Animal Service League Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382765687
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Dowagiac, MI, USA
Phone
2697826352
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,725
Expenses
$3,300
Assets
$9,119
Liabilities
$799

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lois Karasek (President/Treasurer)
  • Carolyn Goodman (Vice-President/Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Lois Karasek (President/Treasurer)
  • Carolyn Goodman (Vice-President/Secretary)
  • Connie Plucienik (Steering Committee)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fostering and re-homing homeless dogs and cats; providing food, housing and needed medical expenses, including vaccinations, spaying and neutering and any extraordinary medical care needed, such as heartworm treatment, surgery as may be needed for injuries or illnesses. We also provide individual training and behavior counseling as requested.

What it reported doing in 2020

During 2020, we assisted pet caretakers with spaying and neutering 14 dogs and cats, thereby reducing the future potential of hundreds of excess kittens and puppies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.3%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 95%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.3% of revenue deployed · 95% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.