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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,807,063
Total expenses
$1,480,217
Contributions and grants received
$1,066,714
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,690
Investment income
$731,094
Other revenue
$3,565
Total assets, end of year
$15,657,887
Total liabilities, end of year
$169,560
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$15,488,327
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$901,235
Management and general expenses
$330,480
Fundraising expenses
$248,502
Program service expenses (Part III)
$901,235

Program services were 60.9% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $80,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $986,714

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $18,612

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    total $5,690 · related or exempt $5,690

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $331,447 · excluded $331,447

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,253,089

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

    securities $2,853,442

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $399,647

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $399,647 · excluded $399,647

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,565 · related or exempt $3,565

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,565

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $94,025 · management and general $70,518 · fundraising $23,507

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $592,042 · program services $370,789 · management and general $92,656 · fundraising $128,597

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $66,750 · program services $44,702 · management and general $11,708 · fundraising $10,340

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $70,647 · program services $38,856 · management and general $16,249 · fundraising $15,542

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,122 · management and general $43,122

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,732 · management and general $25,732

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,458 · fundraising $13,458

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,536 · program services $120 · management and general $25,416

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $99,441 · program services $99,441

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $24,169 · management and general $24,169

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEDICAL & OTHER ANIMAL

    total $151,212 · program services $151,212

  • 24b · Other expenses: HORSE EXPENSES

    total $96,341 · program services $96,341

  • 24c · Other expenses: FARM MAINTENANCE

    total $55,622 · program services $55,622

  • 24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE

    total $48,805 · fundraising $48,805

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $73,315 · program services $44,152 · management and general $20,910 · fundraising $8,253

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $427,345 · end of year $222,401

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,395 · end of year $8,481

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

    $3,248,631

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

    $1,235,972

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,087,710 · end of year $2,012,659

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,065,063 · end of year $13,271,964

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $132,220 · end of year $142,382

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $30,187 · end of year $58,111

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $152,259 · end of year $111,449

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,005,720 · end of year $9,399,729

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,536,567 · end of year $6,088,598

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF NEGLECTED AND ABUSED EQUINES.

  • THE MSSPA RESCUES, REHABILITATES OR RE-HOMES LARGE ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY EQUINES WHO HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY MAINE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM CIRCUMSTANCES OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT. THE MSSPA ALSO PROVIDES SANCTUARY SERVICES TO THOSE ANIMALS WHO CANNOT FOR WHATEVER REASON BE RE-HOMED OR PERMANENTLY PLACED IN AN APPROPRIATE FACILITY. PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUALIZED FEED PROGRAMS, APPROPRIATE SOCIALIZATION WITH OTHER ANIMALS AND HUMANS, AS WELL AS THE DELIVERY OF ALL NECESSARY VETERINARY MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR EACH ANIMAL. ALL REHABILITATED ANIMALS ARE PROFESSIONALLY ASSESSED AND PROVIDED WITH TRAINING OR RE-TRAINING AS APPROPRIATE. THE MSSPA ALSO WORKS TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS THROUGH NO/LOW-COST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC.

    Expenses $901,235 · Revenue $9,255

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jane Sheehan

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Lescure

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debbie Valenti

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Margaret Wheeler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Jefferson DVM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Mahoney

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph McCarthy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sawin Millett Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Staci Nisbett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Starnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roger Timmons

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Trafton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sonya Nadeau

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Woodbrey

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & VP

    Total calculated
    $94,025
    From this org
    $84,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,026
    Hours/week
    50

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.

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
19 June 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202501749349300215

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