JOYBOUND PEOPLE AND PETS FKA TONY LARUSSAS ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D200

Classification

1000

Street

2890 MITCHELL DR

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

• Community Outreach Programs:Building upon the foundation of animal rescue and adoption, Joybound reaches out to our community to provide a wide breadth of services to support pet families. Our Shelter to Service program trains carefully selected shelter animals to become psychiatric service dogs and emotion support animals, assisting veterans and other individuals coping with psychological trauma and mental health challenges. This year, 131 people were enriched by psychiatric service dogs, facility dogs, and emotional support animals. Joybound's Pet Safety Net program provided counseling, financial support, and resource referrals to help 1,100 families retain their pets during times of crisis. The Community Solutions team responded to 2,137 calls and emails, offering expert guidance to community members facing animal-related challenges. Joybound hosted monthly free Vaccine and Microchip Clinics to provide essential preventive care for pets in underserved communities - serving 2,938 cats and dogs during the year. These clinics were offered on the Joybound campus and at partner locations across Contra Costa County and help protect public health by delivering core vaccinations and by ensuring pets can be identified and reunited with their families through microchipping. By removing financial and logistical barriers, the program supports pet retention, helps keep pets healthy, and reduces shelter surrenders. Through the Community Veterinary Care fund (CVC) 442 veterinary exams were provided to pets from low-income households in Contra Costa County, ensuring these animals received critical veterinary care. Our Pet Food Pantry program provided 30,840 meals to ensure that cats and dogs did not go hungry. For grieving pet owners, Joybound held monthly Pet Loss Support Group meetings, providing support and care during a very difficult time to 43 people working through the loss of their pet. Joybound's Pet Hug Pack therapy animal program continued to provide emotional support and companionship to individuals in hospitals, schools, care facilities, and community outreach events. This year, Pet Hug Pack teams brought comfort and joy to 15,681 people across dozens of sites. All therapy animals are temperament-tested, healthy, and trained for their important roles.

  Expenses $5,132,432 · Revenue $143,605

• Animal Care & Adoptions:This year, Joybound People & Pets placed 2,041 cats and dogs into new, loving homes through its adoption program. Each animal was behaviorally and medically assessed, treated as needed, spayed or neutered, and microchipped prior to adoption. While awaiting placement, all animals received daily enrichment, compassionate care, and basic training to enhance adoptability and promote well-being. In addition to routine shelter operations, Joybound also provided emergency rescue relief by assisting animal organizations impacted by natural disasters. We transferred animals in need from areas affected by events like wildfires, provided urgent veterinary care and housing, and facilitated adoption placement. These collaborative efforts helped ease the burden on overcrowded shelters and gave displaced animals a safe path to recovery and a new home.

  Expenses $4,609,290 · Revenue $283,277

• Veterinary Clinic:Joybound's onsite veterinary clinic provides essential medical care and surgical procedures for animals in our adoption program. Additionally, through our public spay/neuter initiatives, we support community members and rescue partners in addressing companion animal overpopulation. A total of 4,888 spay and neuter surgeries were performed during the year for both shelter and public animals, helping to reduce shelter intakes and prevent unwanted litters. Another 283 quality-of-life surgeries were performed to enable dogs and cats to live their best lives possible. Additionally, 1,049 veterans received free veterinary wellness exams, vaccinations, and preventative treatments from Joybound's caring Clinic team.

  Expenses $4,195,174 · Revenue $519,343

• Animal Behavior and Training:Joybound provided a robust schedule of in-person training classes aimed at promoting positive pet behavior and strengthening the human-animal bond. This included 939 classes teaching basic manners, puppy social skills, kitten kindergarten and other group training sessions. Private consultations provided 1,450 dog and cat guardians with customized support either in person, virtually or by phone.Grooming Academy:Joybound's Grooming Academy was launched in June 2024 to address workforce barriers while supporting community pet wellness. The academy provides hands-on training in professional grooming for individuals facing employment challenges, including veterans and others with limited access to job opportunities. Graduates are equipped with marketable skills for careers in the pet care industry. At the same time, the program offers affordable grooming services to the public and to Joybound's shelter animals, improving adoptability and overall animal wellbeing. During the year, 46 students completed the Grooming Academy, and 1,510 public and shelter dogs were groomed with care.Service Volunteers:During the year, 779 active volunteers shared 56,918 hours of their time across Joybound's full breadth of programs - from fostering, to greeting visitors, to assisting with laundry, to walking dogs, to socializing cats.. you name it. Joybound could not accomplish all that we do without these selfless volunteers.

  Expenses $1,015,860 · Revenue $254,372

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. 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

  $13,371,777

  Expenses

  $18,345,956

  Contributions

  $8,994,544

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $13,354,147

  Expenses

  $15,670,853

  Contributions

  $8,782,329

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $12,658,508

  Expenses

  $10,485,907

  Contributions

  $9,965,945

  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

  $13,754,670

  Expenses

  $8,474,147

  Assets (EOY)

  $83,454,002

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,817,022

  Expenses

  $6,707,380

  Assets (EOY)

  $86,657,167

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,321,677

  Expenses

  $7,806,672

  Assets (EOY)

  $73,959,653

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,321,677

  Expenses

  $7,806,672

  Assets (EOY)

  $73,959,653

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,321,677

  Expenses

  $7,806,672

  Assets (EOY)

  $73,959,653

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,729,501

  Expenses

  $8,256,123

  Assets (EOY)

  $59,761,921

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,119,910

  Expenses

  $7,940,833

  Assets (EOY)

  $43,845,500

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,579,740

  Expenses

  $7,078,430

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,237,066

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,856,457

  Expenses

  $6,570,738

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,045,793

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,143,363

  Expenses

  $5,847,215

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,330,085

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

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

• AMERICAN GIFT FUND

  $500,000

  2024 · OPERATIONS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $331,450

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $255,963

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $242,085

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $66,825

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $65,673

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $59,907

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $58,492

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $38,134

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $37,710

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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.

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $66,624 raised

  2024 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $31,699 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.

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