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BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY

EIN 23-7147797 KANAB, UT

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Revenue 2024
$173,780,697
Expenses 2024
$175,675,944

Program services were 76.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D200
Classification
1000
Street
5001 ANGEL CANYON RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization dedicated to saving the lives of dogs and cats in America's shelters and making the entire country no-kill. Founded in 1984, Best Friends operates lifesaving facilities and programs nationwide in partnership with thousands of shelters and rescue groups.

  • INITIATIVES, PROGRAM CITIES, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, NETWORK PARTNERS AND OTHER NATIONAL OUTREACH - See Schedule O

    Expenses $94,586,205 · Grants $15,338,260 · Revenue $826,660

  • Animal Care Activities (Sanctuary) - See Schedule O

    Expenses $39,229,969 · Grants $185,110 · Revenue $893,325

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Julianne Castle

    Board Member/Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $553,886
    From this org
    $536,370
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,516
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $536,045
    Bonus
    $325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,516
    Filer's total
    $553,886

  • Abigail Jones

    Board Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alfred Battista

    Board Chair/Co-Founder/Internal Consultant

    Total calculated
    $227,713
    From this org
    $203,868
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,543
    Bonus
    $325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,845
    Filer's total
    $227,713

  • Bernadette Mejia

    Board Member/Co-Founder/Director of Principal Gifts

    Total calculated
    $209,886
    From this org
    $186,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,845
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,737
    Bonus
    $17,304
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,845
    Filer's total
    $209,886

  • Cyrus Mejia

    Board Member/Co-Founder/Internal Consultant

    Total calculated
    $121,510
    From this org
    $97,665
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,845
    Hours/week
    40

  • Denise Clark

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gregory Castle

    Board Member/Co-Founder/Internal Consultant

    Total calculated
    $199,030
    From this org
    $177,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,265
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,440
    Bonus
    $325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,265
    Filer's total
    $199,030

  • Lona Williams

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lynn Flanders

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Micarl Hill

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Oke Mueller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phefelia Nez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elise Traub

    Chief External Affairs Officer & Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $240,040
    From this org
    $223,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,347
    Bonus
    $4,575
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,118
    Filer's total
    $240,040

  • Greta Palmer

    Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

    Total calculated
    $250,654
    From this org
    $232,346
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,308
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,021
    Bonus
    $3,325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,308
    Filer's total
    $250,654

  • Holly Sizemore

    Chief Mission Officer

    Total calculated
    $254,564
    From this org
    $236,256
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,308
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $232,731
    Bonus
    $3,525
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,308
    Filer's total
    $254,564

  • Joseph Angelo

    Chief People and Culture Officer

    Total calculated
    $315,871
    From this org
    $299,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,041
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $299,505
    Bonus
    $325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,118
    Filer's total
    $315,871

  • Judah Battista

    Chief Sanctuary Officer

    Total calculated
    $264,539
    From this org
    $233,787
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $230,462
    Bonus
    $3,325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,752
    Filer's total
    $264,539

  • Marc Peralta

    Chief Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $256,302
    From this org
    $225,550
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,725
    Bonus
    $1,825
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,752
    Filer's total
    $256,302

  • Stephen Howell

    Chief Operating and Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $501,936
    From this org
    $458,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,367
    Bonus
    $6,325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,244
    Filer's total
    $501,936

  • Susan Citro

    Chief Experience Officer

    Total calculated
    $324,059
    From this org
    $295,941
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $292,116
    Bonus
    $3,825
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,118
    Filer's total
    $324,059

  • Valerie Dorian

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $323,078
    From this org
    $283,734
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,344
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,708
    Bonus
    $28,026
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,344
    Filer's total
    $323,078

  • Amy Starnes

    Principal, Growth Initiatives

    Total calculated
    $248,366
    From this org
    $220,248
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,118
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,923
    Bonus
    $325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,118
    Filer's total
    $248,366

  • Erika Westbay Arnold

    Director, Process Excellence

    Total calculated
    $251,300
    From this org
    $203,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,210
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,765
    Bonus
    $2,325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,210
    Filer's total
    $251,300

  • Karen Gallardo

    Sr Director, Major & Planned Giving

    Total calculated
    $304,077
    From this org
    $284,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,988
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $255,822
    Bonus
    $28,267
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,988
    Filer's total
    $304,077

  • Rebecca Huss

    General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $266,562
    From this org
    $248,254
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,308
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $247,929
    Bonus
    $325
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,308
    Filer's total
    $266,562

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $173,780,697
    Expenses
    $175,675,944
    Contributions
    $165,992,564
    Grants paid
    $15,540,871
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $148,272,851
    Expenses
    $173,381,071
    Contributions
    $143,099,538
    Grants paid
    $17,110,976
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $173,491,983
    Expenses
    $148,139,598
    Contributions
    $168,997,308
    Grants paid
    $13,647,737
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $173,491,983
    Expenses
    $148,139,598
    Contributions
    $168,997,308
    Grants paid
    $13,647,737

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $141,488,178
    Expenses
    $123,525,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $178,197,428

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $125,326,390
    Expenses
    $103,177,874
    Assets (EOY)
    $180,215,436

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $106,903,525
    Expenses
    $100,665,535
    Assets (EOY)
    $152,713,432

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $102,896,740
    Expenses
    $99,934,785
    Assets (EOY)
    $154,320,227

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $93,163,465
    Expenses
    $96,938,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $147,534,278

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • BEST FRIENDS PRODUCTIONS LLC

    PARTICIPATE IN JOINT VENTURE TO PRODUCE FILM · UT · income $1,557 · assets $87,310

  • 307 WEST BROADWAY LLC

    HOLD LEASE ON BUILDING IN MANHATTAN, NY · UT · income -$634,054 · assets $421,341

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • BEST FRIENDS WELLNESS CENTER INC

    C Corporation · OPERATE FITNESS CENTER · UT · share of income -$110,560 · share of assets $63,346 · controlled entity

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $664,751 in sales

    2024 Commercial Coventurer

    $53,571 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $311,661 in sales

    2023 Commercial Coventurer

    $28,476 to charity

  • CREATIVE GENIUS LLC

    $288,347 in sales

    2022 Commercial Coventurer

    $24,895 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.