- Revenue 2024
- $5,978,975
- Expenses 2024
- $5,857,684
Program services were 89.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- D200
- Classification
- 4000
- Street
- 2331 15TH ST
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
Mission
AS THE AREAS PREMIER NO-KILL SHELTER, THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SARASOTA COUNTY ENGAGES THE HEARTS, HANDS, AND MINDS OF THE COMMUNITY TO HELP ANIMALS.
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Animal Shelter Founded in 1952, HSSC is Sarasotas oldest animal welfare organization. In 2009, HSSC became a no-kill shelter. With the completion of our shelter expansion and renovation project in 2021, HSSC is now the areas premier no-kill organization. We achieve our mission by providing compassionate care to our shelter pets, finding them permanent homes, and promoting responsible pet ownership in our community. On any given day, HSSC has approximately 200 dogs and cats in care, adding up to more than 2,700 lives saved each year. Every animal receives nutritious food, stimulating exercise and enrichment, and comprehensive medical care at our onsite clinic.
Expenses $3,806,247 · Revenue $152,130
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Animal Clinic The Animal Clinic is committed to providing affordable, quality medical care to keep pets healthy and in their homes. As a non-profit provider, we believe all pets deserve access to medical services to prevent future health problems. The Animal Clinic offers core preventative programs to ensure pets remain free from harmful parasites like fleas, ticks, and heartworms. We also offer annual core vaccinations to prevent pets from getting sick from exposure to harmful viruses and diseases. We offer affordable spay-neuter services to prevent unplanned litters of cats and dogs (and keep them from ending up at animal shelters). We also perform routine dentistry and provide microchipping services to help recover pets if they ever get lost. The Animal Clinic ceased providing services to the public in October 2024.
Expenses $1,351,097 · Revenue $416,772
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Community Outreach HSSCs Community Outreach & Engagement program teaches people of all ages to respect the animals that share our world, both in our homes and in our communities. Humane education fosters compassion, responsibility, and kindness for animals and people alike. Fundamentally, the goal of humane education is to make the world a better place for all living creatures. Our community outreach programs include volunteer opportunities for adults and teens, canine training classes, pet therapy certification, and humane education outreach in schools.
Expenses $58,441 · Revenue $23,961
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.
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Ashley Gillett
Veterinarian
- Total calculated
- $145,094
- From this org
- $131,034
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,060
- Hours/week
- 40
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Anna Gonce
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $134,671
- From this org
- $128,635
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,036
- Hours/week
- 40
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David Morton
Sr Dir of Lifesavi
- Total calculated
- $121,061
- From this org
- $113,968
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,093
- Hours/week
- 40
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Kristyn Day
Veterinarian
- Total calculated
- $110,785
- From this org
- $103,729
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,056
- Hours/week
- 30
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Janet Boyden
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer Poppen
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Caryn Wilbraham
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michael Cervone
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer Douglas
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Melinda Foster
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Christopher J Fowler Esq
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alisa M Heedy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Harald Hvideberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alison Kanter
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark Kowalski
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth Rabbitt-Stephen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Richard Vacar
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jared Wurtzel
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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2024
- Revenue
- $5,978,975
- Expenses
- $5,857,684
- Contributions
- $3,845,664
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $7,386,719
- Expenses
- $5,681,230
- Contributions
- $5,976,081
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $5,330,111
- Expenses
- $4,458,213
- Contributions
- $4,104,946
- 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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $6,427,023
- Expenses
- $3,764,526
- Assets (EOY)
- $24,274,684
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,080,084
- Expenses
- $3,049,170
- Assets (EOY)
- $21,731,092
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,603,127
- Expenses
- $3,082,978
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,048,063
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,368,898
- Expenses
- $2,905,035
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,046,048
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,501,235
- Expenses
- $2,670,729
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,687,067
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,826,942
- Expenses
- $2,286,925
- Assets (EOY)
- $13,308,261
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,257,741
- Expenses
- $1,560,920
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,086,985
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,952,866
- Expenses
- $1,338,129
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,826,427
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,411,912
- Expenses
- $1,336,490
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,749,703
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,344,233
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,293,469
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
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT, PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2024 ANIMAL RELATED
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2022 GENERAL SUPPORT, PROGRAM SUPPORT
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2024 ANIMAL RESCUE
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2023 ANIMAL WELFARE
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2022 CIVIC
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$36,143
2022 UNRESTRICTED
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.