Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by GUARDIANS OF FLORIDA ANIMAL RESCUE INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,033,151
- Total expenses
- $1,072,855
- Contributions and grants received
- $681,368
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $339,222
- Investment income
- $1,536
- Other revenue
- $11,025
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,605,214
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $975,734
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $629,480
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,047,126
- Management and general expenses
- $14,550
- Fundraising expenses
- $11,179
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,047,126
Program services were 97.6% 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.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$8,526
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$672,842
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$42,889
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2a · Program service revenue: Adoption Program
total $338,442 · related or exempt $338,442
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2b · Program service revenue: Sales of Merchandise
total $780 · related or exempt $780
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3 · Investment income
total $1,536 · related or exempt $1,536
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$19,443
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$8,526
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$18,418
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $1,025 · excluded $1,025
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11a · Other revenue: Settlement from Turf Di
total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000
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11e · Other revenue, total
$10,000
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $102,611 · program services $102,611
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $7,849 · program services $7,849
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11a · Fees: management
total $115,158 · program services $115,158
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $560 · program services $560
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $2,722 · fundraising $2,722
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11g · Fees: other
total $111,084 · program services $111,084
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,734 · program services $1,734
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14 · Information technology
total $5,580 · program services $2,604 · management and general $1,631 · fundraising $1,345
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16 · Occupancy
total $122,132 · program services $122,132
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $480 · program services $480
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20 · Interest
total $42,399 · program services $42,399
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $35,068 · program services $35,068
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23 · Insurance
total $12,383 · management and general $12,383
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24a · Other expenses: Veterinary Exp & Medical Sup
total $356,619 · program services $356,619
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24b · Other expenses: Animal Food and Supplies
total $78,288 · program services $78,288
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24c · Other expenses: Kennel and Cleaning Supplies
total $26,102 · program services $26,102
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24d · Other expenses: Transport Grooming & Boardi
total $21,461 · program services $21,461
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24e · All other expenses
total $30,625 · program services $22,977 · management and general $536 · fundraising $7,112
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $85,631 · end of year $211,104
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $125,000
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $422,631 · end of year $259,272
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $4,961 · end of year $2,055
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $17,072 · end of year $21,964
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,161,459
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$50,640
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $58,089 · end of year $1,110,819
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $33,257 · end of year $55,812
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $10,875
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $10,943 · end of year $5,435
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
end of year $903,612
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $669,184 · end of year $629,480
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
GUARDIANS OF FLORIDA ANIMAL RESCUE INC was founded by a group of professional women on 4/27/21 who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of animals who have no voice, no hope, and no GUARDIAN. See Schedule O for additional information.
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In 2025, our fourth full year of operations, we rescued 895 neglected, abused and/or unwanted animals from an uncertain and likely tragic fate and found homes for 841 animals to give them their much-deserved second chance at true happiness. During this period, we took on many severe medical cases where animals had no chance at any quality of life, or even a life at all, without a rescue determined to find a way to pay for surgeries, hospitalization stays, and rehabilitation. We continue to establish and grow relationships with local veterinarians and spay/neuter clinics, significantly grew our volunteer and donor base and with the addition of instore cat habitats in Petco and PetSupermarker, we expanded our cat rescue and adoption program. Our social media presence on Facebook and Instagram continues to grow and allows us to highlight our mission, our challenges, our accomplishments and most importantly, our animals.
Expenses $1,047,126 · Revenue $339,222
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sherri-Lee Mercuri
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
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Diana Thies
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Dana Bursch
CFO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
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Tina Johnson
Co-Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Kim Howard
Co-Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 15 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611359349311111
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