ANIMAL HELP NOW (Formerly Animal Watch)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272034873
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Phone
3035430755
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,347
Expenses
$150,072
Assets
$22,343
Liabilities
$44,578

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Janet Ingvaldsen (Board President)
  • David Crawford (Board Secretary and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Janet Ingvaldsen (Board President)
  • Michael Neustedter (Board Treasurer)
  • David Crawford (Board Secretary and Executive Director)

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

Animal Help Now creates innovative apps that empower the public to assist animals in our communities who are in crisis or otherwise imperiled. The organization also educates the public about keeping animals in our communities safe from human threats.

What it reported doing in 2025

WILDLIFE EMERGENCY AND WILDLIFE CONFLICT SERVICES Animal Help Now's Wildlife Emergency service was accessed 150,394 times in 2025, a 20% increase over 2024. During the busy season (March-August), the service was accessed, on average, once a minute across the United States. Per usual, the animals most in need of help were birds and small mammals, no doubt due primarily to cat and dog attacks and window strikes for birds. Animal Help Now's Wildlife Conflict service was accessed 12,911 times in 2025, a 14% increase over 2024. As with wildlife emergencies, the top animal categories for "nuisance" wildlife issues were birds and small mammals, with bats, reptiles and skunks comprising an appreciable percentage. See www.AHNow.org for more information.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80

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: 2.8%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $120K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.