- Revenue 2024
- $2,183,291
- Expenses 2024
- $2,194,471
Program services were 82.7% 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
- 10961 STEVENS LN
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
The Humane Society is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane eduon programs.
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ANIMAL SHELTER:Rescue and Adoption MatchingHSTT accepts abandoned and relinquished pets in our jurisdiction. Additionally, we regularly accept animals from other overcrowded shelters. Our adoption program takes all necessary steps to ensure our pets are healthy, well-socialized, and at their best, then matches them with the perfect adoption candidate. In 2024, 716 homeless pets found new homes with the help of the HSTT.
Expenses $936,421 · Revenue $121,352
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH:Community Spay/NeuterHSTTs Low-Cost Community Spay/Neuter (CSN) Program helps income-restricted people living within our region with the cost of these expensive surgeries. Spay/Neuter surgeries not only prevent unwanted pet pregnancy but also improve the health of family pets by decreasing rates of certain types of cancer and other health concerns. In 2024, we provided 400 families with spay or neuter services. Providing assistance with these surgery costs improves the health of our communitys pets and relieves the burden of unwanted litters.Community Pet Care AssistanceThe Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe believes it is in an animals best interest to stay in their loving, responsible home rather than enter the shelter system whenever possible. To help guardians keep their companion animals through difficult times, we offer assistance to qualifying residents of our community.The goal is to fill a small funding gap for low-income, elderly, and disabled pet caretakers who are unable to afford necessary or urgent care for their animals. In 2024, we provided 24 community members with 27 unexpected veterinary expenses totaling $13,796.Pet PantryOur Pet Pantry Program provides pet food to needy families throughout the Truckee/North Tahoe region on an as-needed basis. Drop-ins are assisted with pet food at our Truckee shelter and our South Lake Tahoe center, providing anyone in need with the opportunity to pick up food any day of the week. In 2024, we provided over 12,000 pounds of pet food and 2000 pounds of cat litter to pets in need.Wellness ClinicsHSTT brings animal wellness services into impoverished communities via vaccination and microchip clinics. During these clinics, our Veterinarian and his team meet one-on-one with pet owners to provide wellness exams, vaccinations, and microchips to their dogs and/or cats. We also take this opportunity to educate people on spaying/neutering and sign them up for our spay/neuter clinics. In 2024, we served 405 pets during our Wellness Clinics providing 837 vaccines and 147 microchips.
Expenses $802,147 · Grants $36,266 · Revenue $11,748
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HUMANE EDUCATION:Pet Assisted Therapy (PAT)HSTTs PAT program brings joy to the lives of hundreds of local community members who could benefit from the loving touch of an animal. Our PAT teams visit patients in local hospitals, students preparing for exams, and firefighters working on the front lines of fires. Volunteers, with their trained and certified therapy dogs, visit people who greatly benefit from the calming effects of an animal. Our Pet Assisted Therapy dogs bring smiles to hundreds of people throughout the year.Volunteer ProgramOur Volunteer Program gives many people, including adults with disabilities, children, and seniors, the opportunity to learn and utilize skills while making a difference in the lives of needy pets. We are proud to work closely with Tahoe Ability, a nonprofit providing services for adults with developmental disabilities, helping their clients learn functional life skills. We have over 700 active volunteers participating in our shelter, program, and fundraising activities annually.Our Humane Education Program highlights various topics throughout the year that nurture the people-pet relationship emphasizing responsibility, safety, and awareness. Our hope is to build a feeling of community and social awareness in the youth we reach. The impact of our presentations has resulted in many new school-age children becoming involved in volunteering in our community. Humane Education presentations take place in two public elementary schools and one private charter school on a monthly basis when school is in session. Read Up for Fun (RUFF)HSTTs Reading Program, Read Up for Fun (RUFF), is designed to build self-esteem in young readers. Trained volunteers bring their dogs into area schools where children will read to the dog. The dog provides a comforting audience that is perfect for allowing children who lack confidence in their reading to have a safe atmosphere in which to practice.
Expenses $76,991 · Revenue $6,760
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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Stephanie Nistler
CEO
- Total calculated
- $180,911
- From this org
- $177,811
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,100
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $138,783
- Bonus
- $39,028
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,100
- Filer's total
- $180,911
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Dale Lawrence
Dvlp & Mrktg Dir
- Total calculated
- $119,345
- From this org
- $114,962
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,383
- Hours/week
- 40
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Emily Holmes
Operations Dir
- Total calculated
- $111,803
- From this org
- $107,480
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $4,323
- Hours/week
- 40
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Michael Ryan
President
- Total calculated
- $5,135
- From this org
- $5,135
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 12
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Nancy Holliday
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Pete Kristian
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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M Hannah Sullivan
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Emily Abernathy
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Traci Mason
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ed Cheung
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Aimee Schaller
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Carol Lindsay
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Meg Urie Rab
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. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $2,183,291
- Expenses
- $2,194,471
- Contributions
- $1,981,429
- Grants paid
- $36,266
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,555,658
- Expenses
- $1,895,047
- Contributions
- $1,342,464
- Grants paid
- $30,654
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,648,176
- Expenses
- $1,573,321
- Contributions
- $1,535,767
- Grants paid
- $16,747
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
- $1,779,108
- Expenses
- $1,248,293
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,392,174
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,246,147
- Expenses
- $1,072,834
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,859,079
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,177,119
- Expenses
- $994,436
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,687,532
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $890,273
- Expenses
- $838,873
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,529,173
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $640,298
- Expenses
- $695,109
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,502,653
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,081,123
- Expenses
- $601,531
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,587,885
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.
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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TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$215,000
2023 GENERAL FUNDING
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$66,200
2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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2024 GENERAL FUNDING
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$30,080
2022 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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2022 3-ENVIRONMENT, CONSERV, RECR, & ANIMAL WELFARE
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$24,650
2024 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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$23,050
2023 ANIMAL-RELATED
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.
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AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC
$24,225 raised
2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program
$15,334 to charity
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AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC
$14,150 raised
2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program
$6,760 to charity
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AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC
$16,950 raised
2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program
$8,504 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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.