FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER

EIN 27-0864431 ALAMEDA, CA

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Revenue 2023: $3,144,831
Expenses 2023: $2,866,732

Program services were 85.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: D20
Classification: 1000
Street: 1590 FORTMANN WAY

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 · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER (FAAS) IS TO SHELTER AND CARE FOR ABANDONED COMPANION ANIMALS, FIND THEM NEW HOMES, AND PREVENT ANIMAL CRUELTY THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FRIENDS OF THE ALAMEDA ANIMAL SHELTER (FAAS), A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT, MANAGES THE OPEN-INTAKE CITY OF ALAMEDA SHELTER. FAAS NEVER EUTHANIZES FOR TIME OR SPACE; SAVING, ON AVERAGE, 97% OF THE NEARLY 1000 LOST AND HOMELESS ANIMALS WHO ENTER THE SHELTER EACH YEAR.

FAAS PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR OVER 1,000 LOST AND ABANDONED ANIMALS EACH YEAR INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE; ADOPTION SERVICES; REUNIFICATION; TRAINING; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; AND HUMANE EDUCATION.

Expenses $2,461,729 · Revenue $62,326
FAAS OPERATES A THRIFT STORE WHOSE NET PROCEEDS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT THE ORGANIZATION'S LIFE-SAVING WORK.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Julie WassermanJULIE WASSERMAN

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Richard LeeRICHARD LEE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Michael MillerMICHAEL MILLER

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Janet DavisJANET DAVIS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Heather LeeHEATHER LEE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Steve BusseSTEVE BUSSE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Nancy EvansNANCY EVANS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Kelly LuxKELLY LUX

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
Gail ArtikaslanGAIL ARTIKASLAN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2.5
John L LippJOHN L LIPP

CEO

Total calculated

$128,161

From this org

$128,161

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$3,144,831

Expenses

$2,866,732

Contributions

$3,023,025

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$2,679,854

Expenses

$2,525,371

Contributions

$2,513,974

Grants paid

$48,322

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$3,144,831	$2,866,732	$3,023,025	$0
2022	$2,679,854	$2,525,371	$2,513,974	$48,322

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

$2,128,373

Expenses

$1,998,583

Assets (EOY)

$3,459,257
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,703,957

Expenses

$1,458,909

Assets (EOY)

$3,335,861
2019 · 990

Revenue

$3,129,553

Expenses

$1,558,276

Assets (EOY)

$3,072,064
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,456,469

Expenses

$1,396,817

Assets (EOY)

$1,478,929
2017 · 990

Revenue

$2,069,967

Expenses

$1,139,592

Assets (EOY)

$1,399,628
2016 · 990

Revenue

$869,261

Expenses

$986,752

Assets (EOY)

$434,793
2015 · 990

Revenue

$869,059

Expenses

$847,473

Assets (EOY)

$578,815
2014 · 990

Revenue

$784,300

Expenses

$789,344

Assets (EOY)

$547,576
2013 · 990

Revenue

$690,031

Expenses

$631,700

Assets (EOY)

$627,159
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$616,579

Assets (EOY)

$484,747

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,128,373	$1,998,583	$3,459,257
2020	990	$1,703,957	$1,458,909	$3,335,861
2019	990	$3,129,553	$1,558,276	$3,072,064
2018	990	$1,456,469	$1,396,817	$1,478,929
2017	990	$2,069,967	$1,139,592	$1,399,628
2016	990	$869,261	$986,752	$434,793
2015	990	$869,059	$847,473	$578,815
2014	990	$784,300	$789,344	$547,576
2013	990	$690,031	$631,700	$627,159
2012	990	not reported	$616,579	$484,747

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period: 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011
Principal officer: Show names as filed Nancy Evans BianchiNANCY EVANS BIANCHI
Mailing address: PO BOX 6328ALAMEDA CA 94501
Website: http://faas.bbnow.org/

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 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

VETS IN VANS

$48,322

2022 FUNDS FOR AN X-RAY MACHINE

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$66,375

2024 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$62,600

2022 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
HUMANE SOCIETY OF ALAMEDA

$53,749

2024 TO ASSIST WITH THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL ALAMEDA SHELTER
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

$35,592

2024 SEE PART IV
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$29,594

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$25,000

2023 PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$22,007

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$20,800

2024 ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$20,247

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$12,777

2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.