Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

Totals

Total revenue
$21,433,926
Total expenses
$15,626,858
Contributions and grants received
$12,928,662
Grants paid
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$13,098,971
Management and general expenses
$727,831
Fundraising expenses
$1,800,056
Program service expenses (Part III)
$13,098,971

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • PATRICIA E MERCER CAWA

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $453,719
    From this org
    $398,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,719
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,000
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,354
    Filer's total
    $453,719

  • TOMMY HARPER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS E CLARKE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • CONNIE M BERGEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KANDACE G LONGORIA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN M SMYTH

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM D ADAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • ZANE CARRUTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAIRD M DORAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • LD ECKERMANN DVM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN CHILES FROST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNIE GRAHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY N LEROY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN G PUTNAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTHA SENG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANNY WEINGEIST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERTA WESTBROOK DVM

    CHIEF ANIMAL WELFARE & MED

    Total calculated
    $232,315
    From this org
    $218,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,617
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,506
    Filer's total
    $232,315

  • CRAIG FELDERHOFF CPA

    CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMINI

    Total calculated
    $144,797
    From this org
    $139,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,473
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAMIE SPIVA CFRE

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $81,627
    From this org
    $75,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,405
    Hours/week
    40

  • JULIE KUENSTLE

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS & MAR

    Total calculated
    $123,848
    From this org
    $120,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,607
    Hours/week
    40

  • VIRGINIA DECHANT DVM

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $178,355
    From this org
    $172,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,050
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,430
    Filer's total
    $178,355

  • ZHANE BROWN

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $113,146
    From this org
    $105,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,247
    Hours/week
    40

  • PATRICK PLUNK

    SR. DIRECTOR - DIRECT MARK

    Total calculated
    $136,277
    From this org
    $132,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,969
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRENDA CHEONG

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $134,317
    From this org
    $129,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,646
    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 — 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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

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.

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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349314179

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.