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HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

EIN 74-1287171 HOUSTON, TX

Revenue 2024
$21,433,926
Expenses 2024
$15,626,858

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D200
Classification
1240
Street
7007 OLD KATY 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).

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.

  • PATRICIA E MERCER CAWA

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $453,719
    From this org
    $398,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $55,719
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,000
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,365
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,354
    Filer's total
    $453,719

  • TOMMY HARPER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS E CLARKE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • CONNIE M BERGEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • KANDACE G LONGORIA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN M SMYTH

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM D ADAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • ZANE CARRUTH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAIRD M DORAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related

  • LD ECKERMANN DVM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANN CHILES FROST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANNIE GRAHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY N LEROY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN G PUTNAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTHA SENG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANNY WEINGEIST

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERTA WESTBROOK DVM

    CHIEF ANIMAL WELFARE & MED

    Total calculated
    $232,315
    From this org
    $218,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,617
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,506
    Filer's total
    $232,315

  • CRAIG FELDERHOFF CPA

    CHIEF FINANCIAL AND ADMINI

    Total calculated
    $144,797
    From this org
    $139,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,473
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAMIE SPIVA CFRE

    VP OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $81,627
    From this org
    $75,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,405
    Hours/week
    40

  • JULIE KUENSTLE

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS & MAR

    Total calculated
    $123,848
    From this org
    $120,241
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,607
    Hours/week
    40

  • VIRGINIA DECHANT DVM

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $178,355
    From this org
    $172,050
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,305
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,050
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $875
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,430
    Filer's total
    $178,355

  • ZHANE BROWN

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $113,146
    From this org
    $105,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,247
    Hours/week
    40

  • PATRICK PLUNK

    SR. DIRECTOR - DIRECT MARK

    Total calculated
    $136,277
    From this org
    $132,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,969
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRENDA CHEONG

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $134,317
    From this org
    $129,671
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,646
    Hours/week
    40

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 — 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
    $21,433,926
    Expenses
    $15,626,858
    Contributions
    $12,928,662
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,948,067
    Expenses
    $15,877,034
    Contributions
    $10,748,366
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $27,506,920
    Expenses
    $15,193,326
    Contributions
    $25,309,106
    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.

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.