Animal Protection New Mexico

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850283292
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5052652322
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,162,108
Expenses
$3,230,172
Assets
$2,788,351
Liabilities
$353,260

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANNE COLLER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELISABETH JENNINGS (EXECUTIVE DI): $203,453 total reported compensation
  • KELLY FISCHER (CFO): $134,419 total reported compensation
  • JILL DIAMOND (CAO): $124,070 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To protect animals by creating systemic change resulting in the humane treatment of all animals. We create policies, infrastructure, and services that protect animals and strengthen our communities, and we design and implement humane and pragmatic solutions to seemingly intractable problems involving animals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Public assistance, education and outreach - includes providing free statewide animal cruelty helpline, consultation and problem-solving, delivering comprehensive virtual humane education curriculum called the animal connection, including the use of professionally-produced video lessons accessible to all (which helps fulfill many of the national common core educational standards all teachers strive to achieve with their students), managing the companion animal rescue effort (care) services that provide and expand financial assistance for emergency veterinary care and temporary safe boarding of companion animals for people escaping domestic violence, providing financial assistance to individuals statewide for equine feed, gelding and veterinary assistance, providing financial assistance to low-income individuals for spay/neuter procedures and vaccinations for cats and dogs in mora county, providing free resources on a wide variety of animal-related topics including comprehensive web-based information, public education seminars and outreach booths, distribution of printed materials and dissection alternatives for students, making plant- based foods more available and accessible to new mexicans by providing free plant-based foods to communities affected by economic hardship and lack of access to fresh foods, making plant-based foods more available by engaging restaurants, cafeterias, entertainment venues, institutions, and grocery stores to add plant-based options to their offerings, and partnering with other institutions to promote the many benefits of plant-based eating. The building humane communities program implements on-the-ground initiatives aimed at improving the welfare of animals. We identify and deliver support specific to the local needs and challenges of communities within each locality. These initiatives involve diverse community engagement in the planning and execution of focused outreach and support services by uniting residents, local leaders, and businesses to improve the welfare of animals. We have been able to advance effective solutions and enable sustainable change. We have expanded engagement with tribal communities across New Mexico to enhance animal protection outcomes on those sovereign nations, focusing on equines, dogs, and cats.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 75% for direct work, and 25% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 64.2%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

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: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 64.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $203K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.