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SPEAK FOR ANIMALS

EIN 20-1048883 GREENVILLE, SC

Revenue 2024
$355,958
Expenses 2024
$354,406

Program services were 84.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D20
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 24185

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

SPEAK FOR ANIMALS IS AN INNOVATIVE 501(C)3 CHARITABLE ORGANIATION DEDICATED TO SAVING AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF COMPANION ANIMALS IN UPSTATE, SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE 2003. WE ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION THROUGH LOW-COST SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH DEDICATED VETERINARIANS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION, PLANNING AND COLLABORATING WITH ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, AID WITH VETERINARY CARE THROUGH OUR PICKLE FUND, AND ADVOCATING A COMPASSIONATE LIFESTYLE. WE OFFER PROGRAMS FOR ANIMALS WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE: PIT BULLS AND PIT MIXES, FRIENDLY AND FERAL CATS, AND ANIMALS BELONGING TO PEOPLE WITH FINANCIAL AND OTHER BARRIERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SPEAK FOR ANIMALS IS AN INNOVATIVE 501(C)3 CHARITABLE ORGANIATION DEDICATED TO SAVING AND IMPROVING THE LIVES OF COMPANION ANIMALS IN UPSTATE, SOUTH CAROLINA SINCE 2003. WE ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION THROUGH LOW-COST SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH DEDICATED VETERINARIANS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATION, PLANNING AND COLLABORATING WITH ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, AID WITH VETERINARY CARE THROUGH OUR PICKLE FUND, AND ADVOCATING A COMPASSIONATE LIFESTYLE. WE OFFER PROGRAMS FOR ANIMALS WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE: PITBULLS AND PIT MIXES, FRIENDLY AND FERAL CATS, AND ANIMALS BELONGING TO PEOPLE WITH FINANCIAL AND OTHER BARRIERS.

  • PROVIDED LOW-COST AND FREE SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES FOR PIT BULL MIXES, OWNED CATS, AND COMMUNITY (FERAL) CATS THROUGHOUT THE UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. IN 2024, PARTNERING WITH EIGHT LOCAL VETERINARY CLINICS, THE ORGANIZATION FACILITATED 3,736 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, FOCUSING ON ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS, AND ANIMALS FROM HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PICKLE FUND PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CRUCIAL VETERINARY CARE OF 121 ANIMALS, BEYOND THE SCOPE OF BASIC SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES. TOGETHER, THESE PROGRAMS ADVANCED THE ORGANIZATION'S ONGOING MISSION TO REDUCE UNWANTED LITTERS, PREVENT ANIMAL SUFFERING, AND ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE PET OVERPOPULATION CRISIS WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF LOWERING SHELTER INTAKE AND EUTHANASIA RATES.

    Expenses $300,554

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Susan Bufano

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $9,775
    From this org
    $9,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Balding

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joy Culbertson

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lindsey Deon

    VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sitara Hultman

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura McGillicuddy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • John Riley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sara Sponseller

    TREASURER

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $355,958
    Expenses
    $354,406
    Contributions
    $121,677
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $236,332
    Expenses
    $224,896
    Contributions
    $84,661
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $246,493
    Expenses
    $234,250
    Contributions
    $97,722
    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-EZ

    Revenue
    $192,491
    Expenses
    $167,663
    Assets (EOY)
    $130,881

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $192,038
    Expenses
    $177,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,560

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $118,334
    Expenses
    $135,230
    Assets (EOY)
    $95,791

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 2007

Tax period
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007
Principal officer
Susan Bufano
Mailing address
PO Box 24185Greenville SC 29616
Website
www.speakforanimals.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.