Colony Cats FY2023 filing

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Columbus, OH501(c)(3)AnimalsEIN 04-3749543Revenue $534K in FY2023

On file with the IRScolonycats.orgPo Box 163904, 43216-3904 · Columbus, OHTax-exempt since Sep 2018Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Reduce the number of homeless cats and dogs through aggressive spay/neuter and education of the community. Provide a safe place for adoptable animals via a cat adoption center and foster care.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12K a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $124K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$534K
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$638K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$88K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$534K
FY2023▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$486K
FY2021$388K
FY2022$575K
FY2023$534K
FY2024$656K
Expenses
$638K
FY2023▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$434K
FY2021$314K
FY2022$569K
FY2023$638K
FY2024$626K
Net assets
$88K
FY2023▼ -54%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$89K
FY2021$174K
FY2022$191K
FY2023$88K
FY2024$184K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Exemption reinstated (2017-05-15). Per the IRS revocation list. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $638K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Spay and neuter pets, educate the public, and find homes for adoptable cats and dogs.

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3 programs · $638K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Rescue from the streets or kill shelters, provide vet care and find permanent loving homes for 1,891 homeless cats and dogs in the central Ohio community

$608Kprogram expense
02

Conduct Trap-Neuter-Return of feral and free roaming cats, provide spay/neuter for them at local vet clinics and then return them to their original caretakers. We assisted in sterilizing 464 community cats.

$26Kprogram expense
03

Removal of feral or semi feral cats living in dangerous situations to a safer environment through our Barn Cat Placement Program. They are spayed/neutered and provided medical care prior to their placement. In 2023 we have placed 75 cats.

$5Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$534K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$379K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$154K
Investment incomeLn 3$65
Money outPt IX
$638K
Ln 25
Programscol B$638K
Owns and owesPt X
$88K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$54K
Total assetsLn 16$91K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$379K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$154K
Investment incomeLn 3$65
Total revenueLn 12$534K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$52K
SavingsLn 2$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$54K
Total assetsLn 16$91K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K
Net assetsLn 32$88K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6275
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$170K$54K
Total assetsLn 16$195K$91K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K$3K
Net assetsLn 32$191K$88K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$0$0$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$3K$3K$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$60K$60K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$572K$572K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$638K$638K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $656K$626K$30K$184K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $534K$638K−$105K$88K 990 PDF
FY2022 $575K$569K$6K$191K 990 PDF
FY2021 $388K$314K$74K$174K 990 PDF
FY2020 $486K$434K$53K$89K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $533,794 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $421,156$379,236
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $153,720$154,493
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $358$65
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $575,234$533,794
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $568,838$638,372
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $568,838$638,372
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $6,396−$104,578
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $533,794 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$379,236
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$379,236
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $154,493 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$154,493
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $65 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$65
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $154,558 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$533,794
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $638,372 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,881 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,881
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $59,692 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$59,692
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,994 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,994
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $571,805 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$571,805
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $638,372 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$638,372
Part X · Balance sheet $90,569 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $170,074$51,867
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,702
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$12,000
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $24,550$25,000
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $194,624$90,569
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,842$2,822
X-18 Grants payable$0
X-19 Deferred revenue$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilities$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,842$2,822
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $190,782$87,747
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $194,624$90,569
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $87,747 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$533,794
XI-2 Total expenses$638,372
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$104,578
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$190,782
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$1,543
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$87,747

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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