Animal Welfare Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221752792
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Voorhees, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 8564242288
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,554,360
- Expenses
- $4,926,445
- Assets
- $13,909,777
- Liabilities
- $2,171,137
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jonathan Furlow (President)
- Stephen Cohen (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Laura Houston (Executive Dir.): $133,900 total reported compensation
- Maria Giorla (CFO): $101,192 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Animal Welfare Association's mission is to eliminate animal suffering, promote the importance of the human-animal bond, and improve the role of animals in the well-being of people.Animal Welfare Association's vision is to be "A Place Where Happiness Begins" by helping to create a compassionate community, by serving as a resource for pet lovers/pet owners in need, and by envisioning achieving zero tolerance for companion animals needlessly suffering and dying in our South Jersey community. AWA's history demonstrates a continuing commitment to reaching beyond its facility walls to achieve its mission and vision, believing that a compassionate community should look to enhance the lives of all in the community, including the most vulnerable pets and people.By redefining how AWA will serve as a resource for pets/pet lovers/pet owners in need, AWA believes it will transform the organization into a Center for Excellence a national leader in the field of animal welfare.Animal Welfare Associati
What it reported doing in 2024
AWA serves as a safety net for the areas most vulnerable pets. AWA acts as a support system for overcrowded shelters by receiving transports of animals from within our local region as well as shelters across the nation. AWA also supports several international efforts including receiving dogs from South Korea. In 2024, 1,623 animals got a second chance through AWAs transport program.Our comprehensive veterinary, behavioral rehabilitation, rehoming intervention/support and pet retention initiatives have saved over 20,000 dogs, cats and small mammals since 2013During 2024 AWA maintained a 96% save rate with 2,476 homless pets finding forever homesIn addition the shelter works to provide support to prevent pet rehoming when possible through programs such as our Pet Food Pantry and helps to safely and responsibily provide rehoming services when needed through our Rehoming team.The AWA Pet Food Pantry provides free food to community members who need help to keep their pets in their homes. In 2023 over 3,288 households were providedwith free food. In 2024 2,546 pets were safely taken in through our rehoming team and over 1,500 clients were provided supportive counseling
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - 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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: -8.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.