2025-07-15T11:42:47-04:00 2024-06-30 223299874 BKC CPAS PC 39 STATE ROUTE 12 STE 2 FLEMINGTON NJ 08822 990 2023-07-01 221487122 ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES INC ASSO 9738247080 124 EVERGREEN AVE NEWARK NJ 07114 JEROME ROSENTHAL CEO 9738247080 2025-06-19 true false MICHAEL A HOLK CPA P01315390 9087827900 2025-06-19 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X JEROME ROSENTHAL 124 EVERGREEN AVENUE NEWARK NJ 07114 10593888 false X WWW.AHSCARES.ORG X 1906 NJ THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SHELTER FACILITIES FOR ANIMALS WITH NO HOME, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC, CLINICS FOR ANIMAL CARE FOR ANIMALS WITH NO MEANS OF SUPPORT, AND ANIMAL CONTROL IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITIES WITH ANIMAL CONCERNS. 7 7 199 157 569225 5768592 6123463 2869983 2977592 276798 330298 1010974 1101133 9926347 10532486 0 0 6325970 7324399 0 236873 4052522 4284465 10378492 11608864 -452145 -1076378 11180476 10676748 617726 893585 10562750 9783163 X 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 false false 6956085 301527 SHELTER FACILITIES - THE ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES, (AHS), STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT WILD ANIMALS SHOULD LIVE FREE AND UNCAGED. POPCORN PARK LOCATED AT OUR AHS-LACEY FACILITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1977 FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A REFUGE TO SICK, INJURED, PERMANENTLY DISABLED, ABANDONED, ELDERLY, AND UN-RELEASABLE WILDLIFE, FARM ANIMALS, AND EXOTIC ANIMALS THAT WOULD BE UNABLE TO SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN. POPCORN PARK TAKES IN ANIMALS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SUCH AS A THREE-LEGGED FOX FROM KUWAIT, A BLIND BENGAL TIGER FROM A MARYLAND ZOO, AND PATAS MONKEYS FROM A RESEARCH LAB, TO NAME A FEW. NO ANIMAL IS EVER PURCHASED OR BRED. EVERY ANIMAL THAT COMES TO POPCORN PARK IS HOUSED IN A HABITAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO FEEL MUCH LIKE THEIR NATIVE HOME. VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT POPCORN PARK TO VIEW THESE ANIMALS AND READ THE STORIES OF HOW THEY CAME TO LIVE AT THE REFUGE. ZOO VETERINARIANS ARE ON STAFF TO PROVIDE THE POPCORN PARK RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAL CARE AND WELLNESS CHECKS AND IF THERE IS EVER EXTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE THAT AN ANIMAL NEEDS THAT CANNOT BE PROVIDED ON-SITE, ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE ANIMAL TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A SPECIALTY HOSPITAL THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT CARE. 2487349 586096 CLINIC - THE VETERINARY CLINICS TREAT INJURED AND SICK ANIMALS ON BOTH A FREE AND PAYING BASIS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO THE ANIMALS AT OUR SHELTER FACILITIES. THE CLINICS ARE STAFFED BY MULTIPLE VETERINARIANS AND SUPPORT STAFF, AND TREAT 50 TO 100 ANIMALS OR MORE PER WEEK. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING VETERINARY SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC, THE CLINICS ALSO HOLD EVENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES SUCH AS FERAL CAT SPAY/NEUTER DAYS AND PERSONAL PET MICROCHIPPING EVENTS. OUR MOBILE VETERINARY UNIT TRAVELS TO VARIOUS LOWER INCOME TOWNS AND OFFERS SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES AND WELLNESS VISITS FOR THOSE RESIDENT'S PETS. OUR SHELTER VETERINARIANS TREAT THE HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS THAT ARE AWAITING ADOPTION AND IN SOME CASES, PROVIDE EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THOSE ANIMALS THAT ARE THE VICTIMS OF EXTREME ABUSE AND NEGLECT. THE SHELTER VETERINARIANS ALSO DETERMINE WHEN AN ANIMAL IS IN NEED OF SPECIALTY CARE, AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OUTSIDE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE SUCH CARE. THEY ENSURE THAT ALL PETS ARE SPAYED/NEUTERED, VACCINATED, AND MICROCHIPPED PRIOR TO BEING ADOPTED. 925602 2089969 ANIMAL CONTROL - THE AHS IS CONTRACTED WITH SEVERAL TOWNS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY TO ANSWER THE CALLS OF STRAY ANIMALS, FREE ROAMING ANIMALS, AND INJURED ANIMALS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND WILD. AHS EMPLOYS MULTIPLE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, (ACO), THAT WORK ROUND THE CLOCK TO GO OUT ON THESE CALLS AND RESCUE ANIMALS IN DISTRESS. OUR ACO'S OFTEN WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATIONS ON CASES INVOLVING THE INHUMANE TREATMENT OF AN ANIMAL AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THOSE ANIMALS FROM ABUSIVE OR NEGLECTFUL SITUATIONS AND BRINGING THEM TO THE SAFETY OF OUR FACILITIES. 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. 10369036 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 27 0 199 true true true false false false false false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NJ X THE ORGANIZATION 9738247080 124 EVERGREEN AVE NEWARK NJ 07114 JEROME ROSENTHAL CEO 40.00 X 143208 0 0 LANEY BARIS MEDICAL DIRE 40.00 X 136346 0 0 JADE LEA REKAI MEDICAL DIRE 40.00 X 135000 0 0 DONALD COLTENBACK DIR. 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DEDUCTIONS 182 357176 X 10866297 343722 343722 10522575 46934 -37023 9911 10532486 11645887 37023 37023 11608864 11608864 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS THE GUIDANCE OF FASBS ACCOUNTING STANDARDS CODIFICATION (ASC) 740, ACCOUNTING FOR INCOME TAXES, RELATED TO UNCERTAIN INCOME TAXES WHICH PRESCRIBES A THRESHOLD OF MORE LIKELY THAN NOT FOR RECOGNITION AND DERECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN ON A TAX RETURN. SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 4B EVENT EXPENSES -37,023 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D EVENT EXPENSES 37,023 LIONS, TIGERS, 226068 226068 SWEEPSTAKES 132087 132087 2 195926 195926 37023 554081 554081 37023 37023 517058 FORM 990, PAGE 1, ITEM B ON THE ORIGINALLY FILED 990 TAX RETURN, JOHN BERGMANN WAS LISTED AS A TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR AND OFFICER WITH THE TITLE SECRETARY. HE HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO BE A TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR WITH THE TITLE BOARD MEMBER. ON THE ORIGINALLY FILED 990 TAX RETURN, DANTE DIPIRRO WAS LISTED AS A TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR WITH THE TITLE OF BOARD MEMBER. HE HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO BE A TRUSTEE/DIRECTOR AND OFFICER WITH THE TITLE SECRETARY FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S 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 OFFERS LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES. THE AHS ALSO UTILIZES MEDIA OUTLETS SUCH AS OUR MAGAZINE, THE HUMANE NEWS, OUR WEBSITE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO PROMOTE NOT ONLY OUR ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION AND THE FINE WORK THAT WE DO FOR ANIMALS IN NEED, BUT ALSO TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF ANIMALS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING HUMANE EDUCATION TO OUR YOUTH. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A SHELTER FACILITIES - THE ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES, (AHS), STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT WILD ANIMALS SHOULD LIVE FREE AND UNCAGED. POPCORN PARK LOCATED AT OUR AHS-LACEY FACILITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1977 FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING A REFUGE TO SICK, INJURED, PERMANENTLY DISABLED, ABANDONED, ELDERLY, AND UN-RELEASABLE WILDLIFE, FARM ANIMALS, AND EXOTIC ANIMALS THAT WOULD BE UNABLE TO SURVIVE ON THEIR OWN. POPCORN PARK TAKES IN ANIMALS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SUCH AS A THREE-LEGGED FOX FROM KUWAIT, A BLIND BENGAL TIGER FROM A MARYLAND ZOO, AND PATAS MONKEYS FROM A RESEARCH LAB, TO NAME A FEW. NO ANIMAL IS EVER PURCHASED OR BRED. EVERY ANIMAL THAT COMES TO POPCORN PARK IS HOUSED IN A HABITAT THAT IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO FEEL MUCH LIKE THEIR NATIVE HOME. VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT POPCORN PARK TO VIEW THESE ANIMALS AND READ THE STORIES OF HOW THEY CAME TO LIVE AT THE REFUGE. ZOO VETERINARIANS ARE ON STAFF TO PROVIDE THE POPCORN PARK RESIDENTS WITH MEDICAL CARE AND WELLNESS CHECKS AND IF THERE IS EVER EXTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE THAT AN ANIMAL NEEDS THAT CANNOT BE PROVIDED ON-SITE, ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE ANIMAL TO BE TRANSPORTED TO A SPECIALTY HOSPITAL THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT CARE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B CLINIC - THE VETERINARY CLINICS TREAT INJURED AND SICK ANIMALS ON BOTH A FREE AND PAYING BASIS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE TO THE ANIMALS AT OUR SHELTER FACILITIES. THE CLINICS ARE STAFFED BY MULTIPLE VETERINARIANS AND SUPPORT STAFF, AND TREAT 50 TO 100 ANIMALS OR MORE PER WEEK. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING VETERINARY SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC, THE CLINICS ALSO HOLD EVENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES SUCH AS FERAL CAT SPAY/NEUTER DAYS AND PERSONAL PET MICROCHIPPING EVENTS. OUR MOBILE VETERINARY UNIT TRAVELS TO VARIOUS LOWER INCOME TOWNS AND OFFERS SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES AND WELLNESS VISITS FOR THOSE RESIDENT'S PETS. OUR SHELTER VETERINARIANS TREAT THE HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS THAT ARE AWAITING ADOPTION AND IN SOME CASES, PROVIDE EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO THOSE ANIMALS THAT ARE THE VICTIMS OF EXTREME ABUSE AND NEGLECT. THE SHELTER VETERINARIANS ALSO DETERMINE WHEN AN ANIMAL IS IN NEED OF SPECIALTY CARE, AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OUTSIDE FACILITIES TO PROVIDE SUCH CARE. THEY ENSURE THAT ALL PETS ARE SPAYED/NEUTERED, VACCINATED, AND MICROCHIPPED PRIOR TO BEING ADOPTED. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D 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. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 MUST BE APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION ROUTINELY MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE WITH THE WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY REVIEW COMMITTEES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED BY REVIEW COMMITTEES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9 ROUNDING 3