White Buffalo INC FY2020 filing

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Chester, CT501(c)(3)AnimalsEIN 06-1431342Revenue $2.3M in FY2020

On file with the IRSwhitebuffaloinc.org6b Kings Hwy, 06412-1234 · Chester, CTTax-exempt since Mar 1996Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To provide wildlife and research dedicated to conserving native species and ecosystems through damage and population control.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$399K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $129K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$399K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $130K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$30K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.3M
Spent
$2.5M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$2.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.3M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$5.2M
Expenses
$2.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.5M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$4.6M
Net assets
$2.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1996.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $1.8M Management & general 19% · $475K Fundraising 8% · $191K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990; $399K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$199,500Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$199,500Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anthony Denicola’s $250K as CEO is at the 97th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Anthony Denicola$250,000$125,000$125,000$125,000$199,500
Vickie Denicola$25,000$25,000$25,000$85,422$199,500
Dane Stevens$181,211————
Samuel Friederichs$181,200————
Ryan Rodts$156,327————
Nathan Kotschwar$144,827————
Jason Boulanger$131,096$90,000$138,396$128,396—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Conserves native species and ecosystems by controlling wildlife damage and populations.

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1 program · $1.8M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Management of Wildlife populations through reduction of enhancement project including animal population reduction, herd health assessment, research animal capture and relocation.

$1.8Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$130K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$983K
Investment incomeLn 3$58K
Money outPt IX
$2.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.8M
Managementcol C$475K
Fundraisingcol D$191K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$363K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$983K
Investment incomeLn 3$58K
Gains on assetsLn 7$17K
Total revenueLn 12$2.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$363K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$363K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$993K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$876K
Other assetsLn 15$32K
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$30K
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 511
VolunteersI 60
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$143K$363K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.0M$993K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$235K$876K
Total assetsLn 16$2.4M$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$56K$30K
Net assetsLn 32$2.4M$2.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$2K$2K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$399K$160K$160K$80K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$449K$427K$14K$7K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$639K$364K$183K$92K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$92K$70K$15K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$58K$42K$10K$5K
Legal feesLn 11b$795$0$795$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$29K$0$29K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$15K$0$15K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$4K$0$4K$0
Office expensesLn 13$12K$0$12K$0
TravelLn 17$281K$281K$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$28K$26K$2K$0
InsuranceLn 23$18K$14K$4K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$420K$411K$8K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$18K$0$18K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.5M$1.8M$475K$191K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $5.2M$4.6M$642K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.9M$2.7M$187K$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.9M$3.1M−$289K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.7M$2.5M$251K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $2.3M$2.5M−$144K$2.2M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,318,981 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,642,313$1,287,480
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $119,722$982,537
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $45,905$58,052
I-11 Other revenue−$9,088
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,807,940$2,318,981
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$2,250
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,142,351$1,636,208
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $869,345$824,796
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,011,696$2,463,254
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$203,756−$144,273
Part VI · Governance 3 of 5 board members independent, 5 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,318,981 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$1,287,480
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,287,480
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$982,537
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $41,486$41,486
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$9,088−$9,088
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $16,566$16,566
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $982,537 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $48,964$2,318,981
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,463,254 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $2,250$2,250
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $159,600 · Management $159,600 · Fundraising $79,800$399,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $426,891 · Management $14,453 · Fundraising $7,226$448,570
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $364,212 · Management $183,330 · Fundraising $91,665$639,207
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $69,825 · Management $14,542 · Fundraising $7,271$91,638
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $42,418 · Management $10,250 · Fundraising $5,125$57,793
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $795 · Fundraising $0$795
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $28,519 · Fundraising $0$28,519
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $15,207 · Fundraising $0$15,207
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $3,878 · Fundraising $0$3,878
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $0 · Management $11,586 · Fundraising $0$11,586
IX-17 TravelPrograms $281,097 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$281,097
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $25,742 · Management $2,232 · Fundraising $0$27,974
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,950 · Management $4,255 · Fundraising $0$18,205
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $411,128 · Management $8,447 · Fundraising $0$419,575
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $17,960 · Fundraising $0$17,960
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,797,113 · Management $475,054 · Fundraising $191,087$2,463,254
Part X · Balance sheet $2,263,813 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $142,645$363,015
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $27,500$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $234,990$875,599
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,039,185$993,404
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$31,795
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,444,320$2,263,813
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $56,068$30,202
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $56,068$30,202
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,388,252$2,233,611
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,388,252$2,233,611
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,444,320$2,263,813
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,233,611 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,318,981
XI-2 Total expenses$2,463,254
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$144,273
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,388,252
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$10,368
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,233,611

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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