Associated Humane Societies Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221487122
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Newark, NJ, USA
Phone
9738247080
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,510,040
Expenses
$12,836,111
Assets
$12,572,949
Liabilities
$911,857

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEROME ROSENTHAL (CEO)
  • ROBERT BAERENBACH (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEROME ROSENTHAL (CEO): $183,299 total reported compensation
  • JADE LEA REKAI (MEDICAL DIRE): $145,000 total reported compensation
  • LESLIE FERRIER (HR DIRECTOR): $126,156 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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

What it reported doing in 2024

The ahs prides itself on our involvement with educating the public on cruelty prevention and humane treatment of all animals. We provide speakers for various venues such as schools and libraries, where we encourage the public to be involved with the animal community and promote spay/neuter of pets and humane treatment of animals. We publish a regularly scheduled booklet titled the humane news, which is distributed to thousands of homes throughout the country and is also available online. This booklet features animal stories from around the world, both humane and inhumane. It features articles on our recent achievements that we have made through rescuing animals, and is geared toward influencing people to adopt pets rather than purchasing them, treating all animals with kindness and respect, and speaking up on behalf of an animal in crisis. The booklet also features animals at all of our facilities that are available for adoption and recent news on our animals that reside at popcorn park. In addition to the humane news, we also utilize social media to spread the message of humane treatment of animals and adopting your pets, as well as operating a website where all of the information on our organization can be found. The ahs also offers a wide variety of services to the public such as planning for your pets in the event that you are no longer able to care for them, and help with wills and bequests. Our share-a-pet program offer the public the opportunity to sponsor animals waiting for adoption. The ahs also maintains a zoological society, where individuals can sponsor animals that reside in popcorn park. Those individuals will receive updates, photos, etc., on their sponsored animals, as well as free admission to popcorn park and a subscription to our magazine, the humane news. The ahs has established a vested interest fund, which provides bullet-proof vests for every working k-9 in the state of New Jersey at no cost to the law enforcement agency. The ahs also offers memorials and we sponsor a wide variety of programs such as spay/neutering programs and tnr programs for feral cats.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.