MAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: MAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS (EIN 01-0212545)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-07-31
IRS object ID: 201232139349300638
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-07-31T11:37:15-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Macdonald Page & Co LLC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	30 Long Creek Dr	AddressLine1
City	South Portland	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04106	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	010212545	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MAINE STATE SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	OF ANIMALS	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	MAIN	NameControl
Phone	2078924000	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 10	AddressLine1
City	SOUTH WINDHAM	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04082	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MERIS J BICKFORD	Name
Title	CEO & VP	Title
Date Signed	2012-07-31	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Patrick Nicholas	Name
Phone	2077745701	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	1910226	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.msspa.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1975	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	ME	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE OR RE-HOME LARGE ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY EQUINES.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	10	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	9	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	32	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	75	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	332398	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	1041091	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	209665	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	288957	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	2814	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	7825	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	544877	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	1337873	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	564486	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	563289	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	125322	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	643403	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	660545	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	1207889	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	1223834	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-663012	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	114039	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	5083472	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	5174688	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	4543	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	13771	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	5078929	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	5160917	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE OR RE-HOME LARGE ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY EQUINES.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	916702	Expense
Description	The MSSPA rescues, rehabilitates or re-homes large animals, particularly equines who have been seized by Maine law enforcement officials from circumstances of abuse or neglect. The MSSPA also provides sanctuary services to those animals who cannot for whatever reason be re-homed or permanently placed in an appropriate facility. Program services include individualized feed programs, appropriate socialization with other animals and humans, as well as the delivery of all necessary veterinary medical expenses for each animal.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	916702	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	true	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	27	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	32	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	false	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	10	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	9	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	true	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	KATHY WOODBREY	NamePerson
Telephone Number	2078923040	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 10	AddressLine1
City	SOUTH WINDHAM	City
State	ME	State
ZIP Code	04082	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (11 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer
MARILYN VAN SAUN
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
DANIEL SHAW
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
ROGER TIMMONS
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
BILL DIAMOND
Treasurer	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
NANCY RANDALL CLARK
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
LEAH HYLER
Secretary	1.00	X	0	0	0	X
DOTTIE BELL
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
KIM BLOCK
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
Deborah Valenti
Director	1.00	X	0	0	0
MARYLIN L GOODREAU
President	24.00	X	0	0	0	X
MERIS J BICKFORD
CEO & VP	40.00		75027	0	0	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	75027	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	1041091	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	1041091	TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue	0	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	134220	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$134,220	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	727090	Securities

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	572353	Securities

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	154737	Securities

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	154737	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$154,737	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	OTHER INCOME	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	7825	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$7,825	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	7825	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1337873	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$296,782	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	75027	Total
Management And General	33762	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	41265	Fundraising

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	388451	Total
Program Services	332471	ProgramServices
Management And General	24605	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	31375	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	59771	Total
Program Services	43296	ProgramServices
Management And General	7340	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9135	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	40040	Total
Program Services	29004	ProgramServices
Management And General	4917	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6119	Fundraising

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	81465	Total
Management And General	81465	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	10333	Total
Management And General	10333	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19201	Total
Management And General	19201	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	187	Total
Management And General	187	ManagementAndGeneral

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4505	Total
Program Services	4505	ProgramServices

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23081	Total
Program Services	20108	ProgramServices
Fundraising	2973	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23025	Total
Program Services	23025	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35114	Total
Program Services	35114	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14914	Total
Program Services	14914	ProgramServices

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
Repairs and Maintenance	37722	37722
MEDICAL CARE - OTHER	29401	29401
MEDICAL CARE - HORSE	108670	108670
FUNDRAISING	34455		34455
ANIMAL SUPPLIES - HORSES	192727	192727

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45745	Total
Program Services	45745	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1223834	Total
Program Services	916702	ProgramServices
Management And General	181810	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	125322	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	39011	BOY
EOY	27033	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	600000	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	23204	BOY
EOY	15343	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	22245	BOY
EOY	22245	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	1149214	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	762281	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	402047	BOY
EOY	386933	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4596965	BOY
EOY	4123134	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5083472	BOY
EOY	5174688	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4543	BOY
EOY	13771	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4543	BOY
EOY	13771	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2477822	BOY
EOY	2595737	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1446032	BOY
EOY	1415176	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1155075	BOY
EOY	1150004	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5078929	BOY
EOY	5160917	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5083472	BOY
EOY	5174688	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	114039	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-32051	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1497201	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1053303	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	851719	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	332398	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1041091	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4775712	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	1497201	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	1053303	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	851719	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	332398	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1041091	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4775712	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	2940407	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	1835305	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	194430	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	210537	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	164085	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	154980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	134220	CurrentTaxYear
Total	858252	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	5633964	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	8798	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.32580	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.26690	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Ten Percent Test Current Year	X	TenPercentTestCurrentYear
Facts And Circumstances Test	Part II, Line 17b--The Society believes that it qualifies as a publicly supported organization pursuant to the 10% facts and circumstances test of Treasury Regulation 1.170A-9(e)(3) for the following reasons:The Society's public support ratio for 2011 and 2010 was 32.6% and 26.7% respectively, which is well above the 10% minimum and quite close to the one-third public support requirement.The Society will likely attract increased public support in the future because it maintains an active and continuous program for solicitation of funds from the public. The Society maintains an active presence on its web site, Facebook, and Twitter. Each of those communication channels is interactive and is used to communicate information that is relevant to the organizational mission and to actively solicit funds from the public. In addition, there are direct mail solicitations in the form of an annual newsletter and a calendar mailing which serves as the annual appeal. The Society also conducts a very successful on-line and direct mail campaign to raise money for the purchase of hay each year. "The Buy a Bale" campaign attracts individual, corporate, and foundation funding. Key staff is involved in personal outreach to donors and prospective donors in the non-stop effort to attract donations to the MSSPA. One key staff person writes grant applications to foundations and solicits support both in-kind and financial support from MSSPA vendors and community businesses.The Board of Directors of the Society represents a broad cross section of the public. The 2011 board of directors numbered 10 and had only one substantial contributor. The board was balanced in terms of gender, age, and profession with both actively working and retired individuals serving on the board. A sampling of members reveals everything from a retired legislator to a construction business owner, bank teller, and nurse practitioner as well as a teacher and a retired municipal code enforcement officer.The Society maintains an active charitable program of providing free care to endangered animals in need of protection from abuse and neglect and is widely recognized as one of the premier animal welfare programs in the State of Maine; In 2011 the MSSPA provided program services of rescue, rehabilitation, re-homing and sanctuary to more than 75 equines, 4 goats, 6 dogs, two pigs, and approximately two dozen domestic cats.The Society has attracted volunteer participation in its programs and activities by community leaders and members of the public with particular expertise in the field of animal welfare. Public volunteers, as many as 75, assisted the MSSPA by organizing t-shirt sales; donation can collections, and other fund-raising activities. Volunteers also assisted at special events like the Christmas Open House and Animal Well Fair doing tasks such as being greeters, handing out animal information sheets, serving cashiers at the merchandise or food tables. They also assisted with the content of the direct mail annual newsletter.The Society has a broadly based donor and membership body composed of approximately 4,900 individuals throughout the State of Maine and across the country who either donate without becoming members or who pay $20.00 for a regular membership, $10.00 for a junior membership, and $5.00 for a senior membership levels designed to make membership available to a broad cross-section of the interested public. Particularly at the holiday season, but at other times as well, individuals donate in the names of others or in memory of deceased individuals or animals. Memorial donations to commemorate both people and animals are increasingly popular.	FactsAndCircumstancesTest

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	4483014	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	258287	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	707846	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	19201	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	4014254	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	4734012	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	552444	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	784952	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	18490	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	4483014	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	4602193	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	658033	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	505718	OtherExpenditures
Administrative Expenses	20496	AdministrativeExpenses
End Of Year Balance	4734012	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated EOY Balance	0.39000	BoardDesignatedEOYBalance
Permanent Endowment EOY Balance	0.61000	PermanentEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	true	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	81090	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	81090	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	779446	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	503500	Depreciation
Book Value	275946	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	288678	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	258781	Depreciation
Book Value	29897	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	386933	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	1337873	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	1223834	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	114039	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	-26980	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Other	-$5,071	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	-32051	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	81988	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1286621	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	-26980	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Revenue Not Rptd F990	-26980	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	1313601	RevenueSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included	19201	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded
Other Revenues Not Included	5071	OtherRevenuesNotIncluded
Revenue Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	24272	RevenueNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	1337873	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	1204633	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Expenses Subtotal	1204633	ExpensesSubtotal
Investment Expenses Not Included2	19201	InvestmentExpensesNotIncluded2
Expenses Not Rptd On Fin Stmt	19201	ExpensesNotRptdOnFinStmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	1223834	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part XII, Line 4b	Part XII, Line 4b: Other revenue amounts included on 990 but not included in F/S	Change in value - perpetual trusts $5071
Part XI, Line 8	Part XI, Line 8: Other Changes in Net Assets or Fund Balances	Change in value - perpetual trusts $ -5071
Part V, Line 4	Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	Endowment funds are held for the general purposes of the Society.

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Marilyn Goodreau	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	Board member	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	14215	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	Animal care/board	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Explanation	A board member owns 2 farms personally and provides space at the farms for the boarding of 23 of the Society's horses and also provides other unreimbursed expenses. No amount is charged to the Society for the above mentioned activities and the amount of the expenses has not been provided in detail for 2011. Also in 2011 the Society paid for certain expenses for two horses owned by the board member which are also boarded at the above mentioned facilities owned by the board member. The Society estimated the amount paid by the Society for 2011 is $14,215. The board member reimbursed the Society for the cost incurred in 2011.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The Society makes available its Form 990 to the public. The Society makes available to the public its governing documents, policies or financial statements upon request.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	THE CEO REVIEWS FORM 990 PRIOR TO FILING.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 4	Form 990, Part VI, Line 4: Description of Significant Changes to Organizational Documents	The organization changed its bylaws in July 2011 which included changes to the responsibilities and duties of the Officers.