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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,409,931
Total expenses
$4,776,143
Contributions and grants received
$3,011,554
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,262,735
Investment income
$6,887
Other revenue
$128,755
Total assets, end of year
$3,383,087
Total liabilities, end of year
$418,627
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,964,460
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,430,275
Management and general expenses
$1,010,150
Fundraising expenses
$335,718
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,430,275

Program services were 71.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,011,554

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $1,262,735 · related or exempt $1,262,735

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,887 · related or exempt $6,887

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $503,670

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $339,915

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $163,755 · related or exempt $163,755

  • 11a · Other revenue: FORFEITURE OF LAND DEP

    total -$35,000 · related or exempt -$35,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$35,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $295,645 · program services $295,645

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,908,287 · program services $1,422,316 · management and general $301,623 · fundraising $184,348

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $262,063 · program services $156,203 · management and general $76,944 · fundraising $28,916

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $247,107 · program services $23,003 · management and general $224,104

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $208,085 · program services $111,198 · fundraising $96,887

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $155,706 · program services $100,791 · management and general $54,915

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $72,800 · program services $54,600 · management and general $18,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,135 · program services $25,568 · fundraising $25,567

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $54,811 · program services $54,811

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $372,902 · program services $186,450 · management and general $186,452

  • 24a · Other expenses: ANIMAL CARE

    total $597,843 · program services $597,843

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $214,915 · program services $170,941 · management and general $43,974

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROPERTY MAINTENANCE

    total $109,163 · program services $109,163

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $77,012 · management and general $77,012

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $148,669 · program services $121,743 · management and general $26,926

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $248,629 · end of year $490,545

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $325,650 · end of year $10,830

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $176,025 · end of year $116,479

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $145,740 · end of year $22,412

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

    $3,450,639

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

    $707,818

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,758,342 · end of year $2,742,821

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $165,333 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $146,882 · end of year $135,475

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $100,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $342,165 · end of year $183,152

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,199,683 · end of year $2,964,460

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $130,989 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

INSPIRING KINDNESS AND COMPASSION TOWARDS ANIMALS, OUR PLANET, AND EACH OTHER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RESCUE & REHAB ANIMALS FROM ABUSE & NEGLECT, CONNECTING TO PEOPLE IN THE SAME WALK OF LIFE.

  • THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO FOSTER IN PEOPLE A SENSE OF RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS ANIMALS AND EACH OTHER.

    Expenses $3,430,275 · Revenue $4,262,289

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Martin Buonora

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc Hernandez

    TREASURER & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Alec Pedersen

    CHAIRMAN & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • John T Wells

    SECRETARY & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claudia Goodman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charlene Spiteri

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $76,686
    From this org
    $76,686
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jay Weiner

    CO-FOUNDER & CEO

    Total calculated
    $149,326
    From this org
    $149,326
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Yael Ellie Laks

    FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $146,319
    From this org
    $146,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer Wampler

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $100,610
    From this org
    $100,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Adam Smith

    DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $124,327
    From this org
    $124,327
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1a · Payments for business use of a personal residence
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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 1A
THE BOARD'S POLICIES ALLOW FOR FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL TO OCCUR WHEN FLIGHTS DEPART LATE AT NIGHT AND/OR ARE BOOKED LAST MINUTE. AS DISCLOSED IN SCHEDULE L, THE FOUNDATION RENTS ITS PRIMARY FACILITIES IN CA FROM THE FOUNDER. A SMALL PORTION OF THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE THE PERSONAL RESIDENCE OF THE FOUNDER, WHICH IS UTILIZED FOR STORAGE AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE FOUNDATION.

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
10 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411349349304611

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