Affordable Pet Care Group of Los Angeles

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815197114
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3236857131
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,988,684
Expenses
$5,122,766
Assets
$1,711,559
Liabilities
$1,149,764

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICTOR RAMIREZ (SENIOR VET/CEO)
  • TERI SHUCK (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • VICTOR RAMIREZ (SENIOR VET/CEO): $238,085 total reported compensation
  • GABRIELLA ROBBINS (MED. DIRECTOR): $212,768 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA MATA (DIRECTOR / VET.): $187,153 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the affordable pet care group of los angeles is to improve the veterinary community as a whole, from within, thereby making pet care more accessible and affordable.

What it reported doing in 2024

The affordable pet care group of los angeles works directly with the los angeles veterinary center. The mission is to improve the veterinary community as a whole, from within, thereby making pet care more accessible and affordable. The goals are 1. To provide a favorable work environment for veterinarians and staff. 2. To improve the standard of living for veterinarians and staff by decreasing the burden of student loan debt for doctors, by increasing historically low industry wages for technicians and support staff, and by providing above average benefits package for all employees. 3. To give general practitioners and staff appropriate training in holistically diagnosing and treating patients within the financial means of clients, by using standard hospital equipment. In 2024 we helped with 2,622 discounted services ranging from discounts on medication to heavily discounted life-saving surgical procedures. Total discounts totaled $182,138 in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 54.5%; rating input score 55; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $238K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 55/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.