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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,836,147
Total expenses
$2,605,116
Contributions and grants received
$3,196,665
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$185,612
Investment income
$31,889
Other revenue
-$578,019
Total assets, end of year
$6,854,879
Total liabilities, end of year
$720,836
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,134,043
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,228,228
Management and general expenses
$172,784
Fundraising expenses
$204,104
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,228,228

Program services were 85.5% 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

    $300,447

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,896,218

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,497,861

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Animal Services

    total $185,612 · related or exempt $185,612

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,847 · related or exempt $1,156 · excluded $34,691

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

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

    securities $3,958

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$3,958

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$3,958 · related or exempt -$3,958

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $24,629

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

    $300,447

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $44,836

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$20,207

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,240,078

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,056,123

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$816,045 · excluded -$816,045

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $258,233 · related or exempt $258,233

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $258,233

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 $123,889 · program services $86,722 · management and general $24,778 · fundraising $12,389

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,041,674 · program services $931,940 · management and general $46,544 · fundraising $63,190

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $14,722 · program services $12,796 · management and general $257 · fundraising $1,669

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $105,757 · program services $93,251 · management and general $6,183 · fundraising $6,323

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $89,518 · program services $76,360 · management and general $13,158

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,981 · management and general $2,981

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $335,834 · program services $286,472 · management and general $49,362

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $20,847 · program services $7,049 · fundraising $13,798

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $139,369 · program services $112,124 · management and general $3,878 · fundraising $23,367

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $46,959 · program services $46,913 · fundraising $46

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,461 · program services $12,461

  • 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 $198,647 · program services $152,624 · management and general $21,432 · fundraising $24,591

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $38,480 · program services $38,480

  • 24a · Other expenses: Animal services

    total $316,792 · program services $316,792

  • 24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications

    total $54,941 · program services $495 · fundraising $54,446

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other expenses

    total $39,560 · program services $31,064 · management and general $4,211 · fundraising $4,285

  • 24d · Other expenses: Building repairs & maintenance

    total $12,177 · program services $12,177

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,508 · program services $10,508

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $313,360 · end of year $431,313

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $239,013 · end of year $352,037

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $953 · end of year $34,962

  • 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

    beginning of year $112,809 · end of year $137,721

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $7,363,677

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

    $2,008,184

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,540,091 · end of year $5,355,493

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $272,497 · end of year $328,161

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $195,394 · end of year $215,192

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $121,815 · end of year $155,207

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $180,925 · end of year $109,298

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $492,288 · end of year $456,331

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,339,089 · end of year $1,710,818

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,540,000 · end of year $4,423,225

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To create and support meaningful connections by enhancing the lives of dogs, cats and the people in our community who love them.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The organization also operates under the dba Home to Home. The mission is to create and support meaningful connections by enhancing the lives of dogs, cats and the people in our community who love them.

  • We achieve our mission by providing a safe temporary home for animals when no other alternatives exist and by offering programs that help keep people and pets together whenever possible. We provide sheltering services for more than 1,600 dogs and cats annually, including owner-surrendered and stray animals. All animals receive veterinary care, including wellness exams, vaccinations, microchipping, and spay/neuter services prior to adoption. We also help reunite lost pets with their owners.Our community outreach programs include a pet food bank, helpline, low-cost spay/neuter services for publicly owned animals and community cats, door-to-door pet support, and an online pet re-homing program. In 2025, our programs served more than 8,000 people and pets.Friends of the Shelter, Inc. doing business as Better Together Animal Alliance founded Home To Home, an online re-homing program that operates under our umbrella and is now used by more than 180 animal shelters across the United States and Canada. The program provides communities with an alternative to shelter surrender and helps keep pets in homes.

    Expenses $2,228,228

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mandy Evans

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $123,889
    From this org
    $119,130
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,759
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mark Hon

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Seth Levy

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emma Keverkamp

    Sec/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peg Tuddenham

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marie Shaw

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Gerber

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jim Asche

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Woody Sherwood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Thompson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2025
Filed
3 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202602469349302110

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