Nonprofit · EIN 31-0818511
LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE
Tax-exempt · BATAVIA, OH 45103
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $3,155,241 | $2,392,678 | $762,563 | $10,881,003 | $225,719 | $10,655,284 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,403,655 | $2,081,501 | $322,154 | $9,865,831 | $225,254 | $9,640,577 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,027,415 | $1,994,716 | $32,699 | $9,191,041 | $209,225 | $8,981,816 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,245,489
- Program service revenue
- $558,718
- Investment income
- $325,250
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $166,597
- Net income from fundraising events
- $13,061
- Other revenue
- $25,784
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $95,953
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,146,571
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,428,616
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $5,100
- Occupancy
- $109,449
- Depreciation
- $116,114
- Program services (functional)
- $2,062,515
- Management and general (functional)
- $224,085
- Fundraising (functional)
- $106,078
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $9,865,831
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,881,003
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $225,719
- Net assets, end of year
- $10,655,284
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,698,618
- Publicly traded securities
- $6,664,361
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $10,655,284
- Gross receipts
- $4,383,577
- Employees
- 42
- Volunteers
- 608
- Year formed
- 1949
- State of legal domicile
- OH
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVON SMITH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $87,675 |
| DEBBIE BATES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BARB CASCIANI | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DIANN COX | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROSS JACOBS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANDREW JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SHERI BOONE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CARL FITE | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JAKE STANTON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVON SMITH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $94,956 |
| ROSS JACOBS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LISA MARTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANDREW JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SHERI BOONE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CARL FITE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JAKE STANTON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DEBBIE BATES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BARB CASCIANI | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DIANN COX | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVON SMITH | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $82,437 |
| JOE BUTKOVICH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROSS JACOBS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANDREW JONES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LISA MARTIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| STEPHANIE ELDRED | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GAURAVI SHAH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BARB CASCIANI | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DEBBIE BATES | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PATTIANNE MENDEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DIANN COX | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4193 TAYLOR RD, BATAVIA, OH 45103-9792
- In care of
- % DEBBIE BATES
- Signed the 990
- DEBBIE BATES, TREASURER
- Phone
- (513) 735-2299
- Website
- www.lfaw.org
- Return prepared by
- KATHLEEN F WESP CPA
Mission
TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS CATS AND DOGS IN GREATER CINCINNATI BY PROVIDING A COMPASSIONATE, NO-KILL ANIMAL SHELTER AND PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE PET CARE.
Program accomplishments
- THE LEAGUE SHELTERS AND CARES FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 CATS AND 40 DOGS AT ANYTIME. OUR GOAL IS TO FIND ALL THE ANIMALS IN OUR CARE THEIR FOREVER HOMES. IN 2025, 2,393 ADOPTIONS; 1,960 CATS AND 433 DOGS. ALL CATS ADOPTED RECEIVE MICRO-CHIPPING, VACCINATION, VET CHECK-UP, TESTING FOR FELINE LEUKEMIA AND SPAY/NEUTERING. ALL DOGS ADOPTED RECEIVE MICRO-CHIPPING, VACCINATION, VET CHECK-UP, HEARTWORM TESTING AND MEDICATION AND SPAY/NEUTERING.Expenses $1,947,680
- WELLNESS CLINIC WHICH PROVIDES VETERINARY CARE FOR SHELTER ANIMALS, OTHER AREA SHELTERS AND RESCUES AND ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. A TOTAL OF 2,251 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED. WE VACCINATED 2,182 PETS. IN 2025, THE CLINIC WAS EXPANDED TO SEE SICK/INJURED/SENIOR PETS. THE CLINIC OPERATES PART-TIME AND TREATED 871 PETS.Expenses $106,182
- OUR UNIQUE NONE LEFT BEHIND (NLB) PROGRAM HELPS REDUCE BARRIERS TO ADOPTION OF SPECIAL-NEEDS PETS. THIS INCLUDES ANIMALS WITH CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS, BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, ADVANCED AGE OR SIMPLY A SIGNIFICANTLY-LONG TENURE IN OUR SHELTER. FOR ANIMALS IN THE NLB PROGRAM, THE LEAGUE WAIVES THE ADOPTION FEES AND REIMBURSES ADOPTERS FOR ALL POST-ADOPTION MEDICAL EXPENSES AND SPECIAL FOOD NEEDS RELATED TO AN ANIMALS NLB CONDITION.Expenses $8,653
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 year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 31-0818511
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1958
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Animal-related (D200)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $10,881,003
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,383,577
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $3,155,241 | $2,392,678 | $10,881,003 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,403,655 | $2,081,501 | $9,865,831 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,027,415 | $1,994,716 | $9,191,041 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,592,191 | $1,780,645 | $8,467,327 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 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 31-0818511).
Questions about LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE
- What is the EIN of LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE is 31-0818511.
- Is LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1958.
- Are donations to LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE 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 LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who are the officers and directors of LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 9 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $87,675 (DEVON SMITH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does LEAGUE FOR ANIMAL WELFARE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,155,241, expenses of $2,392,678 and total assets of $10,881,003 at year end.
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