PIGS INC A SANCTUARY
EIN 55-0724626 · Animal Protection and Welfare
What they do
PIGS, INC, A SANCTUARY is ORGANIZED EXCLUSIVELY for CHARITABLE and EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.THE SANCTUARY is A PLACE of REFUGE to ABUSED, ABANDONED, NEGLECTED or UNWANTED ANIMALS. THE SANCTUARY SPECIALIZES IN THE CARE of POT-BELLIED and DOMESTIC PIGS, BUT SHELTERS OTHER FARM, EQUINE and DOMESTIC ANIMALS AS WELL. TYPICALLY, ANIMALS RESIDING AT THE SANCTUARY HAVE COMPLICATED MEDICAL AND/OR EMOTIONAL NEEDS, A HISTORY of ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT, DISEASES or AILMENTS RELATED to FACTORY FARMING or GENETIC ENGINEERING, and ARE OFTEN CONSIDERED "UN-ADOPTABLE". THE SANCTUARY SEEKS to FIND FOREVER HOMES for MANY ANIMALS, BUT SERVES AS A PERMANENT HOME for FIVE-HUNDRED+ UN-ADOPTABLE ANIMALS ON ANY GIVEN DAY.PIGS WORKS to EXPOSE THE CRUELTIES of THE DOMESTIC and FARM ANIMALS THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL TOURS and EVENTS, MEDIA EXPOSURE, PARTICIPATION WITH SELECT ANIMAL PROTECTION AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT and PRIVATE ENTITIES.
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MELISSA SUSKOEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DR MICHAEL GAST DVMDIRECTOR
JIMMA CROCKETTDIRECTOR
PATRICIA GRANTSECRETARY
RON ALLISONPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Location
- 1112 PERSIMMON LANE, SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV 25443
- County
- Jefferson
- In care of
- MELISSA SUSKO
- Primary officer
- MELISSA SUSKO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2016
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2016
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- HAN GROUP LLC
- IRS tax category
- Animal Protection and Welfare
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2020