2018-02-05T12:52:44-06:00 2016-12-31 431985162 SMITH SULLIVAN & BROWN PC 80 FLANDERS ROAD - SUITE 200 WESTBOROUGH MA 01581 990 2016-01-01 222624136 GREYHOUND FRIENDS INC GREY 5084355969 167 SADDLE HILL ROAD HOPKINTON MA 01748 THERESA SHEPARD KENNEL & OP MGR 5084355969 2018-02-05 1 MAUREEN L SULLIVAN CPA P00296843 5088717178 2018-02-05 71.248.188.134 2018-02-05 13:25:23 ES 0423492017319035be40 2017-11-15 P 35BDDC4389428678052E8834F7871B2B178C24C9 1152462D604FCB3F3D5BC2CBC908B80974D9D25D 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X STODDARD MELHADO 167 SADDLE HILL ROAD HOPKINTON MA 01748 427983 0 X WWW.GREYHOUND.ORG X 1986 MA TO PROVIDE PLACEMENT AND CARE DURING PLACEMENT OF GREYHOUND DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS; TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE NEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF A PARTICULAR BREED OF DOG, NAMELY THE GREYHOUND, IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE AN HUMANE STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE BREED OF DOG; TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERSHIP OF GREYHOUNDS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN SCHOOLS AND ELSEWHERE. GENERALLY TO DO ALL ACTS NECESSARY TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. 11 8 27 25 0 0 347269 338927 47400 52215 4 11 52620 36830 447293 427983 0 0 0 0 246153 242493 0 0 92610 496522 382666 742675 625159 -295382 -197176 1204704 926701 398253 317348 806451 609353 X TO PROVIDE PLACEMENT AND CARE DURING PLACEMENT OF GREYHOUND DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS; TO INFORM AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE NEEDS AND CONDITIONS OF A PARTICULAR BREED OF DOG, NAMELY THE GREYHOUND, IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE AN HUMANE STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE BREED OF DOG; TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERSHIP OF GREYHOUNDS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN SCHOOLS AND ELSEWHERE. GENERALLY TO DO ALL ACTS NECESSARY TO PREVENT CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. 0 0 412720 0 72478 GREYHOUND FRIENDS INC., LOCATED IN HOPKINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, IS A SMALL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO RE-HOMING RETIRED RACETRACK GREYHOUNDS AND PLACING THEM IN RESPONSIBLE LOVING HOMES. GREYHOUNDS PASSING THROUGH THE KENNEL HAVE GENTLE DISPOSITIONS AND MAKE WONDERFUL COMPANIONS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1983, GREYHOUND FRIENDS HAS FOUND HOMES FOR MORE THAN 10,000 DOGS. THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A KENNEL TO RECEIVE GREYHOUNDS AND AS SOON AS A DOG IS ADOPTED ANOTHER ONE COMES IN FROM A RACING KENNEL. DOGS, WHO COME TO THE KENNEL ARE WELL CARED FOR. MOST RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO KIND TREATMENT AND ARE READIED FOR ADOPTION. GREYHOUND FRIENDS RELIES ON VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE WORK.GREYHOUND FRIENDS ALSO WORKS ON A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES FACING THIS PARTICULAR BREED OF DOG, TO FURTHER INTERNATIONALS RESCUE AND ADOPTION EFFORTS, AND TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY. THE REACH OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATIONAL AND ADVOCACY WORK IS A DIRECT RESULT OF A DEEP ORGANIZATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE BREED AND RACING INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY WORKING TO END GREYHOUND ABUSE. GREYHOUND FRIENDS' ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL UPDATE PROGRAM REFLECTS THIS. HELD EACH YEAR IN HOPKINTON, PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FROM SPAIN, ARGENTINA, IRELAND, ITALY AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD SHARED PERSPECTIVES ABOUT GREYHOUND AND HOUND ISSUES AND A VARIETY OF ADVOCACY INITIATIVES. OTHER INITIATIVES HAVE INCLUDED DOCUMENTARY FILM MAKING AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS. A SAD REALITY IS THAT GREYHOUNDS PAST THEIR RACING PRIME IN THE UNITED STATES ARE OFTEN DISCARDED BY THE RACING INDUSTRY AND DUMPED ABROAD WHERE THEY ARE HELD IN DEPLORABLE LIVING CONDITIONS AND FORCED INTO ILLEGAL STRAIGHT RACING. HISTORIC RACING CULTURES IN OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO UNDERMINE GREYHOUND STANDARDS OF CARE. TWO RECENT DOCUMENTARY FILMS, PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF GREYHOUND FRIENDS BY PHOTO-JOURNALIST JOHN MOTTERN, EXPOSE THESE DARK REALITIES: LAND OF THE MAGPIE & THE CROW (HIGHLIGHTING THE CHANGING ATTITUDES AND MARKETPLACES BOTH DOMESTICALLY IN IRELAND AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR GREYHOUNDS) AND A CRIME TO BE BORN IN ARGENTINA (EXPOSING GREYHOUND ABUSE IN ARGENTINEAN STRAIGHT RACING). THE FILMS AND ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS TO BOTH EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND INFLUENCE REGULATION OF THE RACING INDUSTRY. THE RECENT ARGENTINEAN LEGISLATIVE BAN ON GREYHOUND RACING IS A TANGIBLE REMINDER OF THE IMPACT THESE KINDS OF ADVOCACY EFFORTS CAN HAVE. A CRIME TO BE BORN IN ARGENTINA WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED BY ANIMAL ADVOCATES AND VIEWED ACROSS ARGENTINA IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE LEGISLATIVE VOTE. 412720 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 11 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 MA X LOUISE COLEMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5084355969 167 SADDLE HILL ROAD HOPKINTON MA 01748 STODDARD MELHADO PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 DONNA NELSON-DUEY VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 THERESA SHEPARD TREASURER 5.00 X X 15717 0 0 CYTHNIA B CURLEY SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KY MELHADO DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ADELIA LEBLANC DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LOUISE COLEMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 55027 0 0 LESLIE DOYLE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHY LUNDGREN DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ANN MARIE RAKOVIC FORMER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DIANE STEVENS FORMER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 720 0 0 MISCHA LEAVEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 1603 0 0 CORNELIA GODFREY FORMER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 2717 0 0 JOHN DUMAS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 75784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7548 331379 338927 ADOPTION FEES 900099 52215 52215 52215 11 11 0 7548 0 0 16567 0 16567 16567 OTHER INCOME 900099 20263 20263 20263 427983 72478 0 16578 75784 51731 12734 11319 147272 95486 27416 24370 19437 12828 3499 3110 7937 7937 29945 29945 3750 3750 28508 13706 4879 9923 9980 4990 4990 26456 23812 1322 1322 6563 6563 9862 9862 9620 6349 1732 1539 47888 43100 2394 2394 9380 8442 469 469 PROGRAM SUPPLIES AND EX 58512 58512 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION 44503 33377 11126 VETERINARY AND MEDICAL 39651 39651 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES 27003 27003 23108 10423 499 12186 625159 412720 119829 92610 X 7442 1405 700 789 224750 10000 2833 2000 15000 4000 5675 5935 1376874 474302 948304 902572 1204704 926701 123248 69594 273575 247754 1430 398253 317348 X 806451 609353 806451 609353 1204704 926701 -197176 78 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 1174068 359883 931612 347269 338927 3151759 1174068 359883 931612 347269 338927 3151759 441914 2709845 9 152 73 4 11 249 2444 3891 24397 36830 67562 3219570 353185 0.84170 0.78680 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 157291 157291 1125569 388585 736984 55736 47439 8297 38278 38278 0 902572 X PART X, LINE 2: TAX POSITION: THE ORGANIZATION CURRENTLY EVALUATES ALL TAX POSITIONS, AND MAKES A DETERMINATION REGARDING THE LIKELIHOOD OF THOSE POSITIONS BEING UPHELD UNDER REVIEW. THE PRIMARY TAX POSITIONS MADE BY THE ORGANIZATION ARE THE EXISTENCE OF UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME TAX AND THE ORGANIZATION'S STATUS AS A TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. FOR THE YEARS PRESENTED, THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT RECOGNIZED ANY TAX BENEFITS OR LOSS CONTINGENCIES FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS BASED ON THIS EVALUATION. MICKAYLA SHEPARD DAUGHTER OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 36277 COMPENSATION PAYMENTS 0 DEBORAH MURPHY RELATIVE OF A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 10998 COMPENSATION PAYMENTS 0 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 KY MELHADO, DIRECTOR AND STODDARD MELHADO, PRESIDENT ARE MARRIED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECEIVED A COPY OF THE FORM 990 PRIOR TO ITS FILING. THE FORM 990 WAS THEN AUTHORIZED AND SIGNED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD PRESIDENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REQUIRES AN ANNUAL DECLARATION FROM ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT AS TO THE EXISTENCE AND DISCLOSURE OF ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. THE BOARD MEMBERS SIGN A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE DISCUSSED BY THE DIS-INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS, WHILE THE PARTY IN POTENTIAL CONFLICT IS REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE ROOM. BOARD MEETING MINUTES WILL DOCUMENT THE DISCUSSION AND DECISION MAKING PROCESS. IN THE EVENT OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT, PROCEDURES TO OBTAIN COMPETITIVE BIDS AND DILIGENCE ON FAIR MARKET VALUE WILL BE ESTABLISHED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 GREYHOUND FRIENDS, INC.'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM FOR THE KEY EXECUTIVES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE BOARD MEETS AS NEEDED TO REVIEW THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANY CHANGES, AS APPROPRIATE. A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IS CONDUCTED AND REVIEWED EACH YEAR AND IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM FALLS WITHIN A REASONABLE RANGE OF COMPETITIVE PRACTICES FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS AMONG SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS. FOLLOWING THIS REVIEW, THE BOARD REVIEWS AND APPROVES, FOR SELECTED KEY EXECUTIVES, BASE SALARIES AND ANNUAL INCENTIVE OPPORTUNITY ADJUSTMENTS, AND OBJECTIVES AND GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR'S ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN. THE BOARD REVIEWS AND RECOMMENDS TO THE BOARD SALARY APPROVAL AND INCENTIVE AWARDS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SELECTED KEY SENIOR STAFF. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 UPON REQUEST AMENDED RETURN AN AMENDED RETURN IS BEING FILED TO INCLUDE SCHEDULE B - LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS AND TO ADJUST REVENUE AND EXPENSES AS A RESULT OF ACCOUNTING REVIEW.