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VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC

EIN 94-3038202 PLEASANTON, CA

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Revenue 2024
$3,077,723
Expenses 2024
$2,738,012

Program services were 70.1% 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
3670 NEVADA 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

Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets' soothing affections with people in need of comfort, and supports and preserves existing pet-guardian relationships.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Valley Humane Society rescues and coordinates companion animal adoptions from its Nevada Street Adoption Center, performs affordable spay/neuter surgeries for the public and more than 40 community rescue partners through its Phil Scholz Veterinary Surgery Center, provides consistent mental health support for the community through its Canine Comfort Pet-Assisted Therapy program, and supports pet guardians in need through the AniMeals Pet Food Pantry and Medical Assistance Fund programs.

  • Adoptions and Animal Care -In 2024, Valley Humane Society welcomed 565 cats and dogs into its care, providing each with compassionate sheltering, enrichment, and attentive veterinary support. Through its Adoption Center, 542 animals found loving homeseach placement guided by careful matchmaking and a commitment to every pet's well-being. As a closed-intake shelter, Valley Humane Society accepts animals primarily from municipal shelters and local residents as space allows, ensuring that every pet taken in receives the time and attention needed to fully recover, grow, and thrive. Animals remain in the organization's care until they are adopted, allowing staff and volunteers to provide consistent medical, behavioral, and emotional support throughout their stay. A devoted network of 129 foster families cared for 436 animals throughout the year, creating safe, nurturing environments that expanded the shelter's capacity and offered individualized care when medical or behavioral support was needed. This collaboration between staff and foster volunteers remains essential to preparing animals for successful adoptions. The addition of a part-time shelter veterinarian further strengthened in-house medical capacity, enabling timely exams and preventive treatmentsall contributing to improved health outcomes for adoptable animals.

    Expenses $649,130 · Revenue $58,876

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $1,192,592 · Revenue $1,527,980

  • Canine Comfort and Community Outreach-Valley Humane Society's Canine Comfort Pet-Assisted Therapy program expanded dramatically in 2024, with 112 volunteer teams providing emotional support and companionship throughout the community. These teams visit more than 61 regular locationsincluding hospitals, libraries, senior centers, schools, and corporate campusesbringing comfort and connection to thousands of people each month. New partnerships with Oakland International Airport and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley significantly increased outreach, enabling Canine Comfort teams to engage with an estimated 16,800 adults monthly, including travelers, patients, students, and seniors. Through the Paws to Read literacy program, 5,619 children improved reading fluency and confidence by practicing alongside therapy dogs, as program locations doubled in 2024. To further address the needs of local pet owners, Valley Humane Society launched its Field Veterinary Program, providing basic veterinary care to pets of low-income or unhoused guardians receiving supportive services. In addition, the AniMeals Pet Food Pantry distributed 246,924 meals to help families in crisis keep their pets healthy and at home. Together, these programs embody the organization's commitment to nurturing the human-animal bond and building a more compassionate community for all.

    Expenses $73,110 · Revenue $2,102

  • Field Vet Program

    Expenses $3,250

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • Brian Joyce

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Capello

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Clyde Ogata

    Treasurer (JAN-OCT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Neal Sornsen

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Piper

    Executive Committee Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Cavello

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Gardiner

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kailesh Karavadra

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Rice

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Penelope Tamm

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindsay Tang

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phillip Vermont

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Heidi White

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Wolfe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Schneider

    Dierctor (JAN-AUG)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Sadek

    President

    Total calculated
    $159,000
    From this org
    $159,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,000
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $159,000
  • Nozomi Watanabe

    Medical Director

    Total calculated
    $177,470
    From this org
    $177,470
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,720
    Bonus
    $2,750
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $177,470

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
    $3,077,723
    Expenses
    $2,738,012
    Contributions
    $1,215,494
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,563,435
    Expenses
    $2,527,602
    Contributions
    $1,007,767
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,554,940
    Expenses
    $1,682,535
    Contributions
    $834,009
    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
    $2,378,480
    Expenses
    $1,439,295
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,561,727
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,379,085
    Expenses
    $1,185,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,592,264
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $942,659
    Expenses
    $1,062,566
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,357,022
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,325,837
    Expenses
    $1,063,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,490,315
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $884,519
    Expenses
    $901,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,195,786
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $811,935
    Expenses
    $768,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,228,275
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,456,849
    Expenses
    $1,460,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,164,073
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $695,871
    Expenses
    $639,373
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,160,600
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $662,655
    Expenses
    $764,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,082,679
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $553,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,185,930

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

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.

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $7,500 raised

    2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $4,024 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $17,425 raised

    2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $8,350 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $20,600 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $9,119 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.