2017-11-10T08:13:17-08:00 2016-12-31 Manning Silverman & Company 175 Olde Half Day Road 290 Lincolnshire IL 60069 990 2016-01-01 237444825 TREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC TREE 7732624000 7225 N WESTERN AVE CHICAGO IL 60645 COLLEEN CURRIGAN President 2017-11-10 true Wayne E Silverman P01323548 8474598850 2016 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z X COLLEEN CURRIGAN 3619 N FRANCISCO CHICAGO IL 60618 3529941 false false X www.treehouseanimals.org X 1975 IL DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING MODEL PROGRAMS IN ANIMAL WELFARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND PROMOTING THE MUTUALLY-ENRICHING HUMAN/ANIMAL BOND.TREE HOUSE'S PRIMARY MISSION CENTERS AROUND THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK AND INJURED STRAY CATS. THEREFORE, THE AMOUNT OF CATS WE CAN ADMIT IN A GIVEN YEAR TRANSLATES TO GREATER SUCCESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. TREE HOUSE HAS RESCUED AND ADMITTED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 STRAY CATS SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1971. IN 2016, WE RESCUED AND ADOPTED OUT MORE THAN 1,000 STRAY CATS THOUGH OUR FACILITIES AND INDIVIDUAL FOSTER HOMES. 9 9 96 393 0 2464462 2335251 89596 77291 51246 17729 73255 111234 2678559 2541505 0 0 1642923 1551481 0 394097 1379097 1062814 3022020 2614295 -343461 -72790 7292610 9150338 85895 1971936 7206715 7178402 X DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING MODEL PROGRAMS IN ANIMAL WELFARE, PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND PROMOTING THE MUTUALLY-ENRICHING HUMAN/ANIMAL BOND.TREE HOUSE'S PRIMARY MISSION CENTERS AROUND THE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK AND INJURED STRAY CATS. THEREFORE, THE AMOUNT OF CATS WE CAN ADMIT IN A GIVEN YEAR TRANSLATES TO GREATER SUCCESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENT. TREE HOUSE HAS RESCUED AND ADMITTED APPROXIMATELY 30,000 STRAY CATS SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1971. IN 2016, WE RESCUED AND ADOPTED OUT MORE THAN 1,000 STRAY CATS THOUGH OUR FACILITIES AND INDIVIDUAL FOSTER HOMES. false false 939365 CLINIC CENTER: PROVIDES SPAY/NEUTER VACCINATIONS, DENTAL CARE, AND ONGOING MEDICAL CARE FOR THE ADOPTION CENTER CATS AND FOR FERAL CATS FROM THE COMMUNITY.THE BUCKTOWN BRANCH CLOSED ITS PUBLIC CLINIC IN EARLY 2016, AND THE CARMEN AVENUE SHELTER PERFORMED SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES FOR NONRESIDENT CATS TWO DAYS A WEEK. THE TREE HOUSE STERILIZED MORE THAN 1,100 CATS IN 2016.TO HELP MAKE SURGERIES AFFORDABLE FOR TNR CAREGIVERS IN 2016, TREE HOUSE OFFERED A $50 FERAL CAT PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDED SPAY OR NEUTER, ANESTHESIA, PAIN MEDICATION INJECTION, RABIES AND FVRCP (DISTEMPER) VACCINATIONS, PARASITE AND FLEA TREATMENT, EAR TIPPING AND A BRIEF EXAMINATION WITH ASSESSMENT OF WOUNDS. 653986 GENERAL - DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING MODEL PROGRAMS IN ANIMAL WELFARE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK INJURED AND ABUSED STRAY ANIMALS. WITH THE TNR ORDINANCE PASSING IN 2007, TREE HOUSE HAS BECOME A LEADING SPONSOR FOR FERAL COLONY CARETAKERS IN CHICAGO. AT THE END OF 2016, WE WERE SPONSORING 747 FERAL CAT COLONIES, AND THOSE COLONIES WERE SUPPORTING 3501 CATS. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM RELIES ON A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS, AND ON THE SUPPORT THAT TREE HOUSE PROVIDES TO VOLUNTEER CARETAKERS. IN 2016, WE PROVIDED OUR COLONY CARETAKERS A $50 FERAL CAT PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDED SPAY OR NEUTER, ANESTHESIA, PAIN MEDICATION INJECTION, RABIES AND FVRCP (DISTEMPER) VACCINATIONS, PARASITE AND FLEA TREATMENT, EAR TIPPING AND A BRIEF EXAMINATION WITH ASSESSMENT OF WOUNDS. (DEPENDING ON AVAILABLE FUNDING, THE PACKAGE IS SOMETIMES OFFERED AT NO COST.) WE ALSO OFFER FREE FOOD FOR COLONY CARETAKERS THROUGH OUR PET FOOD PANTRY, REGULAR FERAL CAT EDUCATION SEMINARS AND MEDIATION IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING WITHIN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. EXPENSES: $ 653,986 249831 ADOPTION CENTER: PROVIDES SHELTER, FOOD, LITTER, AND GENERAL CARE FOR FELINE RESIDENTS.TREE HOUSE HAS FOUND ADOPTIVE HOMES FOR APPROXIMATELY 30,000 RESCUED CATS SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1971. WE ADOPTED OUT OVER 1,000 CATS INTO HOMES IN 2016. 223690 2066872 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true 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 true 9 0 true 96 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 9 9 false false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true true false IL X KELLY ETTLING 8477303377 1926 WAUKEGAN ROAD SUITE 340 GLENVIEW IL 60025 X ROBERT MAROVICH Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS OTT Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 BARRY FULK Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 EDGAR SCOTT RIFE III Secretary 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 COLLEEN CURRIGAN President 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 STEVE HOMRICH Treasurer 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ANN JOHNSON Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 LILLY LIN Director 1.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 COREE SMITH Vice President 1.50 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KERRI BURNS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 70341 0 0 DAVID DE FUNIAK EX-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 0.00 X 71812 0 0 142153 0 true false false 0 12143 2323108 2335251 ADOPTION FEES 18047 18047 CLINIC INCOME 3774 3774 TRAP FEES 55470 55470 77291 17240 17240 0 0 0 934311 933822 489 489 489 158815 48766 110049 0 7033 5848 1185 1185 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 0 2541505 78965 17240 X 0 0 0 0 145553 122265 5822 17466 0 1160020 980864 43781 135375 138201 116771 5251 16179 0 107707 91006 4092 12609 0 0 0 0 0 0 26776 26776 25114 1116 23998 32962 16480 6593 9889 0 0 28694 25824 1435 1435 14399 14373 26 0 0 29919 29919 0 65083 58577 3253 3253 45889 38023 5754 2112 TREEHOUSE BRANCH SHELTER 182803 182803 SUPPLIES 155636 111318 44318 TREEHOUSE BRANCH CLINIC 120628 120628 VETERINARY FEES 59898 59898 275013 128042 19508 127463 2614295 2066872 153326 394097 X 2216340 928951 0 265000 185000 0 0 0 0 12842 12842 5734 5734 8913944 1119144 3638857 7794800 1128837 198011 0 0 0 25000 25000 7292610 9150338 85895 49892 1922044 85895 1971936 X 3188667 2847216 3993048 4306186 25000 25000 7206715 7178402 7292610 9150338 -72790 44477 X false true X true false X 2504018 2620590 3995859 2251295 2335251 13707013 0 0 2504018 2620590 3995859 2251295 2335251 13707013 0 13707013 35559 53947 44505 48880 17728 200619 0 10580 939 2864 -673 1185 14895 13922527 0.98450 0.98590 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 727501 727501 403694 168721 234973 1078169 633179 444990 490723 292354 198369 6213857 24890 6188967 7794800 LINE OF CREDIT 1922044 1922044 X Part X : FIN48 Footnote THE SOCIETY IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501(c)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A PRIVATE FOUNDATION. IT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO RECOGNIZE OR DERECOGNIZE IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN ON A "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" THRESHOLD. THE SOCIETY DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INCLUDE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. THE SOCIETY'S INCOME TAX FILINGS FOR THE YEARS 2011 AND THEREAFTER REMAIN SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. false BLACK CAT BALL 87091 87091 42964 STRAY CAT STRUT 31102 31102 2061 3 34054 34054 2807 152247 152247 47832 47832 104415 X true false false false false false false false false false DAVID DE FUNIAK EX-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 71812 71812 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: OUTREACH: PROVIDES ANIMAL VISITS TO INSTITUTIONALIZED PATIENTS, DISTRIBUTES PET FOOD TO LOW INCOME OWNERS, AND ASSISTS WITH HUMANE TRAPPING OF FERAL CATS.THE PET FOOD PANTRY SERVES LOW-INCOME OR FIXED-INCOME FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS, AND FERAL CAT COLONY CARETAKERS, BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD FOR THE CATS AND DOGS IN THEIR CARE. THE PET FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM IS MEANT TO ASSIST PEOPLE ON A LOW OR FIXED INCOME WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD FOR THEIR COMPANION ANIMALS, OR FERAL CAT CARETAKERS WHO PRACTICE TNR AND HAVE AN OUTDOOR MANAGED FERAL CAT COLONY. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT DESIGNED TO PROVIDE ALL THE FOOD THEY WILL NEED, BUT WE DO PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS OF FOOD PER MONTH FOR THEIR COMPANION ANIMALS. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENABLE OUR CLIENTS TO KEEP THEIR PETS DESPITE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES, OR MAINTAIN THEIR FERAL COLONIES, BUT ALSO TO COUNSEL THEM IF THEY ARE APPEAR TO BE ACQUIRING MORE ANIMALS THAN THEY CAN AFFORD OR PROPERLY CARE FOR. EXPENSES: $ 136,821 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: GENERAL - DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING MODEL PROGRAMS IN ANIMAL WELFARE AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. RESCUE AND REHABILITATION OF SICK INJURED AND ABUSED STRAY ANIMALS. WITH THE TNR ORDINANCE PASSING IN 2007, TREE HOUSE HAS BECOME A LEADING SPONSOR FOR FERAL COLONY CARETAKERS IN CHICAGO. AT THE END OF 2016, WE WERE SPONSORING 747 FERAL CAT COLONIES, AND THOSE COLONIES WERE SUPPORTING 3501 CATS. THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM RELIES ON A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS, AND ON THE SUPPORT THAT TREE HOUSE PROVIDES TO VOLUNTEER CARETAKERS. IN 2016, WE PROVIDED OUR COLONY CARETAKERS A $50 FERAL CAT PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDED SPAY OR NEUTER, ANESTHESIA, PAIN MEDICATION INJECTION, RABIES AND FVRCP (DISTEMPER) VACCINATIONS, PARASITE AND FLEA TREATMENT, EAR TIPPING AND A BRIEF EXAMINATION WITH ASSESSMENT OF WOUNDS. (DEPENDING ON AVAILABLE FUNDING, THE PACKAGE IS SOMETIMES OFFERED AT NO COST.) WE ALSO OFFER FREE FOOD FOR COLONY CARETAKERS THROUGH OUR PET FOOD PANTRY, REGULAR FERAL CAT EDUCATION SEMINARS AND MEDIATION IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING WITHIN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. EXPENSES: $ 653,986 Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS THE FORM 990, WHICH IS THEN APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE AND BOARD PRESIDENT, AND THEN SHARED WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts THE ORGANIZATION MONITORS AND ENFORCES COMPLIANCE BY HAVING BOARD MEMBERS SIGN CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS YEARLY. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, USING REFERENCE DATA RELEVANT SOURCES AND THROUGH ANALYSIS OF SALARY INFORMATION OF OTHER LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, USING REFERENCE DATA RELEVANT SOURCES AND THROUGH ANALYSIS OF SALARY INFORMATION OF OTHER LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses : Column (A) - Total = $0; Column (B) - Program Services = $0; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses BANK CHARGES: Column (A) - Total = $22124; Column (B) - Program Services = $2200; Column (C) - Management & General = $130; Column (D) - Fundraising = $19794 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses CONSULTING: Column (A) - Total = $39462; Column (B) - Program Services = $9232; Column (C) - Management & General = $2239; Column (D) - Fundraising = $27991 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses EQUIPMENT RENTAL: Column (A) - Total = $5223; Column (B) - Program Services = $5008; Column (C) - Management & General = $88; Column (D) - Fundraising = $127 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses FOOD: Column (A) - Total = $10381; Column (B) - Program Services = $10381; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses LAB TESTS: Column (A) - Total = $5488; Column (B) - Program Services = $5488; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses LICENSE AND FEES: Column (A) - Total = $1393; Column (B) - Program Services = $1393; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses MEDICINE: Column (A) - Total = $40291; Column (B) - Program Services = $40291; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses MISCELLANEOUS: Column (A) - Total = $18289; Column (B) - Program Services = $6178; Column (C) - Management & General = $11340; Column (D) - Fundraising = $771 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses PAYROLL SERVICE: Column (A) - Total = $20015; Column (B) - Program Services = $17219; Column (C) - Management & General = $1611; Column (D) - Fundraising = $1185 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Postage and Shipping: Column (A) - Total = $44429; Column (B) - Program Services = $9627; Column (C) - Management & General = $1309; Column (D) - Fundraising = $33493 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses Printing and Publications: Column (A) - Total = $50494; Column (B) - Program Services = $9874; Column (C) - Management & General = $1536; Column (D) - Fundraising = $39084 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses REAL ESTATE TAXES: Column (A) - Total = $4876; Column (B) - Program Services = $4876; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e: Other Expenses TELEPHONE: Column (A) - Total = $12548; Column (B) - Program Services = $6275; Column (C) - Management & General = $1255; Column (D) - Fundraising = $5018 FURTHER EVALUATION TREE HOUSE CONTINUALLY STRIVES TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES AND ENHANCE ITS COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS THROUGH PROGRAM EVALUATIONS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING.