Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883617975
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Wilmington, NC, USA
Phone
9193021800
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$196,963
Expenses
$167,399
Assets
$75,409
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANELLE BABINGTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JANELLE BABINGTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $20,139 total reported compensation
  • PENNY EIMS (SECRETARY): $11,981 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Animal victory's program is dedicated to providing relief to animals affected by natural disasters or other crises, while also combating overpopulation and advocating for animal rights through various projects or initiatives.

What it reported doing in 2025

Begging for help: our distinctive funding initiative provides vital financial assistance for low-cost spay & neuter services for dedicated, sustainable, smaller groups & individuals within the u.s. Who tap into their resources to control the population of cats & dogs in their local communities. By spaying or neutering, the ultimate objective is to maintain a balanced population of these animals. This initiative contributes to the health & safety of communities & reduces animal cruelty by decreasing the number of stray animals on the streets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 54% for direct work, and 46% for grants.

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: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 24.9%; rating input score 25; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 63.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $163K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 25/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.