DARROWBY FARM SANCTUARY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D20

Classification

4000

Street

230 N MOUNTAIN 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

• During the 2024/2025 fiscal year, Darrowby Farm Sanctuary continued to grow their ability to meet their goal of growing compassion in our world through rescue, rehabilitation, and education. Focusing on compassionate care for all Darrowby staff and community members brought more people, rescued residents, and community members into the sanctuary. The need for large animal rescue continued to grow in Maine. This year was no exception for Darrowby. In November an abused and scared horse named Fiona joined the sanctuary family. Two pigs abandoned after the sale of a residence joined Darrowby in May. Both Thumbelina and Huncamunca arrived with many health problems but quickly took to sanctuary life enjoying being able to go outside for the first time in years. Exploring their pasture and soaking up the sun. July brought to Darrowby another member of the goat herd. Silvius came to the sanctuary after an animal control officer reached out to sanctuary staff from a small island community on the coast of Maine. We discovered quickly that despite arriving with poor nutrition and health Silvius most needed a family to call his own. Darrowby is so honored to provide that to him. The Spring and Summer of 2025 meant renovations and expansion for Darrowby's ability to handle chickensspecifically roosters. Darrowby's executive director receives many calls a year about the need to rehome roosters and the new facilities created will soon be full of colorful, energetic boys. The story of the Comets, the only birth that has happened at Darrowby, has continued to bring people to the sanctuary and learn more about compassionate care for large animals in need. Darrowby continues to provide the highest quality of care and enriching lives to all of their animal residents. Our partnerships with local vetrinarians helps to make sure that every animal resident receives individualized care needed to thrive. Darrowby's new rescues all provided their own specific health challenges. From skin issues, to large open wounds, to the healing of scars from abuseboth mental and physical. Darrowby's helped to ensure that each member of our community gets the health care and facilities they need to live a full life at the sanctuary. The Sanctuary was able to continue to enhance the lives of their animal residents and staff through important facilities improvements. The expansion of chicken residences means more space to bring in birds in need, and allow for space to deal with individual needs of roosters who may not fit in with larger flocks. DFS expanded water availability to areas in the goat barn and pasture saving time and energy for staff and ensuring that through the cold winter every resident has quick and easy access to drinking water. Continued improvements to insulation and heating made sure that our quarintine areas and new goat barn were warm throughout Maine's cold winter months. The 24/25 year brought Darrowby's first consistent educational program with a single group of students. In the past the same teachers would come once or twice a year with students, but this year Darrowby's founders worked with a local high school's alternative education program to bring students to the sanctuary twice a month. This program meant building lasting relationships with those students and staff members and helping students to gain confidence and skills when it comes to caring for large animals and the facilities that house them. DFS is looking forward to continued expansion of this program with students coming in the 25/26 school year weekly. Bringing people together to learn about the work of farm-animal sanctuaries and bringing awareness to the issues associated with the care for these animals is a large part of creating a more compassionate world. Darrowby's grounds were opened to over 400 visitors throughout the year. Whether a private tour, a school service project, a photography class, or the sanctuary's annual open house or Summer Solstice at the Sanctuary event. Each of these visits and touch points provided people with the ability to connect to a community that shares the common cause of decreasing suffering in this world.

  Expenses $421,316 · Revenue $262

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $513,034

  Expenses

  $536,685

  Contributions

  $512,772

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $563,188

  Expenses

  $420,446

  Contributions

  $551,480

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $423,816

  Expenses

  $430,935

  Contributions

  $423,816

  Grants paid

  $0

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $905,586

  Expenses

  $253,859

  Assets (EOY)

  $734,000

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $122,436

  Expenses

  $68,157

  Assets (EOY)

  $80,279

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period

1 August 2019 to 31 July 2020

Principal officer

Amanda Glenn

Mailing address

230 N Mountain RdJefferson ME 04348

Website

www.darrowbyfarmsanctuary.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• LESHER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2023 · SUPPORT GRANT

• LESHER FAMILY FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $268,211

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $7,500

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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