Abbe Freeland Animal Sanctuary Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161304931
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Angelica, NY, USA
Phone
7164814954
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,247
Expenses
$97,985
Assets
$131,764
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Todd Dobmeier (President)
  • Margret Spittler (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Todd Dobmeier (President)
  • Margret Spittler (Vice President)
  • Darlene Russell (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rehabilitation of injured and orphaned wildlife. We respond to the need of injured and orphaned wildlife 24hr/day, 365days/yr. We accept most wildlife with beavers and Porcupines rehab being our specialty. We are one of the only Beaver rehab centers in NY State. Most Native mammals and most birds are accepted at our facility. We serve 200 to 250 people per year.

What it reported doing in 2025

Education: Our objective is to enlighten the public and foster appreciation for our native wildlife in the State. We educate through site tours in which the public interacts with the facilities non-releasable wild ones. We share our knowledge with Zoo's, wildlife centers, Fish & Game Departments and other Rehaber's. We serve 80 to 100 people/year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.