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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PETSET.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,617,405
Total expenses
$3,245,096
Contributions and grants received
$1,712,569
Grants paid
$530,460
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$24,392
Other revenue
$880,444
Total assets, end of year
$1,201,243
Total liabilities, end of year
$118,289
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,082,954
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,400,338
Management and general expenses
$217,064
Fundraising expenses
$627,694
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,400,338

Program services were 74.0% 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

    $57,073

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,655,496

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $396

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,833 · excluded $45,833

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $30,735 · other assets $25,000

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

    securities $30,132 · other assets $47,044

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $603 · other assets -$22,044

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$21,441 · excluded -$21,441

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,345,481

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

    $57,073

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $465,037

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $880,444 · excluded $880,444

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $530,460 · program services $530,460

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $284,000 · program services $72,000 · management and general $82,000 · fundraising $130,000

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,233 · program services $5,094 · management and general $6,503 · fundraising $10,636

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $71,964 · management and general $71,964

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $272,836 · fundraising $272,836

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,926 · management and general $1,926

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,661 · management and general $2,661

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $26,992 · management and general $26,992

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPAY AND NEUTER

    total $1,101,168 · program services $1,101,168

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $323,422 · program services $88,145 · management and general $21,055 · fundraising $214,222

  • 24c · Other expenses: EMERGENCY

    total $315,737 · program services $315,737

  • 24d · Other expenses: TRANSPORT AND RESCUE

    total $234,535 · program services $234,535

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,162 · program services $53,199 · management and general $3,963

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,545,427 · end of year $1,102,182

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $55,820 · end of year $12,580

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

    $85,924

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

    $39,939

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $120,021 · end of year $45,985

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $71 · end of year $71

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $38,830 · end of year $40,425

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $49,524 · end of year $118,289

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $1,682,594 · end of year $1,061,056

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $28,051 · end of year $21,898

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

HOUSTON PETSET IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENDING THE HOMELESSNESS AND SUFFERING OF COMPANION ANIMALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

HOUSTON PETSET IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EDUCATING AND PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND INTEREST IN ANIMAL WELFARE, PROMOTING COMMITMENT AND RESPECT FOR ALL ANIMALS AND PROTECTING THEM FROM SUFFERING AND ABUSE.

  • TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ABANDONED, UNWANTED AND ABUSED ANIMALS BY PROVIDING FUNDING AND SUPPORT TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO HELPING HOMELESS ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA FIND FOOD, SHELTER AND VETERINARY TREATMENT, INCLUDING SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES, THROUGH FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. HOUSTON PETSET FUNDS EMERGENCY CASES AND PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC ON GOOD GUARDIANSHIP OF PETS. IT ALSO PROVIDES TRAINING FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS ON NEW LAWS AND ORDINANCES REGARDING ANIMAL WELFARE.

    Expenses $1,064,635 · Grants $530,460 · Revenue $2,694,402

  • HOUSTON PETSET PARTNERS WITH FIDO FIXERS TO LEASE THEIR MOBILE VETERINARY UNIT. HOUSTON PETSET STATIONS THE MOBILE UNIT IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF HOUSTON, PROVIDING FREE SPAY AND NEUTER PROCEDURES, BASIC VACCINES, AND MICROCHIPS FOR OWNED PETS. ADDITIONALLY, HOUSTON PETSET SUPPLIES VOUCHERS TO OWNERS FOR SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES AT THIRD PARTY VETERNINARY CLINICS AND ALSO FUNDS ONE-DAY SPAY NEUTER EVENTS. THESE SERVICES ARE INTENDED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNWANTED LITTERS AND SHELTER INTAKES IN AREAS OF HOUSTON THAT EXPERIENCE HIGH RATES OF ANIMAL SURRENDER. THE MOBILE UNIT SERVED OVER 4,100 ANIMALS IN 2024 AND THE OTHER SPAY AND NEUTER ACTIVITIES ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 3,300 ANIMALS FOR APPROXIMATELY 7,400 TOTAL ANIMALS SPAYED OR NEUTERED IN 2024 THROUGH THESE HOUSTON PETSET PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $1,101,168 · Revenue $439,602

  • HOUSTON PETSET FACILITATES MONTHLY TRANSPORTS OF SHELTER AND RESCUE ANIMALS TO PARTNERS IN MINNESOTA. SINCE 2017, HOUSTON PETSET HAS TRANSPORTED MORE THAN 10,500 PETS TO THEIR FOREVER HOMES. THE ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT APPROXIMATELY 1,500 ANIMALS PER YEAR, WHICH SIMULTANEOUSLY INCREASES THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL SHELTERS AND RESCUES TO TAKE IN ABOUT 1,500 HOMELESS ANIMALS.

    Expenses $234,535 · Revenue $7,400

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tena Lundquist-Faust

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50
  • Tama Lundquist

    CO-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Elaine Day

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Kaesermann

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Dr Jonathan Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Weitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Smith Cooper

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Jamie Sparacino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Duncan Stewart

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Cooper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Dorey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Genevieve Keillor

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
19 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202541419349300904

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