Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1991.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
13 people listed on the 990; $68K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Lamar | $82,000 | — | — | — | — |
| Kathleen Olson | $38,028 | $70,000 | $67,319 | $61,186 | $67,935 |
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.
See Purrfect Pals executive salaries →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
Finds homes for cats, prevents homelessness, and helps owners keep pets.
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Clinic and Shelter
Activities associated with clinic functions includes surgeries in-house as well as at outside vets, veterinary examinations, vaccinations and dental extractions and cleanings. SPAY/NEUTER vouchers funded by grants and individual donations are provided to low income cat owners to be redeemed at outside SPAY/NEUTER clinics.
Special projects include activities associated with promoting donations to the tipper fund that covers expenses to care for medically fragile cats, the auction fund-a-need appeal to cover general operating expenses and capital campaign to fund facility improvements and expansion.
Adoption activities include those associated with the offsite events and locations primarily partnering pet stores, which decreased to one offsite location. Special adoption events were curtailed in 2020 due to the pandemic restrictions.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $147K | $469K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $1.9M | $1.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $717K | $817K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.4M | $1.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $69K | $35K | $35K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $506K | $337K | $144K | $25K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $32K | $12K | $16K | $4K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $83K | $50K | $25K | $8K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $11K | $11K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $54K | $54K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $168 | $168 | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $27K | $3K | $5K | $19K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $22K | $7K | $4K | $11K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $36K | $34K | $2K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $161 | $105 | $56 | |
| InterestLn 20 | $21K | $21K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $89K | $76K | $13K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $15K | $15K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $264K | $229K | $35K | $292 |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $16K | $4K | $12K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.2M | $859K | $288K | $103K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 | $2.3M | $1.8M | $409K | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Oct 17, 2024 | $3.0M | $1.7M | $1.3M | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 24, 2023 | $1.2M | $1.6M | −$386K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 10, 2022 | $2.0M | $1.3M | $753K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Aug 9, 2021 | $1.5M | $1.2M | $213K | $1.6M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,462,179 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,462,179 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,249,561 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,407,145 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,590,461 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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