Brody Project for Animal Assisted Therapy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274534832
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Naples, FL, USA
Phone
2393259328
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,628
Expenses
$56,829
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN LASKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BRIAN BONACCI (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • LORI ANDERSEN (VICE PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KAREN LASKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BRIAN BONACCI (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • LORI ANDERSEN (VICE PRESIDENT, 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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The brody project for animal assisted therapy, inc's primary exempt purpose is providing qualified animal assisted therapy teams (consisting of a therapy animal and its owner/handler ("aat teams") to facilities that provide treatment to children and adults. The brody project recruits and coordinates aat teams who work with social workers, physical, occupational, speech and recreational therapists, nurses and other health care providers and human service professionals, who identity specific therapeutic and/or rehabilitation goals for their patients. In addition to providing aat teams, the brody project's mission is to promote a deeper understanding of the importance of the human-animal bond and its proven benefits in enhancing human health by hosting informative community events including workshops and seminars featuring local, national, and international speakers specializing in the field of the human-animal bond

What it reported doing in 2013

Provided highly trained therapy animals with their owners/handlers to assist health and human services professionals in reaching their client goals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -52.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.