Associated Humane Societies, (ahs), is the largest animal sheltering organization in new jersey and is also home to popcorn park, located at our ahs-lacey branch. Popcorn park was established in 1977 and is a sanctuary for abused, neglected, and/or abandoned animals of all breeds and sizes, including wildlife, farm animals, and exotic animals. Our three animal shelter facilities located in newark, tinton falls, and forked river, provide animal control services to more towns than any animal shelter in the state. We are an open door facility and DO not turn away any animal regardless of their age, breed, or medical/emotional issues. We pride ourselves on the high level of care that we provide to the hundreds of animals that call our facility home while they are awaiting adoption. We have full-service veterinary clinics that are open to the public and provide our communities with top-notch, professional veterinary services for personal pets, and also operate a mobile veterinary unit that

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$621K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $685K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$621K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $7.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.9 months of spending in cash, plus $7.6M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
30
named funders · $825K
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Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$509K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 8 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$11.0M
+44% vs prior year
Spent
$8.4M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$9.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$11.0M
FY2021▲ +44%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.7M
FY2021$11.0M
FY2022$11.3M
FY2023$9.9M
FY2024$10.5M
FY2025$14.5M
Expenses
$8.4M
FY2021▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.6M
FY2021$8.4M
FY2022$9.1M
FY2023$10.4M
FY2024$11.6M
FY2025$12.8M
Net assets
$9.4M
FY2021▲ +53%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.2M
FY2021$9.4M
FY2022$10.9M
FY2023$10.6M
FY2024$9.8M
FY2025$11.7M

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1942.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $7.1M Management & general 12% · $1.0M Fundraising 4% · $305K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $621K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Veterinarian
$142,788Pt VII · Sec A
Veterinarian
$134,448Pt VII · Sec A
Veterinarian
$128,684Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Di
$94,506Pt VII · Sec A
$66,000Pt VII · Sec A
$54,677Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jerome Rosenthal’s $183K as CEO is at the 20th percentile of top reported officer pay among 225 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jerome Rosenthal$183,299$143,208$153,000$148,269$66,000—
Jade Lea Rekai$145,000$135,000$135,000$135,486$128,684—
Laney Baris—$136,346$140,000$140,000$142,788—
Emily Woods——$139,884$102,299$134,448—
Laney J Baris—————$135,000
Emily M Marion—————$131,784
Leslie Ferrier$126,156—————
Brian Hackett$102,478—————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers shelter, education, free clinics, and animal control for homeless and at-risk animals.

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3 programs · $7.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Shelter Facilities

The associated humane societies, (ahs), strongly believes that wild animals should live free and uncaged. Popcorn park located at our ahs-lacey facility was established in 1977 for the sole purpose of providing a refuge to sick, injured, permanently disabled, abandoned, elderly, and un-releasable wildlife, farm animals, and exotic…

$5.2Mprogram expense
02

Clinic

The veterinary clinics treat injured and sick animals on both a free and paying basis, as well as providing medical care to the animals at our shelter facilities. The clinics are staffed by multiple veterinarians and support staff, and treat 50 to 100 animals or more per week.

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Animal Control

The ahs is contracted with several towns throughout new jersey to answer the calls of stray animals, free roaming animals, and injured animals, both domestic and wild. Ahs employs multiple animal control officers, (aco), that work round the clock to go out on these calls and rescue animals in distress.

$610Kprogram 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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$8.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.1M
Managementcol C$1.0M
Fundraisingcol D$305K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$658K
Total assetsLn 16$10.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$509K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$865K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$189K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$110K
Total revenueLn 12$11.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$658K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$658K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$10.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$509K
Net assetsLn 32$9.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5215
VolunteersI 6143
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$968K$658K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.2M$7.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$7.5M$10.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M$509K
Net assetsLn 32$6.2M$9.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$102K$102K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.0M$3.4M$555K$49K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$25K$25K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$349K$349K
Payroll taxesLn 10$468K$324K$134K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$14K$5K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$50K$50K
Investment management feesLn 11f$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$74K$31K$17K$26K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$25K$2K$23K
Office expensesLn 13$365K$158K$50K$157K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$428K$427K$1K$23
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$217K$217K
InsuranceLn 23$480K$480K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.6M$1.5M$47K
All other expensesLn 24e$175K$119K$16K$40K
Total functional expensesLn 25$8.4M$7.1M$1.0M$305K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $14.5M$12.8M$1.7M$11.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.5M$11.6M−$1.1M$9.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.9M$10.4M−$452K$10.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.3M$9.1M$2.2M$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $11.0M$8.4M$2.7M$9.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.7M$8.6M−$905K$6.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $11,042,860 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,240,032$6,554,148
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,765,236$3,233,274
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$32,331$189,210
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $690,597$1,066,228
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,663,534$11,042,860
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,027,688$4,962,020
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,540,728$3,428,252
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,568,416$8,390,272
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$904,882$2,652,588
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $11,042,860 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $678,235 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$865,200
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,688,948
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,554,148
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,233,274$3,233,274
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $79,607$79,607
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $15,460$15,460
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $109,603$109,603
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $369,845$369,845
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,688$2,688
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,342,877 · Unrelated business $678,235 · Excluded from tax $467,600$11,042,860
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,390,272 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $102,060$102,060
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,413,570 · Management $555,187 · Fundraising $49,081$4,017,838
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $25,000$25,000
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $349,237$349,237
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $323,510 · Management $134,343 · Fundraising $10,032$467,885
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,702 · Management $9,247$13,949
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $50,165$50,165
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $39,431$39,431
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $30,667 · Management $17,472 · Fundraising $25,528$73,667
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,197 · Fundraising $23,146$25,343
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $158,399 · Management $49,562 · Fundraising $157,485$365,446
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,187 · Management $1,107$3,294
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $426,584 · Management $1,049 · Fundraising $23$427,656
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $217,061$217,061
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $479,854$479,854
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,510,693 · Management $46,843$1,557,536
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $118,915 · Management $15,999 · Fundraising $39,936$174,850
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,060,379 · Management $1,024,662 · Fundraising $305,231$8,390,272
Part X · Balance sheet $9,958,236 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $968,167$657,772
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $674,870$164,215
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $363,882$215,001
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $123,440$84,856
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $48,835$99,012
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,157,996$1,096,289
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $4,157,397$7,641,091
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,494,587$9,958,236
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $72,831$136,806
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,232,913$372,521
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,305,744$509,327
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,188,843$9,448,909
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,188,843$9,448,909
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,494,587$9,958,236
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $9,448,909 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$11,042,860
XI-2 Total expenses$8,390,272
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,652,588
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,188,843
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$607,478
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$9,448,909

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