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US nonprofit · EIN 453595537 · Fargo, NDiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 453595537) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2011.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Cats Cradle Shelter Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$725k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$280k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$1.9m
$3k liabilities
Net assets
$1.9m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
8.3 years on average
Staff
3
90 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
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Cats Cradle Shelter Inc's network

6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Amber SchafferDirector2018
8 yrs
Carol StefonekPresident2018
8 yrs
Dr Lisa ChristensonDirector2018
8 yrs
Gail Adams-VentzkeExecutive Director2019
7 yrs
Gary LarsonTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Jill FrederickDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Gail Adams-VentzkeExecutive Director2018
Sarah SchweigertVeterinarian Tech2024

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Gail Adams-VentzkeExecutive Director40$51k
Amber SchafferDirector1$0
Carol StefonekPresident20$0
Gary LarsonTreasurer5$0
Jill FrederickDirector5$0
Dr Lisa ChristensonDirector1$0

About

Legal name
Cats Cradle Shelter Inc
EIN
453595537
Address
9 9th St S, Fargo, ND, 58103-1830
State
North Dakota
Mission
Our main focus is on rescuing adoptable cats from the three local pounds, and preventing their euthanasia. Our mission is to educate the citizens of our community in the proper and humane care of not only cats, but all animals. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
D20 Animal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Animal-Related
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2011
Principal officer
Carol Stefonek (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
8, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAmber Schaffer
≥8years on the filingsCarol Stefonek
≥8years on the filingsDr Lisa Christenson
≥8years on the filingsGary Larson

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$1.9m
Total liabilities
$3k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.9m
Contributions and grants received
$563k
Program service revenue
$94k
Employees
3
Volunteers
90

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$696k$286k$410k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.