Animal Friends of the Valleys Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330276892
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Wildomar, CA, USA
Phone
9516740618
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,421,681
Expenses
$7,143,899
Assets
$10,286,971
Liabilities
$3,099,328

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TAMMI BOYD (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC SAMMONS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTINE ANDERSON (DIRECTOR): $32,757 total reported compensation
  • MARCENE CARRE (SECRETARY): $10,351 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to promoting humane care of animals through education and a humane, pro-active animal services program. Committed to preventing the suffering of animals and to ending pet overpopulation for the communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide care for homeless & stray animals. Shelter & make animals available by screening for new adopted homes. Provide funds & support for low cost spay/neuter programs. Provide animal care, education, spay/neuter funds, foster, board & care for homeless, lost animals. Provide management necessary for the services that benefit the entire community by taking care of homeless, lost, stray & abused animals. Cared for 9887 live animals, answered 27,067 calls, drove 162,609 miles to respond to service calls. Offered $152,422 in spay/neuter vouchers for the publics pets and feral cat population. 6,342 volunteers provided 31,850 hours of service to the organization. Placed 324 animals into foster care. Sold 22,507 licenses to residents served.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $33K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.