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Nonprofit · EIN 20-8466866

HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC

Tax-exempt · SEBASTIAN, FL 32958

Financials

$1.5M$1.7M2023$1.9M$1.7M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$1,866,331$1,664,939$201,392$1,369,175$7,840$1,361,335
December 31, 2023990$1,498,368$1,670,592-$172,224$1,166,195$6,252$1,159,943
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$1,818,275
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$48,056
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Other salaries and wages
$818,510
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$880,913
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$3,012
Occupancy
$245,686
Travel
$2,763
Depreciation
$16,651
Program services (functional)
$1,406,156
Management and general (functional)
$68,589
Fundraising (functional)
$190,194

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,166,195
Total assets, end of year
$1,369,175
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,840
Net assets, end of year
$1,361,335
Land, buildings and equipment
$51,306
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,361,335
Gross receipts
$1,866,331
Employees
51
Volunteers
244

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
AARON V JOHNSON ESQDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
BRAD GABLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
REBECCA GROHALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
STEVEN HIRANODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
MIKE KANNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
JACQUELYN PETRONEEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
BETH TUREKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
MARGARET WALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
AARON V JOHNSON ESQDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
BRAD GABLEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
REBECCA GROHALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
STEVEN HIRANODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
MIKE KANNERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
JACQUELYN PETRONEEXECUTIVE DI
Trustee or director, Officer
–$0
BETH TUREKDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0
MARGARET WALLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
–$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
710 JACKSON ST, SEBASTIAN, FL 32958-3824
In care of
% MARIA HART
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
JACQUELYN PETRONE, 710 JACKSON STREET, SEBASTIAN, FL 32958
Signed the 990
JACQUELYN PETRONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(772) 589-7297
Return prepared by
SHEIN & WENTE LLC

Mission

HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOME (H.A.L.O.) PROVIDES A NO-KILL SAFE HAVEN WHERE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES ARE TAKEN TO SAVE HOMELESS PETS AND PROTECT THEM FROM ABUSE AND NEGLECT. WE CONTINUALLY REFINE OUR PROGRAMS TO MAINTAIN A 98% SAVE RATE. H.A.L.O. BELIEVES IN ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING RESOURCES, EDUCATION, AND PROGRAMS TO DO THE SAME. OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A WORLD WITH NO MORE HOMELESS PETS.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • IN 2005 THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY EUTHANASIA RATE WAS OVER 50%. THE FIRST YEAR, 225 LIVES WERE SAVED AND THE IRS PAPERWORK WAS FILED WITH A PRAYER. IN 2006, H.A.L.O. RECEIVED ITS NONPROFIT STATUS. THE NEXT FEW YEARS WERE ABOUT RESCUING MORE LIVES, SURVIVAL, AND DOING MASSIVE SHELTER IMPROVEMENTS AS MONEY WOULD ALLOW. IN 2010 PARTNERSHIPS WERE ESTABLISHED WITH PETCO & PETSMART TO INCREASE ADOPTIONS AND WE ACQUIRED AN ACRE OF LAND TO CREATE A FIELD FOR THE DOGS. IN 2012 WE CELEBRATED 5,000 ADOPTIONS AND INTRODUCED OUR FIRST PROGRAM, THE OOPS PROGRAM, PROVIDING LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER VOUCHERS TO THE COMMUNITY. IN 2014 WE OPENED A SECOND ADOPTION CENTER, FOCUSED ON CATS, AND IN 2015 OPENED A THRIFT STORE. FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS MORE PROGRAMS WERE CREATED TO ADDRESS NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE ANGEL MEDICAL PROGRAM, ANGEL WINGS ADOPTION PROGRAM, WORKING BARN CAT PROGRAM, CANINE GOOD CITIZEN READY PROGRAM, FRESH START PROGRAM, AND AMBASSADOR FOSTER PROGRAM. WE ALSO BEGAN ADDING ADDITIONAL ROLES TO INCREASE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND BROUGHT ON OUR FIRST DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, AND DIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS. IN 2019 OUR FOCUS SHIFTED BACK TO EXPANSION. WE ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FOR THE FUTURE OF H.A.L.O.'S ENRICHMENT CENTER, AND WE ADDED A PHARMACY WITH A FULL-TIME VET TECH TO INCREASE OUR LIFESAVING MEDICAL SUPPORT. IN 2020 WE SURVIVED COVID, NEVER SHUTTING OUR DOORS, OFFERING OUR COMMUNITY INVALUABLE AIDE. WE ALSO STARTED THE PLANS FOR THE NEW CENTER. IN 2021 WE CELEBRATED 15 YEARS OF NO KILL RESCUE WITH OVER 18,000 LIVES SAVED AT A SOLID 98% SAVE RATE. WE ADDED A NEW VAN TO THE FLEET FOR RESCUE TRANSPORTS, WE FINALIZED THE ENRICHMENT CENTER PLANS AND WE SO LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE IN 2022, WE REFOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON THE 10% BEING LEFT BEHIND IN TRADITIONAL SHELTER SETTINGS - THE "MISFITS- AND MEDICAL CASES. IN ORDER TO FURTHER THIS MISSION, WE APPEALED TO OUR AMAZING COMMUNITY FOR HELP AND WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE AN X-RAY MACHINE AND ULTRASOUND MACHINE SO WE CAN TRIAGE THE MEDICAL CASES BEING SURRENDERED AND PROVIDE IMMEDIATE CARE. WE ALSO PURCHASED A GENERATOR TO POWER THE ENTIRE SHELTER IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR STORM OR DISASTER. THESE LIFESAVING TOOLS WILL HELP H.A.L.O. CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE TO THE HOMELESS PETS IN OUR COMMUNITY 2022 ALSO FOUND US CELEBRATING OVER 20,000 LIVES SAVED
    Expenses $1,340,586
  • THE ANGEL MEDICAL PROGRAM WAS CREATED TO HELP PROVIDE ALL LIFE-SAVING SERVICES NEEDED TO GIVE HOMELESS PETS SURRENDERED TO H.A.L.O. A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE. WITHOUT THE ANGEL MEDICAL PROGRAM, H.A.L.O. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO SAVE EACH AND EVERY LIFE. OUR ANGEL MEDICAL PROGRAM IS THE MAJOR PROGRAM BEHIND OUR 98% SAVE RATE. EXPENSES 58,805 (TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM FINANCIALS)
    Expenses $21,408
  • AS A NO-KILL RESCUE SHELTER, H.A.L.O. OFTEN ENDS UP WITH EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CASES WHERE DOGS ARE SIMPLY NOT ADOPTABLE DUE TO UNTRUSTING AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS. WE HIT A PROBLEM...WE WERE FILLING UP WITH THESE "MISFITS". THE SOLUTION...THE FRESH START PROGRAM WHERE H.A.L.O. TRAINERS AND HANDLERS EACH CHAMPION A MISFIT TO WORK EXTENSIVELY THROUGH PACK WORK, POSITIVE MUZZLE TRAINING, AND BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION WITH A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE. EACH TRAINER IS ALLOWED TO DETERMINE WHEN A MISFIT IS READY TO BE PUT UP FOR ADOPTION AND EACH POTENTIAL ADOPTER MUST GO THROUGH TRAINING SESSIONS WITH THE DOG IN ORDER TO FORM A BOND BEFORE TAKING THEM HOME. IN JUST ONE YEAR, DOGS THAT HAD BEEN ST H.A.L.O. FOR YEARS STARTED FORMING BONDS WITH DEDICATED FAMILIES AND STARTED GOING INTO THEIR FUR-EVER HOMES OUR FUTURE ENRICHMENT CENTER/PET SUPPORT CENTER WILL GIVE US THE ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED FOR BEHAVIOR CARE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOLUTIONS TO KEEP THEIR PETS WHEN ABLE.
  • 3RD AMBASSADOR FOSTER PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN AN EFFORT TO GET MORE DOGS AND CATS OUT OF THE SHELTER AND INTO STRESS-FREE ENVIRONMENT WHILE WAITING FOR FOREVER HOMES. EACH FOSTER FAMILY IS PROVIDED WITH THE NECESSARY TRAINING BY H.A.L.O. STAFF AS WELL AS SUPPLIES AND A CARE PACKAGE. IT ALLOWS EACH ANILMAL TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING IN A HOME, RECEIVE ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING FROM THERE FOSTER FAMILY WHICH GREATLY INCREASES THEIR SDOPTION POTENTIAL, AND ALLOWS THE SHELTER TO SAVE MORE LIVES. SINCE INTIATING THE PROGRAM H.A.L.O. HAS 140 ACTIVE FAMILIES PROVIDING CRITICAL LIFE SAVING CARE OUR FUTURE ENRICHMENT CENTER/PET SUPPORT CENTER WILL GIVE US THE ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING NEEDED FOR FOSTER FAMILIES AND GROW OUR FOSTER BASE. 4TH OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES. FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS H.A.L.O.'S MISSION HAS BEEN CENTRALLY FOCUSED ON CREATING A SAFE-HAVEN THAT MAINTAINS A 98% SAVE RATE AND IN SEEING OUR COUNTY RISE FROM A 50% SAVE RATE IN 2006 TO A 90% SAVE RATE IN 2022. IN FOCUSING ON THE FUTURE OF NO-KILL RESCUE, OUR FOCUS IS ON RE-INVENTING WHAT NO-KILL RESCUE IS CURRENTLY AND WHAT IT CAN BE. NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME FOR H.A.L.O. TO EXPAND BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SHELTER MODEL OF INTAKING AND ADOPTING OUT ANIMALS AND CREATE SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ANIMALS. IT'S TIME TO SHIFT SOME OF OUR ENERGY TO BUILDING H.A.L.O.'S ENRICHMENT CENTER AND BRING A PET SUPPORT CENTER TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED AN EDUCATION CENTER, A TEMPORARY HOUSING FACILITY, MORE SUPPORT PROGRAMS, MORE PUBLIC MEDICAL SERVICES, MORE FOSTER SUPPORT PROGRAMS, MORE BEHAVIORAL CARE IN SHELTER AND PUBLIC, INCREASED COMMUNITY ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SUPPLIES AND PET FOOD, A LOST PET REUNIFICATION CENTER, A VOLUNTEER SPACE, AN ISOLATION SPACE, A FELINE SPECIAL NEEDS CENTER, A PUBLIC MEET AND GREET SPACE, AND MORE. WE NEED A SPACE FOR ANIMALS AND HUMANS TO HAVE THE TOOLS TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE NO-KILL MOVEMENT TO NEW HEIGHTS, FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE SOLUTIONS TO KEEP THEIR PETS WHEN ABLE, AND TO INCREASE OUR LIFESAVING GOALS WITH A FOCUS ON THE 10% STILL BEING EUTHANIZED IN TRADITIONAL SHELTER MODELS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED US MOST.
    Expenses $44,162

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
20-8466866
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2007
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Animal-related (D20)
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,369,175
Income (IRS master file)
$1,866,331

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$1,866,331$1,664,939$1,369,175XML
990December 2023$1,498,368$1,670,592$1,166,195XML
990December 2022$1,671,486$1,676,091$1,336,748IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-8466866).

Questions about HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC

What is the EIN of HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC is 20-8466866.
Is HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
Are donations to HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names JACQUELYN PETRONE.
Who are the officers and directors of HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does HELPING ANIMALS LIVE AND OVERCOMEINC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $1,866,331, expenses of $1,664,939 and total assets of $1,369,175 at year end.

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