2025-11-14T13:55:50-05:00 2024-12-31 431752017 BP SERVICES INC 3801 OAKLAND AVE STE 109B SAINT JOSEPH MO 64506 990 2024-01-01 522438213 FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER OF ST JOSEPH INC % BETTY AKARD FRIE 8162714877 701 LOWER LAKE ROAD SAINT JOSEPH MO 645041351 BETTY AKARD TREASURER 8162333302 2025-10-06 true true SUSAN SIMPSON P00493770 8162328866 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z 1232043 false X WWW.PETFORU.COM X 2003 MO SUPPORT THE ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF TO: INCREASE ANIMAL ADOPTION AND REDEMPTION RATES TO MINIMIZE EUTHANIZED ANIMALS; EDUCATE COMMUNITY ON ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE ISSUES; HELP CARE FOR MEDICAL NEEDS OF ALL SICK AND INJURED ANIMALS THAT COME THROUGH THE ANIMAL SHELTER. X 15 15 0 40 0 0 269502 378492 0 6631 253088 0 276133 631580 39312 94922 0 0 0 38771 126800 153815 166112 248737 110021 382843 2038692 2389958 121386 89809 1917306 2300149 SUPPORT THE ANIMAL SHELTER STAFF TO: INCREASE ANIMAL ADOPTION AND REDEMPTION RATES TO MINIMIZE EUTHANIZED ANIMALS; EDUCATE COMMUNITY ON ANIMAL CARE AND WELFARE ISSUES; HELP CARE FOR MEDICAL NEEDS OF ALL SICK AND INJURED ANIMALS THAT COME THROUGH THE ANIMAL SHELTER. false false 207018 94922 631580 FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER OF ST. JOSEPH, INC. (FOTAS) CONTINUES ITS MISSION TO SUPPORT THE ST. JOSEPH ANIMAL SHELTER BY FUNDING MEDICAL CARE FOR ANIMALS IN NEED AND BY ASSISTING IN INCREASING ADOPTION RATES FOR THOSE ANIMALS DETERMINED TO BE ADOPTABLE. OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL REMAINS TO HELP THE SHELTER MAINTAIN A NO KILL STATUS, DEFINED AS A 90% OR HIGHER LIVE RELEASE RATE. IN THIS EFFORT, FOTAS CONTRIBUTED $89,516 IN GRANTS TO THE SHELTER FOR ADOPTION SPECIALS TO REDUCE THE COST TO POTENTIAL ADOPTERS. THIS HELPED SAVE 701 ANIMALS IN 2024. THROUGH CONTINUED COLLABORATION BETWEEN FOTAS AND THE ST. JOSEPH ANIMAL SHELTER, NOTABLE PROGRESS WAS SEEN IN LIFESAVING OUTCOMES, PARTICULARLY FOR DOGS. IN 2024, THE SHELTER ACHIEVED A 96% LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR DOGSAN IMPROVEMENT FROM 90% IN 2023. THIS INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTED IN PART TO EFFORTS THAT REDUCED OWNER RELINQUISHMENTS BY PROVIDING ALTERNATIVES AND RESOURCES FOR REHOMING. CAT OUTCOMES, HOWEVER, CONTINUE TO BE CHALLENGED BY RISING INTAKE NUMBERS. THE LIVE RELEASE RATE FOR CATS WAS 88% IN 2023 AND 87% IN 2024. DESPITE ONLY A SLIGHT DECREASE, THE SHELTER FACED A 59% INCREASE IN CAT INTAKE AND A 70% INCREASE IN KITTEN INTAKE IN 2024, RESULTING IN A 66% OVERALL INCREASE IN FELINE INTAKE. OBVIOUSLY MEDICAL CARE HAS TO BE SUPPLIED TO ALL THE ANIMALS THAT ENTER THE SHELTER REGARDLESS OF ADOPTABILITY. IN 2024 FOTAS CONTINUED THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS NECESSARY SERVICE BY PROVIDING $72,931 OF REDUCED COST VETERINARY CARE, OTHER THAN SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES. WE CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC THROUGH SIGNAGE, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, WEEKLY TV PET PREVIEWS, AND OUR OWN PET PREVIEWS REGARDING THE NEED TO SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS. WE ARE IN OUR SECOND YEAR OF GROWING OUR SPAY IT FORWARD PROGRAM OFFERING FREE SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD SPAY/NEUTER COSTS FOR THEIR PETS. IN 2024 WE PROVIDED $5,406 OF GRANTS IN THE FORM OF SPAY/NEUTER VETERINARIAN SERVICES FOR 81 PETS UNDER THIS PROGRAM. FINALLY, IN FEBRUARY, 2024, WE SOLD THE BUILDING WE HAD ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED FOR THE RENOVATION OF A NEW ST JOSEPH SHELTER. WE WOULD USE THESE PROCEEDS, ALONG WITH OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS, TO DONATE TO A NEW SHELTER BEING BUILT BY THE CITY OF ST JOSEPH STARTING IN 2025. FURTHER EXPLANATION IS CONTAINED IN SCHEDULE N, PART III REGARDING THE HISTORY BEHIND THIS EVENT AND ITS CURRENT STATUS. WE CONTINUE TO BE FULLY COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION AND THE GOALS THEREINWE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR THE SHELTER AND SAVING THE ANIMALS THAT ENTER ITS DOOR. 207018 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false true 10 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 15 15 false false false false true true false true true false false false false false false false false false X BETTY AKARD 8162333302 5018 STONECREST TER SAINT JOSEPH MO 64506 X ANGIE LEATHERMAN DIRECTOR 20.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 AMBER HALSTEAD DIRECTOR 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM BARRON DIRECTOR 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TAYLOR STEPHENSON DIRECTOR 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICK GILMORE DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR KIM GORMAN DIRECTOR 25.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER KLINE DIRECTOR 20.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MEGHAN CASIAS DIRECTOR 25.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ED VANOVER PRESIDENT 50.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KIMBER SLAGLE VICE PRESIDENT 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHY ERMLER RECORDING SECRETARY 20.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BENITA WORDS CORRESPONDING SECRETARY 15.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ADRIAN PEACOCK DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BETTY AKARD CO TREASURER 35.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 WHITNEY WEST TREASURER 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 83706 294786 378492 53497 53497 54 800000 600463 54 199537 199591 199591 83706 0 631580 253088 0 0 X 89516 89516 5406 5406 13739 475 13264 679 679 74884 74884 6523 610 745 5168 1940 452 1488 4687 4687 4256 4256 818 818 SUPPLIES & EQUIP FOR SHELTER 25650 25650 NEWSLETTER EXPENSE 629 210 209 210 STORAGE 2488 1120 249 1119 DIRECT FUNDRAISING EXPENSE 17522 17522 248737 207018 2948 38771 65069 233104 417177 65488 4090 600398 956048 2087276 2038692 2389958 121386 89809 121386 89809 X 1917306 2300149 1917306 2300149 2038692 2389958 382843 0 X false false false X 957397 293871 197530 205811 294786 1949395 46904 59085 68919 63691 83706 322305 1004301 352956 266449 269502 378492 2271700 0 0 0 0 0 0 2271700 3933 1751 1507 6631 53551 67373 3933 1751 1507 6631 53551 67373 1008234 354707 267956 276133 432043 2339073 0.97120 0.99340 0.03000 0.01000 X Other income Part II line 10 or Part III line 12 PART III LINE 12 OTHER INCOME GAIN ON SALE OF PROPOSED NEW SHELTER LAND AND BUILDING OF $199,537 IS NOT INCLUDED IN LINE 12. FURTHER EXPLANATION OF THIS BUILDING IS EXPLAINED IN OTHER SECTIONS OF THE FORM 990. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false false false false false false false false 5K RUN 20392 20392 4901 INSTAMATICS 11573 11573 3 37064 37064 5470 69029 69029 10371 10371 58658 true CITY OF ST JOSEPH MO ANIMAL SHELTER 701 LOWER LAKE ROAD SAINT JOSEPH MO 64504 446000256 INC ANIMAL ADOPT RATES ASSIST LOW INCOME CITIZENS FOR PET SPRAYNEUTER 81 5406 Additional Information for Schedule I PART II: ASSISTANCE TO DOMESTIC GOVERNMENTS: THERE IS NO SPECIFIC MONITORING REQUIRED FOR THE ASSISTANCE TO INCREASE ADOPTIONS AT THE ST JOSEPH MO ANIMAL SHELTER (SHELTER). THE SHELTER NOTIFIES US WHEN THEY ARE OVER CAPACITY OR NEARING IT. THE BOARD THEN DECIDES ON WHAT TYPE OF ADOPTION SPECIAL TO RUN TO HELP CLEAR OUT THE SHELTER BY LOWERING THE COST OF ADOPTIONS. OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE HIGHLY ACTIVE IN EACH EVENT. AFTER A SPECIAL IS RUN, THE SHELTER SUBMITS THE TOTAL TO US WITH BACKUP DETAIL. WE PROOF THE DETAIL AND THE TIMELINE AND REIMBURSE THE SHELTER ACCORDINGLY, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH INCLUDES THE VETERINARIAN COST OF SPAY AND NEUTER. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NEED FOR OUR ASSISTANCE IN ADOPTION SPECIALS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN ANIMALS BEING SURRENDERED TO THE SHELTER. Additional Information for Schedule I PART III: ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS OFFERED TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE COST TO SPAYNEUTER THEIR PETS. INDIVIDUALS MAY SUBMIT VARIOUS APPROVED FEDERAL OR OUTSIDE DOCUMENTATION OF TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME. IF THAT INCOME FALLS BELOW 200% OF THE ANNUAL FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, THEY ARE APPROVED FOR ASSISTANCE. LAND AND BUILDING CORPORATE DRIVE 2024-02-13 800000 UNRELATED REALTOR 934005352 PARKVILLE 6309 LLC PO BOX 127 SAINT JOSEPH MO 64502 LLC false false false false General Explanation Attachment WE PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND LAND AT 5909 CORPORATE DRIVE IN ST JOSEPH, MO ON 6-25-19WITH HOPES OF RENOVATING TO PROVIDE A NEW SHELTER FOR THE CITY OF ST JOSEPH. THE CITYRELUCTANTLY SUPPORTED AND AGREED TO PROVIDE CIP FUNDING IF WE RAISED $2,000,000. WEACCOMPLISHED JUST AT THE TIME COVID HIT ALONG WITH ITS ECONOMIC EFFECTS. AFTER COVID,WHAT WAS A $2.5M RENOVATION BECAME A $5.5M RENOVATION. ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 FRIENDS OFTHE ANIMAL SHELTER (FOTAS) BOARD REALIZED WE COULD NOT RAISE AN ADDITIONAL $3M ANDDETERMINED WE NEEDED TO LIST THE PROPERTY FOR SALE AND PURSUE OTHER AVENUES TO USE THEMONEY RAISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR MISSION. WHEN SOLD IN FEBRUARY 2024, WE INVESTED THESALE PROCEEDS INTO T-BILLS. AT THE END OF 2023, THE CITY MAYOR DETERMINED A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER NEEDED TO BE BUILTWITH THE CITY PAYING PART AND ASKING FOTAS FOR A FINASNCIAL DONOR COMMITMENT WHICH WEAGREED TO IN MID-2024. THE GOAL OF BUILDING A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER FOR THE CITY IS NOW INPROCESS. WE ARE NOT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY-JUST A COMMITMENT TO DONATE THE FUNDS WERAISED PREVIOUSLY FOR A NEW SHELTER. THAT COMMITMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.ACTIVITY ON THIS NEW SHELTER AND OUR COMMITMENT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 2025-2026 FORMS990. Members or stockholder classes and rights Part VI line 6 ORGANIZATION HAS MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERS. YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER SIMPLY BY COMPLETING ANIMAL HANDLING ORIENTATION AND EXPECTATIONS. THERE IS NO SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE OR MEMBERSHIP DUES. Member election for additional members Part VI line 7a TO FILL OFFICER AND BOARD MEMBER POSITIONS WHO WILL REACH TERM LIMITS AT END OF YEAR, A NOMINATING COMMITTEE IS FORMED IN OCTOBER, WITH A SLATE PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. FLOOR NOMINATIONS, VOTING AND ELECTION BY ALL MEMBERS ARE HELD AT THE DECEMBER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Form 990 governing body review Part VI line 11 THE GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATES THE TREASURER OF THE ORGANIZATION TO REVIEW THE 990 AND DISCUSS ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WITH THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT. ALL MEMBERS MAY RECEIVE A COPY UPON REQUEST. Governing documents etc available to public Part VI line 19 THE GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. List of other fees for services expenses Part IX line 11g PAYMENTS TO INDEPENDENT VETERINARIANS FOR SERVICES RELATING TO ANIMAL MEDICAL NEEDS OTHER THAN SPAY AND NEUTER, TOTALED $72,931 ANIMAL FOSTERING EXPENSES $243, TRANSPORT COSTS TO RESCUES $1,710. Part VI response or note to any other line in Part VI DIFFERENCES IN GOVERNING BODY VOTING RIGHTS (PART VI, LINE 1A) ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY HAVE SAME AND EQUAL VOTING RIGHTS EXCEPT THE PRESIDENT MAY ONLY VOTE IN THE CASE OF A TIE.