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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,144,831
Total expenses
$2,866,732
Contributions and grants received
$3,023,025
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$62,326
Investment income
$59,480
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,350,461
Total liabilities, end of year
$516,962
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,833,499
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,461,729
Management and general expenses
$142,801
Fundraising expenses
$262,202
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,461,729

Program services were 85.9% 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

    $105,295

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,288,168

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,629,562

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $279,345

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADOPTIONS

    total $26,565 · related or exempt $26,565

  • 2b · Program service revenue: OTHER ANIMALS SERVICES

    total $23,138 · related or exempt $23,138

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LICENSES

    total $12,623 · related or exempt $12,623

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $59,480 · excluded $59,480

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $17,081

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

    $105,295

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $17,081

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $128,161 · program services $64,081 · management and general $32,040 · fundraising $32,040

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,267,012 · program services $1,064,291 · management and general $62,251 · fundraising $140,470

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $188,284 · program services $149,278 · management and general $13,191 · fundraising $25,815

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $118,874 · program services $97,627 · management and general $7,556 · fundraising $13,691

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,500 · program services $5,250 · management and general $5,250

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $74,900 · program services $63,838 · management and general $5,030 · fundraising $6,032

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $118,595 · program services $92,512 · management and general $3,098 · fundraising $22,985

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $22,308 · program services $19,310 · management and general $2,903 · fundraising $95

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $124,160 · program services $112,108 · management and general $11,037 · fundraising $1,015

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,544 · program services $11,227 · fundraising $317

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $35,154 · program services $35,154

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $26,204 · program services $25,759 · management and general $445

  • 24a · Other expenses: VET, LABORATORY, AND SH

    total $688,273 · program services $688,271 · fundraising $2

  • 24b · Other expenses: IN-KIND FOOD, MATERIALS

    total $24,795 · program services $24,325 · fundraising $470

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT AND OTHER EXPENSE

    total $20,279 · program services $3,546 · fundraising $16,733

  • 24d · Other expenses: OUTREACH AND MARKETING

    total $5,189 · program services $2,652 · fundraising $2,537

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $235,025 · end of year $452,562

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $347,775 · end of year $91,952

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $29,798 · end of year $210,528

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,535 · end of year $16,330

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

    $2,324,671

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

    $210,651

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,332,036 · end of year $2,114,020

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,682,478 · end of year $1,398,481

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $98,515 · end of year $66,588

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $153,212 · end of year $443,309

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $106,325 · end of year $73,653

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,704,612 · end of year $3,632,661

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $774,013 · end of year $200,838

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER (FAAS) IS TO SHELTER AND CARE FOR ABANDONED COMPANION ANIMALS, FIND THEM NEW HOMES, AND PREVENT ANIMAL CRUELTY THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER (FAAS), A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT, MANAGES THE OPEN-INTAKE CITY OF ALAMEDA SHELTER. FAAS NEVER EUTHANIZES FOR TIME OR SPACE; SAVING, ON AVERAGE, 97% OF THE NEARLY 1000 LOST AND HOMELESS ANIMALS WHO ENTER THE SHELTER EACH YEAR.

  • FAAS PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR OVER 1,000 LOST AND ABANDONED ANIMALS EACH YEAR INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE; ADOPTION SERVICES; REUNIFICATION; TRAINING; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; AND HUMANE EDUCATION.

    Expenses $2,461,729 · Revenue $62,326

  • FAAS OPERATES A THRIFT STORE WHOSE NET PROCEEDS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT THE ORGANIZATION'S LIFE-SAVING WORK.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Julie Wasserman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Richard Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Michael Miller

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Janet Davis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Heather Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Steve Busse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Nancy Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Kelly Lux

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Gail Artikaslan

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • John L Lipp

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $128,161
    From this org
    $128,161
    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511359349318066

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