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BLIND SPOT ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC

EIN 81-4370042 DURHAM, NC

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Revenue 2025
$408,989
Expenses 2025
$271,658

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D20
Classification
4000
Street
1525 MONTFORD 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 · 2025

Mission

THE BLIND SPOT ANIMAL SANCTUARY PROVIDES LIFELONG, LOVING CARE TO NEGLECTED AND HOMELESS FARM ANIMALS, PLACING THOSE WHO ARE ADOPTABLE IN FOREVER HOMES.

  • WE RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND CARE FOR ANIMALS THAT ONCE FOUND THEMSELVES SURRENDERED, ABANDONED, AND EXPLOITED. THE SIZE OF PROPERTY ALLOWS US THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER A SAFE HAVEN FOR FARM AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS. THE BLIND SPOT ANIMAL SANCTUARY FOCUSES ON THOSE ANIMALS THAT OFTEN GET OVERLOOKED DUE TO SPECIES, AGE, COLOR OR DISABILITY. WE HOST FREE EDUCATIONAL TOURS. WE HAVE HOSTED A LARGE EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR FOR ALL NC GOVERNMENT RUN SHELTERS WHERE 80 SHELTER EMPLOYEES, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, AND SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY AND SAFELY CARE AND HANDLE LARGE ANIMALS. WE HAVE HOSTED A TOUR FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITY. WE ALSO PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO DURING HURRICANE FLORENCE AND BOARDED ANIMAS FOR FREE FOR OWNERS. WE ALSO PARTNER WITH A LOCAL SHELTER AND OFFER FREE BOARDING FOR FARM ANIMALS THAT ANIMAL CONTROL PICKS UP AS THE SHELTER IS NOT SET UP FOR LARGE ANIMALS.

    Expenses $254,689

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Alex Daehnrich

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Alesja Daehnrich

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Cecilia Stephens

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Geneva Runion

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Laureen Bartfield

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan King

    BOARD MEMBER

    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $408,989
    Expenses
    $271,658
    Contributions
    $401,510
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $378,612
    Expenses
    $256,692
    Contributions
    $375,591
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $308,103
    Expenses
    $263,429
    Contributions
    $303,934
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $279,737
    Expenses
    $230,051
    Contributions
    $271,581
    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
    $264,369
    Expenses
    $172,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $177,495

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $157,579
    Expenses
    $133,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $85,772

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $151,468
    Expenses
    $129,250
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,056

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $95,213
    Expenses
    $59,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,840

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 2017

Tax period
1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Principal officer
Alesja Daehnrich
Mailing address
1525 Montford RdDurham NC 27705
Website
blindspotanimals.com

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

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 11 November 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.