$21
Other revenue
$274,282
Total assets, end of year
$2,924,546
Total liabilities, end of year
$904,241
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,020,305
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,973,703
Management and general expenses
$1,095,055
Fundraising expenses
$305,684
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,973,703

Program services were 68.0% 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

    $2,938,910

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $858,692 · related or exempt $858,692

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $21 · related or exempt $21

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $312,474

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $219,430

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $93,044 · related or exempt $93,044

  • 11a · Other revenue: MO ABANDONMENT

    total $181,238 · related or exempt $181,238

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $181,238

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $297,338 · program services $297,338

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,791,785 · program services $1,161,830 · management and general $426,421 · fundraising $203,534

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $306,776 · program services $184,065 · management and general $92,033 · fundraising $30,678

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $132,860 · program services $17,503 · management and general $115,357

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $132,045 · program services $86,870 · fundraising $45,175

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $138,187 · program services $92,171 · management and general $46,016

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $74,400 · program services $55,800 · management and general $18,600

  • 17 · Travel

    total $52,593 · program services $26,296 · fundraising $26,297

  • 20 · Interest

    total $40,244 · management and general $40,244

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $59,482 · program services $59,482

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $397,200 · program services $198,599 · management and general $198,601

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE

    total $461,861 · program services $461,861

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $200,134 · program services $150,100 · management and general $50,034

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

    total $109,672 · program services $109,672

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $77,020 · management and general $77,020

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $102,845 · program services $72,116 · management and general $30,729

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $148,044 · end of year $464,935

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $41,988 · end of year $34,592

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $103,920 · end of year $71,898

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,071 · end of year $750

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

    $3,170,280

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

    $817,909

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,696,278 · end of year $2,352,371

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,389 · end of year $99,876

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $488,718 · end of year $612,209

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $43,396

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $147,352 · end of year $148,760

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,322,842 · end of year $2,020,305

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

INSPIRING KINDNESS AND COMPASSION TOWARDS ANIMALS, OUR PLANET, AND EACH OTHER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESCUE & REHAB ANIMALS FROM ABUSE & NEGLECT, CONNECTING TO PEOPLE IN THE SAME WALK OF LIFE.

  • THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FOSTER IN PEOPLE A SENSE OF RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ANIMALS AND EACH OTHER.

    Expenses $2,973,703 · Revenue $3,797,602

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Martin Buonora

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John T Wells

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Alec Pedersen

    CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Wendy Mills

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Weiner

    CO-FOUNDER & CEO

    Total calculated
    $152,419
    From this org
    $152,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,419
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $152,419

  • Yael Ellie Laks

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $144,919
    From this org
    $144,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Wampler

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $106,067
    From this org
    $106,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adam Smith

    DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $105,540
    From this org
    $105,540
    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. 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE BOARD'S POLICIES ALLOW FOR FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL TO OCCUR WHEN FLIGHTS DEPART LATE AT NIGHT AND/OR ARE BOOKED LAST MINUTE. AS DISCLOSED IN SCHEDULE L, THE FOUNDATION RENTS ITS PRIMARY FACILITIES IN CA FROM THE FOUNDER. A SMALL PORTION OF THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE THE PERSONAL RESIDENCE OF THE FOUNDER, WHICH IS UTILIZED FOR STORAGE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE FOUNDATION.

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
29 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611839349301016

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