Lake Humane Society

Tax-deductible

Mentor, OH501(c)(3)AnimalsEIN 34-1246277Revenue $1.8M in FY2024

On file with the IRSlakehumane.org7564 Tyler Blvd Ste E, 44060-9400 · Mentor, OHTax-exempt since Jun 1978Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Mission: to protect animals and build connections between pets and people through advocacy and education. Vision: leading and guiding a Humane Lake county core values: compassion for pets and people. Engagement through innovative programs, partnerships and adoptions. Protection for the voiceless animals that need help. Education to build safe and informed community for people and pets family to build relationships with adopters, volunteers, employees, donors and animals

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 373 volunteers and 27 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · 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
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $358K a year · 20% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$115K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 56% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
11
named funders · $150K
Looks good: 11 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$151K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.8M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$1.7M
To programs
64%
Net assets
$4.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.8M
FY2024▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$1.8M
Expenses
$1.7M
FY2024▲ +13%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.7M
Net assets
$4.2M
FY2024▲ +3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.9M
FY2021$3.8M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$4.1M
FY2024$4.2M

From the FY2024 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 Jun 1978.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $1.1M Management & general 22% · $392K Fundraising 13% · $231K

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; $115K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Di
$115,016Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Randall Barnes’s $115K as Executive Di is at the 56th 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Randall Barnes$115,016————
Lee Nesler———$52,107$83,723
Jamie Tavano—$61,335———
Lori Caszatt 1122-83022——$58,010——
Jamie Tavano 9122-123122——$43,274——
Lori Caszatt———$27,946—

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Protects animals and educates people to build strong pet-human connections.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Shelter Medicine

Lake humane society runs an on-site clinic to provide medical care and treatment to pets in our collection. Each animal received care from our on-site animal care clinic which provides preventative medical care and emergent treatment to pets relinquished by out county residents.

Pt IX · col B
02

Animal Husbandry and Pet Adoption

Lake humane society provides a gentle and caring haven for homeless, abandoned, and injured animals of lake county and the surrounding communities annually. Not only does LHS provide care for cats and dogs, but the organization also cares for, defends, rehabilitates, and rehomes rabbits, chickens, pocket pets, and other domestic animals.

Pt IX · col B
03

Outreach & Education

Lake humane society strives to serve as an invaluable resource to their community by assisting pet owners and their pets. LHS educates the community on the proper treatment of animals and provides low-cost vaccine clinics for adopters and community members.

Pt IX · col B

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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$265K
Investment incomeLn 3$136K
Money outPt IX
$1.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$392K
Fundraisingcol D$231K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$151K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$41K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$265K
Investment incomeLn 3$136K
Other incomeLn 4–11$127K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$5K
Total revenueLn 12$1.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$277K
SavingsLn 2$1.9M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$412K
Other assetsLn 15$11K
Total assetsLn 16$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$151K
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 527
VolunteersI 6373
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.3M$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.6M$1.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$254K$412K
Total assetsLn 16$4.2M$4.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$87K$151K
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M$4.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$965K$696K$157K$111K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$77K$56K$16K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$84K$51K$26K$8K
Management feesLn 11a$35K$9K$26K
Investment management feesLn 11f$8K$8K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$13K$11K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$37K$13K$20K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$3K$47K$392
OccupancyLn 16$64K$49K$11K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$2K$1K$546
InterestLn 20$835$835
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$71K$34K$38K
InsuranceLn 23$15K$15K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$270K$166K$13K$91K
All other expensesLn 24e$54K$35K$11K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.7M$1.1M$392K$231K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $1.8M$1.7M$53K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.8M$1.5M$294K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.5M$1.4M$95K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$1.3M$680K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.0M$1.3M$668K$2.9M 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,801,042 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,290,900$1,272,620
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $303,986$264,981
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $127,171$136,029
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $114,293$127,412
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,836,350$1,801,042
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,043,588$1,125,090
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $499,214$622,615
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,542,802$1,747,705
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $293,548$53,337
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $1,801,042 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $44,476 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,272,620
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$40,749
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,272,620
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $264,981$264,981
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $10,702 · Excluded from tax $129,851$140,553
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$4,524−$4,524
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$82,936
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $315,635 · Excluded from tax $129,851$1,801,042
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,747,705 across 15 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $696,391 · Management $157,362 · Fundraising $110,811$964,564
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $56,320 · Management $15,630 · Fundraising $4,811$76,761
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $50,536 · Management $25,683 · Fundraising $7,546$83,765
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $9,411 · Management $25,692$35,103
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $8,327$8,327
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,524 · Management $2,383$12,907
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,977 · Management $19,782 · Fundraising $4,152$36,911
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,114 · Management $47,119 · Fundraising $392$50,625
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $48,818 · Management $11,115 · Fundraising $3,800$63,733
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,479 · Management $1,360 · Fundraising $546$4,385
IX-20 InterestManagement $835$835
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $33,669 · Management $37,514$71,183
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $15,033$15,033
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $165,796 · Management $13,490 · Fundraising $90,666$269,952
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $34,971 · Management $10,628 · Fundraising $8,022$53,621
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,125,006 · Management $391,953 · Fundraising $230,746$1,747,705
Part X · Balance sheet $4,345,769 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,326,571$277,086
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$1,943,971
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,866$5,207
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,204$1,205
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,925$25,337
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $253,539$411,502
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,554,631$1,670,374
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $15,422$11,087
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,160,158$4,345,769
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $40,115$71,121
X-19 Deferred revenue$325
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $47,374$79,652
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $87,489$151,098
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,551,838$2,558,067
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,520,831$1,636,604
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,072,669$4,194,671
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,160,158$4,345,769
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,194,671 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,801,042
XI-2 Total expenses$1,747,705
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$53,337
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,072,669
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$68,665
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,194,671

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