Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$938,903

Total expenses

$1,069,321

Contributions and grants received

$899,149

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,575

Investment income

$23,366

Other revenue

$14,813

Total assets, end of year

$665,395

Total liabilities, end of year

$126,114

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$539,281

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$936,292

Management and general expenses

$63,296

Fundraising expenses

$69,733

Program service expenses (Part III)

$936,292

Program services were 87.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• DIRECT ANIMAL CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES -The Humane Society of Louisiana saved and helped thousands of animals and their caregivers by supporting shelters, rescuers, low income pet owners and community cat caregivers; our primary focus was on helping animals in communities without animal control services. Sadly, our cross-country pet adoption transport opportunities are still greatly reduced, compared with previous years. Despite this extremely challenging environment, we were still able to rescue and transport 687 animals (635 dogs, 41 cats and 11 horses) to private adoption partners. We also locally adopted more than 217 animals (121 dogs, 44 cats, 24 horses, 18 birds, 2 rabbits, 1 piglet, 4 goats and 3 small animals.) In response to the current climate, we continued assisting with pet retention projects to help keep pets with their families. We provided services and support ranging from preventative vet care to free pet food, directly aiding needy families with pets. We helped pet caregivers in crisis situations, including homeless families, domestic abuse victims, critically ill hospital patients and more. In addition, we coordinated the annual Mardi Gras Horse Adoption Program, placing 16 parade horses in homes, preventing their slaughter after carnival. We continued our wildlife protection work in 2024, mobilizing volunteers and team members to transport more than 135 injured or orphaned wild animals to wildlife rehabbers and sanctuaries; we aided scores of volunteer rehabilitators with food and supplies, publicizing their need for community support. In addition to assisting individual pet owners and caregivers, we distributed food, supplies and offered other support to more than 82 shelters and rescues. We provided cat food and other support for an average of 400 community cats and their carers daily. We provided food, care and veterinary services for an average of 125 animals each day at three animal care facilities and in foster homes. One highlight of the year was our purchase of a new animal transport van to facilitate our cross-country adoption program. Our crew also refurbished another used van for local vet appointments and for transporting animal food, equipment and supplies.

  Expenses $280,629

• CRUELTY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION -HSLA responded to more than 3,000 reports of cruelty, neglect and abandonment in 2024. As a licensed private investigation agency, we saved animals and resolved cases through interagency partnerships, animal rescue and adoption, resource sharing, pet owner education and more. We regularly provided veterinary care, personnel support, animal housing, equipment and transport services to underfunded law enforcement agencies. Our assistance routinely facilitated animal seizures, as well as criminal prosecutions, which otherwise would not have been undertaken. As part of this program, we provided emergency veterinary care for more than 217 animals and general/basic vet care for 535 animals in need. We aided and sought justice for hundreds of animals who were shot, knifed, abandoned, beaten, chained, starved, neglected and otherwise harmed. 12 volunteer case managers, field investigators and pro bono attorneys helped move cases through the court system to ensure crimes against animals were prosecuted. A few 2024 case highlights that show the scope of our work include: 26 dogs seized in Bienville parish - a case in which 6 additional dogs and puppies died; 30 farm animals saved from an inhumane sanctuary in Avoyelles parish; 3 adult dogs and their puppies rescued from neglect in Evangeline parish; 1 rescued horse saved in Allen parish; 2 dogs saved from a lifetime of severe abuse in Union parish; 1 family dog with a gunshot wound provided with lifesaving care in St. Landry parish; 2 live dogs cruelly abandoned in dumpsters saved. We rescued and adopted a piglet, after he was being tossed in the crowd like a football during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. We advocated for law enforcement action in the case of 3 beloved pet goats, who were stolen and slaughtered in St. Tammany parish. We increased public awareness of multiple animal cruelty issues with scores of special events and activities, media appearances, speaking engagements, community meetings and workshops. From our new headquarters in historic Old Gretna, our statewide base of operations for our anti-cruelty programs in the Greater New Orleans area, we carried out numerous cruelty prevention campaigns, including our successful work to stop the illegal sale of dyed baby chicks in Terrebone parish and our ongoing work to end inhumane live animal giveaways, focusing on the LIvingston parish fair, and more.

  Expenses $275,291

• SPAY-LA: PET OVERPOPULATION PREVENTION - Despite rising costs and the increased difficulty of securing veterinary appointments, especially in rural areas, we continued to provide free and low cost spay/neuter surgeries. We altered more than 817 animals - 295 cats, 518 dogs and 4 horses. Many spay/neuter services were provided in rural areas of the state, where the costs of the surgeries are higher and where few discounted services are available. For many of the animals served, transport to and from appointments was provided by volunteers, team members and private rescuers. We distributed 27 humane cat traps and supplies to rescuers and TNR groups, aiding in the rescue and neutering of hundreds of additional animals in 2024. Our Executive Director, in his volunteer capacity as the Chair of the Louisiana Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council, continues to spearhead the work of this state board, which raises funds for and distributes spay/neuter grants to small shelters and rescues, with funding from the sale of Animal Friendly license plates; HSLA regularly promotes sales of the license plates to help small charities fund spay/neuter surgeries. This year, we also spearheaded the passage of legislation to create Pet Stamps, which will also be sold on an ongoing basis to raise awareness and needed funds for spay/neuter grants across Louisiana. We maintained an online Spay Neuter Resource Guide, which directs Louisiana pet owners to low cost spay/neuter clinics and resources around the state by parish. We provided live assistance, education and referrals to hundreds of residents contacting us for information on spay/neuter services.

  Expenses $191,160

• operation of three animal care facilities: the enoch j donaldson animal sanctuary, the tylertown animal transport center and merry wood refuge; disaster relief; education and outreach; and grassroots lobbying for public animal shelter, spay/neuter assistance and humane community policies.

  Expenses $189,212

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• JEFF DORSON

  Treasurer

  Total calculated

  $40,577

  From this org

  $40,577

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  60

• DANA DELL NESBITT

  President

  Total calculated

  $38,731

  From this org

  $38,731

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  60

• LEAH MOORMAN

  Director

  Total calculated

  $6,880

  From this org

  $6,880

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  10

• EVIE BURGUIERES

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHAEL PERRY

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RENA SWEENEY

  Director

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• CHERI DEATSCH

  Vice President

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• DR MICHELE JOHNSON

  Secretary

  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

2024

Filed

13 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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