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← CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,082,538
Total expenses
$10,504,933
Contributions and grants received
$10,288,356
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,102,711
Investment income
$497,735
Other revenue
$1,193,736
Total assets, end of year
$31,254,749
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,491,609
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$29,763,140
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,123,151
Management and general expenses
$449,045
Fundraising expenses
$1,932,737
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,123,151

Program services were 77.3% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,175,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,113,356

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,216,666

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM AND SERVICE

    total $2,102,711 · related or exempt $2,102,711 · unrelated business $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $410,615 · excluded $410,615

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,145,214

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

    securities $2,058,094

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $87,120

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $87,120 · related or exempt $87,120

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,218,414

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

    $21,691

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $393,728

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $824,686 · excluded $824,686

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $1,930,826

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $1,677,353

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $253,473 · excluded $253,473

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $337,407

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $230,077

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $107,330 · related or exempt $107,330

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $8,247 · excluded $8,247

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,247

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $785,163 · program services $640,136 · management and general $52,019 · fundraising $93,008

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,780,436 · program services $3,082,156 · management and general $250,461 · fundraising $447,819

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $497,077 · program services $422,742 · management and general $2,495 · fundraising $71,840

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $346,164 · program services $242,214 · management and general $64,446 · fundraising $39,504

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $82,153 · program services $81,053 · management and general $859 · fundraising $241

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $52,862 · management and general $52,862

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $61,393 · program services $56,943 · management and general $603 · fundraising $3,847

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60,772 · program services $37,940 · management and general $1,374 · fundraising $21,458

  • 17 · Travel

    total $660 · program services $529 · fundraising $131

  • 20 · Interest

    total $46,793 · program services $46,793

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $366,162 · program services $366,162

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $136,769 · program services $136,769

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL EXPENSES

    total $1,699,608 · program services $1,656,857 · management and general $189 · fundraising $42,562

  • 24b · Other expenses: PUBLIC RELATIONS/FUNDRA

    total $1,057,231 · program services $46,460 · fundraising $1,010,771

  • 24c · Other expenses: CLINIC/VET CARE EXPENSE

    total $441,705 · program services $441,705

  • 24d · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $295,268 · program services $251,783 · fundraising $43,485

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $794,717 · program services $612,909 · management and general $23,737 · fundraising $158,071

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,136,901 · end of year $2,172,236

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $422,061 · end of year $516,951

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $34,562 · end of year $227,429

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $152,178 · end of year $113,934

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $58,336 · end of year $140,156

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

    $16,114,542

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

    $5,382,594

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,584,364 · end of year $10,731,948

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $14,284,738 · end of year $16,329,959

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $944,768 · end of year $1,022,136

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $424,031 · end of year $468,996

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $10,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $820,613 · end of year $725,715

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $286,898

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,342,512 · end of year $26,872,993

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,015,752 · end of year $2,890,147

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PREVENTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS HAS BEEN THE MISSION OF CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1874. AS THE FIRST ANIMAL PROTECTION/RESCUE ORGANIZATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTRY, IS A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MODEL FOR LIFESAVING SUCCESS. ITS VISION IS A WORLD WHERE BOTH ANIMALS AND HUMANS ARE TREATED WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

  • NO KILL CHARLESTONIN 2013, CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY BUILT THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE EVERY HEALTHY AND TREATABLE DOG AND CAT HAS A HOME. WE CALL IT A NO KILL COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONTINUALLY SAVE ALL HEALTHY AND TREATABLE DOGS AND CATS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH 3 IMPACT AREAS: (1) ERADICATING UNNECESSARY EUTHANASIA OF COMPANION ANIMALS, (2) ELIMINATING OVERPOPULATION OF COMPANION ANIMALS, AND (3) PREVENTING ANIMAL CRUELTY. OVER 15,000 ANIMALS BENEFIT FROM 15 STRATEGIES INCLUDING (A) FINDING HOMES FOR HOMELESS ANIMALS THROUGH 4,841 ADOPTIONS, (B) CONTAINING OUTBREAKS OF DEADLY DISEASES THROUGH 28,726 VACCINATIONS, (C) SHELTERED UNWANTED AND STRAY ANIMALS THROUGH 103,936 DAYS OF CARE, (D) PREVENTING THE BIRTHS OF UNPLANNED LITTERS THROUGH 11,673 SPAY/NEUTER STERILIZATIONS, (E) FOSTERING THE MOST AT-RISK ANIMALS THROUGH 65,456 ROUND-THE-CLOCK DAYS OF IN-HOME ANIMAL CARE & REHABILITATION, (F) PROVIDING PERMANENT REFUGE FOR THREATENED COMMUNITY CATS THROUGH 52,542 DAYS OF SANCTUARY CARE, (G) GROWING CHILDREN INTO HUMANITARIANS THROUGH 23,318 COMPASSION EDUCATION LESSONS, AND (H) PREVENTING/RESPONDING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY THROUGH 72 CRUELTY-ASSISTED LAW ENFORCEMENT CASES, AND (I) HELPING FAMILIES CARE FOR THEIR PETS THROUGH A CADRE OF ASSISTANCE AND 497 MONTHS OF CRITICAL PET FOOD.

    Expenses $4,766,473 · Revenue $715,467

  • NO KILL SOUTH CAROLINAIN 2016, THIS PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED TO BUILD THE FIRST NO KILL STATE IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES, FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC OCEANS, AND MOST OF AMERICA'S HEARTLAND, TO CREATE A PLACE WHERE EVERY DOG AND CAT HAS A HOME THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO SAVE HEALTHY AND TREATABLE ANIMALS THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAROLINA AS MEASURED BY ACHIEVING A 10% OR LESS EUTHANASIA RATE ACROSS SC'S 46 COUNTIES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, 780,000 LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED IN SC'S ANIMAL SHELTERS. IN 2023, THIS STATEWIDE INITIATIVE (1) ORGANIZED THE LARGEST ANNUAL STATEWIDE DOG AND CAT ADOPTION EVENT IN THE COUNTRY RESULTING IN 2,030 ADOPTIONS, VARIOUS (2) EMERGENCY SHELTER TRANSPORTS THAT MOVED 437 ANIMALS PULLED FROM 9 SC COUNTIES, (3) SHELTER HEALTH CONSULTATIONS, AND (4) ASSISTANCE WITH LARGE CRUELTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, ALL OF WHICH RESULTED IN A STATEWIDE CANINE EUTHANASIA RATE OF 17% AND FELINE EUTHANASIA RATE OF 10%.

    Expenses $1,456,709 · Revenue $1,007,104

  • Expenses $1,899,969 · Revenue $574,590

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • HENRY GREER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LUIGI BRAVO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EDWARD CORVEY III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ROBERT NIGRO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAVID H MAYBANK JR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LOUISE PALMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM ASCHE ESQ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLINE CLARK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROLYN MURRAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHELLY LEEKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARA BIBBIANI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE WATERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ARLENE MORRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CATHERINE BRACK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LINDA BAKKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RICHARD MURPHY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR BRANTLEY MEIER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONALD SMITH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOE ELMORE

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $270,355
    From this org
    $262,034
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,321
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,034
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,321
    Filer's total
    $270,355

  • ALDWIN ROMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIO

    Total calculated
    $137,447
    From this org
    $126,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,347
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH FULLER

    CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $136,008
    From this org
    $123,410
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,598
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOY HUBER

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $125,938
    From this org
    $113,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,568
    Hours/week
    40

  • MARGARET MORRIS

    DIRECTOR OF VETERINARY CARE

    Total calculated
    $113,558
    From this org
    $107,872
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,686
    Hours/week
    40

  • SEAN HAWKINS

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $115,414
    From this org
    $103,488
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,926
    Hours/week
    40

  • LAUREL GREER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JANE GRAHAM

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PATRICIA HENLEY

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GERRI GREENWOOD

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • WALTER MARTIN DEPUTY

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • AUSSIE GEER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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. 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 committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441209349301054

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