A Life to Live Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471817617
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Baytown, TX, USA
Phone
8322178323
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,174
Expenses
$192,003
Assets
$68,573
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAY GARRETT JR (BOARD PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAY GARRETT JR (BOARD PRESIDENT): $500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We have a no-kill mission to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs abandoned and/or placed in kill shelters, while also providing life-saving programs and services to keep pets and their people together. Through outreach, education and service, we provide cats and dogs with an opportunity to live their full lives.

What it reported doing in 2019

Foster program: we enrolled 748 cats and dogs through rescue efforts within the city of baytown with the primary focus of saving shelter animals from the risk of euthanasia at baytown animal control. We provide every animal in our care with veterinary services that include: vaccines, spay/neuter, microchip and other veterinary services necessary to ensure good health.community cat program: we rescued and serviced 438 community cats within the city of baytown, 432 of which were saved from being euthanized at baytown animal control. We provided each cat with vaccinations, spay/neuter services, a microchip, ear-tip identification and other necessesay veterinary services to ensure good health. Adoption services: we adopted out 284 cats and dogs into loving homes. Each cat and dog was provided with veterinary services that included spay/neuter, vaccines, microchip, and other necessary services to ensure good health.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 44.2%; rating input score 44
  • Fundraising efficiency: $130.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -58.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 44.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $500 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

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  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.