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Barn Sanctuary

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Chelsea, MI501(c)(3)AnimalsEIN 81-2637884Revenue $2.0M in FY2024

On file with the IRSbarnsanctuary.org20179 McKernan Rd, 48118-9642 · Chelsea, MITax-exempt since May 2016Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Rescue and rehabilitation of abused and neglected farm animals.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 67 volunteers and 34 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $235K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 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
$189K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 53% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $500
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.1M
32% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 32% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
-7% vs prior year
Spent
$1.8M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$2.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2024▼ -7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.0M
Expenses
$1.8M
FY2024▼ -4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$2.3M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.3M

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 May 2016.

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

Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $1.3M Management & general 16% · $283K Fundraising 11% · $199K

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

11 people listed on the 990; $189K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$111,109Pt VII · Sec A
Cynthia Vanrenterghem
Executive Director (ended 10/24)
$78,265Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Tina Ito
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Erin Klug
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Erin Brown
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel McKernan’s $111K as President is at the 53rd 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Daniel McKernan$111,109$113,937$116,431$83,221$80,560
Cynthia Vanrenterghem$78,265$102,279$47,995——
Kelly Holt———$77,296$79,870
Thomas McKernan————$59,869
Matt Dominguez———$20,475—

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

Rescues and rehabilitates abused and neglected farm animals.

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2 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Rescue and Rehome Program

Barn sanctuary worked with local law enforcement, area humane societies and concerned citizens to provide rescue and rehabilitation to farmed animals suffering from abandonment, abuse and neglect.

$1.0Mprogram expense
02

Farmed Animal Care and Shelter Program

We provided safe haven and life-long care to over 140 rescued farmed animals, including cows, donkeys, cats, goats, pigs, potbellied pigs, sheep, ducks, chickens and turkeys. Each individual farmed animal was provided with safe, clean-living spaces both indoors and outdoors, with plenty of pasture space and shelter from inclement…

$331Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Duchen FoundationFY2025$500
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$500

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Money outPt IX
$1.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$283K
Fundraisingcol D$199K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$340K
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$18K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$27K
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$44K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$340K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$340K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$400K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 534
VolunteersI 667
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$590K$340K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$154K$400K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.2M$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$3.2M$3.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.1M
Net assetsLn 32$2.1M$2.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$207K$148K$36K$23K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$618K$443K$107K$68K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$99K$71K$17K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$62K$44K$11K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$860$208$132
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$10K$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$54K$3K$732$50K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$90K$65K$16K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$104K$93K$7K$4K
TravelLn 17$19K$13K$3K$2K
InterestLn 20$54K$54K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$71K$51K$12K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$26K$19K$4K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$390K$373K$10K$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.8M$1.3M$283K$199K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.0M$1.8M$146K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.1M$1.9M$203K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.0M$1.6M$339K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.5M−$112K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.0M$1.4M$598K$1.7M 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
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Part I · Summary $1,962,359 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,972,362$1,876,189
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $45,337$26,837
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,438$15,442
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $71,783$43,891
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,099,920$1,962,359
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 $1,030,525$985,217
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $866,892$830,764
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,897,417$1,815,981
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $202,503$146,378
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $1,962,359 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $30,219 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$19,156
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,857,033
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$18,414
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,876,189
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $26,837$26,837
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15,442$15,442
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $5,658$5,658
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $8,014$8,014
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $65,070 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $21,100$1,962,359
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,815,981 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $148,230 · Management $35,765 · Fundraising $22,741$206,736
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $443,080 · Management $106,909 · Fundraising $67,976$617,965
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $70,836 · Management $17,091 · Fundraising $10,868$98,795
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,254 · Management $10,678 · Fundraising $6,789$61,721
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $860 · Management $208 · Fundraising $132$1,200
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $10,253 · Management $2,474 · Fundraising $1,573$14,300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,034 · Management $732 · Fundraising $49,840$53,606
IX-12 Advertising and promotionFundraising $5,513$5,513
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $64,554 · Management $15,574 · Fundraising $9,904$90,032
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $92,601 · Management $6,959 · Fundraising $4,425$103,985
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,368 · Management $3,225 · Fundraising $2,051$18,644
IX-20 InterestManagement $53,505$53,505
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $51,168 · Management $12,346 · Fundraising $7,850$71,364
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,635 · Management $4,496 · Fundraising $2,859$25,990
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $372,988 · Management $10,157 · Fundraising $6,458$389,603
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $3,022$3,022
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,333,861 · Management $283,141 · Fundraising $198,979$1,815,981
Part X · Balance sheet $3,357,537 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $590,395$340,162
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $205,636$374,511
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $48,428$34,604
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,808$9,839
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,195,378$2,198,582
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $154,424$399,839
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,200,069$3,357,537
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $79,669$92,870
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,635$587
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,065,899$1,076,081
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,726,670$1,415,188
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $407,500$866,268
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,134,170$2,281,456
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,200,069$3,357,537
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,281,456 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,962,359
XI-2 Total expenses$1,815,981
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$146,378
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,134,170
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$908
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,281,456

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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