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FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC

EIN 13-6018549 DARIEN, CT

Largest nonprofits in Connecticut

Revenue 2025
$5,362,326
Expenses 2025
$4,526,422

Program services were 93.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D21Z
Classification
4000
Street
777 POST RD STE 205

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 205). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

FRIENDS OF ANIMALS WORKS TO CULTIVATE A RESPECTFUL VIEW OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS, FREE-LIVING AND DOMESTIC. OUR GOAL IS TO FREE ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY AND INSTITUTIONALIZED EXPLOITATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S GOAL IS TO FREE ANIMALS FROM CRUELTY AND INSTITUTIONALIZED EXPLOITATION.

  • SPAYING AND NEUTERING PROGRAM - FRIENDS OF ANIMALS HAS ADVOCATED LOW-COST SPAYING AND ALTERING AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF PREVENTING THE BIRTHS OF UNWANTED DOGS AND CATS, AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT ABANDONMENT, SUFFERING AND MASS KILLING. FOR 59 YEARS, WE HAVE OPERATED A NATIONWIDE BREEDING CONTROL PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES FACILITATING MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION SPAY/NEUTER PROCEDURES. PET OWNERS MAY PURCHASE A CERTIFICATE FROM FRIENDS OF ANIMALS THAT CAN BE USED FOR A ROUTINE SPAY OR NEUTER SURGERY AT ANY OF FRIENDS OF ANIMALS PARTICIPATING VETERINARY HOSPITALS. THIS YEAR MORE THAN 24,000 CATS AND DOGS WERE NEUTERED THROUGH OUR PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,143,335 · Grants $20,000 · Revenue $813,832

  • PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ANIMAL PROTECTION- THROUGH ANIMAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMS AND INTERVENTIONS, FOA PROMOTES ENDANGERED SPECIES AND OTHER WILDLIFE PROTECTION. CAMPAIGNS AGAINST WILD HORSE ROUND-UPS AND THE WILD BIRD TRADE; THE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE TRADE; THE FUR TRADE; HUNTING AND PREDATOR CONTROL, INCLUDING STATE-SPONSORED WOLF CONTROL PROGRAMS IN ALASKA AND THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. SPONSORS CHIMPANZEE CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN WEST AFRICA, AND PRIMATE SANCTUARY IN TEXAS. VEGAN ADVOCACY PROJECTS EXPLAIN THAT A PLANT-BASED DIET IS THE BEST RESPONSE TO AN ECOLOGICAL CRISIS VIA EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, SPEECHES AND ADS. PUBLISHED FOUR QUARTERLY ISSUES OF ACTIONLINE MAGAZINE; OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS PRODUCED FOR MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA.

    Expenses $2,391,061 · Grants $70,827 · Revenue $78,830

  • ASSISTED ANOTHER 501(C)3 ORGANIZATION WITH SUPPORT TO MANAGE A SANCTUARY FOR PRIMATES AND OTHER ANIMALS ABANDONED BY THEIR OWNERS OR DISCARDED BY ZOOS, THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES.

    Expenses $696,327 · Grants $696,327

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

  • Barbara Sitomer

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Elizabeth Forel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ginger Burr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Phyllis Hawkins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Priscilla Feral

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $164,761
    From this org
    $154,432
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,329
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,432
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,329
    Filer's total
    $164,761
  • Sally Malanga

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Teresa D'Amico

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Orabona

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $155,943
    From this org
    $145,614
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,329
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,614
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,329
    Filer's total
    $155,943
  • Dustin Rhodes

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $125,828
    From this org
    $115,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,328
    Hours/week
    50
  • Gabriel Ahmed

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $110,499
    From this org
    $100,171
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,328
    Hours/week
    50
  • Jennifer Best

    WILDLIFE LAW PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $130,182
    From this org
    $119,854
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,328
    Hours/week
    50
  • Robert Bock

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $123,666
    From this org
    $113,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,328
    Hours/week
    50

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $5,362,326
    Expenses
    $4,526,422
    Contributions
    $4,118,386
    Grants paid
    $787,154
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,520,218
    Expenses
    $4,556,669
    Contributions
    $4,260,376
    Grants paid
    $697,290
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,032,934
    Expenses
    $4,710,217
    Contributions
    $3,231,067
    Grants paid
    $775,889

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
    $8,819,203
    Expenses
    $4,272,561
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,437,048
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,423,238
    Expenses
    $4,442,578
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,901,429
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,101,699
    Expenses
    $4,922,436
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,482,867
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,673,665
    Expenses
    $5,181,805
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,375,047
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,524,410
    Expenses
    $5,114,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,281,244
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,103,787
    Expenses
    $4,838,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,496,748
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,641,582
    Expenses
    $4,925,684
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,883,535
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,529,474
    Expenses
    $4,983,594
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,614,455
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,921,624
    Expenses
    $4,895,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,841,146
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $4,442,368
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,881,386

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

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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 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.