2011-05-16T18:15:52-05:00 2010-06-30 PERKINS & COMPANY PC 1211 SW FIFTH AVE SUITE 1000 PORTLAND OR 972043710 990 2009-07-01 270646992 The Pongo Fund PONG 5039397555 PO Box 8244 Portland OR 97207 Larry Chusid 5039397555 2011-05-14 1 Roy Abramowitz 5032210336 2009 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z X Larry Chusid PO Box 8244 Portland OR 97207 501697 0 X www.thepongofund.org X 2009 OR The Pongo Fund donates emergency pet food to families that cannot afford to keep their pets fed, protecting these animals from starving, suffering, ending up in a shelter or being euthanized when hunger is their only enemy. 4 4 0 0 0 0 499624 0 73 33 499730 0 0 0 0 0 314796 314796 184934 184934 0 184934 THE PONGO FUND DONATES EMERGENCY PET FOOD TO FAMILIES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP THEIR PETS FED; PROTECTING THESE ANIMALS FROM STARVING, SUFFERING, ENDING UP IN A SHELTER OR BEING EUTHANIZED WHEN HUNGER IS THEIR ONLY ENEMY. MORE THAN ONE MILLION MEALS DONATED TO DATE. 0 0 144806 FOR FAMILIES THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO FEED THEIR PETS THE CONSEQUENCES AREGREATER THAN JUST AN EMPTY STOMACH. MANY FOUR-LEGGED FAMILY MEMBERS WILL SUFFER AND STARVE WHILE COUNTLESS MORE WILL BE SURRENDERED TOALREADY OVERBURDENED SHELTERS AND EUTHANIZED. FAMILIES WILL BE TORN APART SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY PET FOOD. THE PONGO FUND EMERGENCY PET FOOD BANK FIGHTS HUNGER IN THE COMMUNITY FOR BOTH PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS AND KEEPS FAMILIES TOGETHER BY DONATING QUALITY DOG AND CAT FOOD FOR STARVING ANIMALS. MORE THAN ONE MILLION MEALS DONATED TO DATE. 169990 HUMAN FOOD BANKS EASE THE HUNGER OF PEOPLE IN NEED. BUT WHAT ABOUTTHEIR PETS? THE PONGO FUND EMERGENCY PET FOOD BANK STATEWIDEDISTRIBUTION NETWORK FIGHTS HUNGER THROUGHOUT OREGON BY DONATINGQUALITY DOG AND CAT FOOD TO DOZENS OF HUMAN-FOCUSED EMERGENCY FOODAGENCIES AND ESTEEMED CHARITIES INCLUDING OREGON FOOD BANK AND THEIRREGIONAL FOOD BANK NETWORK, SALVATION ARMY, SNOW-CAP COMMUNITY CHARITIES, POTLUCK IN THE PARK, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, TRANSITION PROJECTS, SUNSHINE PANTRY, UNION GOSPEL MISSION, MEALS ON WHEELS AND PORTLAND ADVENTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES. THESE AGENCIES AND MORE RELY ON THE PONGO FUND TO SUPPLY THE LIFESAVING PET FOOD THAT THEY IN TURN REDISTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN FRAGILE CLIENTS. ULTIMATELY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE LIFESAVING FOOD THEY NEED FOR BOTH THEMSELVES AND THEIR PETS. MORE THAN ONE MLLLION MEALS DONATED TO DATE. THE PONGO FUND MANAGES A UNIQUE AND COLLABORATIVE HUNGER RESPONSENETWORK BRIDGING THE PREVIOUSLY IGNORED GAP THAT IMPACTS FAMILIES WHEN BOTH THEY AND THEIR PETS ARE WITHOUT FOOD. WE ARE THE PRIMARY EMERGENCY PET FOOD REFERRAL RESOURCE FOR MAJOR OREGON AGENCIES INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, UNITED WAY/211 INFO, OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY AND OREGON FOOD BANK. The organization also received in-kind contributions for program services as follows:Legal $6,000Warehouse/Distribution $12,915Office $210Technology/Design $28,650Rent $42,120Volunteers $800Labor $67,200 314796 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 OR X Larry Chusid 5039397555 PO Box 8244 Portland OR 97207 X Larry Chusid 50.00 X X 0 0 0 A Stanley Bland 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Marilynn Murray-Jensen 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chris Oxley 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 499624 428542 499624 73 73 2000 1967 33 33 499730 33 0 73 891 891 163 163 212 212 775 775 399 399 34 34 749 749 food 304238 304238 freight 2590 2590 Warehouse/distribution 2018 2018 Gas/Parking 1111 1111 security 638 638 978 978 314796 314796 0 0 47464 137470 0 184934 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 184934 0 184934 0 184934 X 0 0 0 X 499624 499624 499624 499624 499624 73 73 499697 2000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X 1 428542 RETAIL VALUE 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11 A copy of Form 990 AND CT-12 was provided to each board member before it was filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c To ensure The Pongo Fund (the "Company") operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews shall be conducted. The periodic reviews shall, at a minimum, include the following subjects: a. Whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining. b. Whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to the Company's written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes and do not result in inurement, impermissible private benefit or in an excess benefit transaction. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND TAX RETURNS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.