Canine Support Teams Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330434821
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Murrieta, CA, USA
Phone
9513013625
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,444,694
Expenses
$1,454,667
Assets
$658,791
Liabilities
$213,530

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DARRYL HOWARD (DIRECTOR/CEO)
  • CAROL ROQUEMORE (FORMER CEO)
  • BRENDA MARTINI O'LOUGHLIN (PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY POWERS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DARRYL HOWARD (DIRECTOR/CEO): $145,251 total reported compensation
  • CAROL ROQUEMORE (FORMER CEO): $100,726 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY REID (DIRECTOR): $6,129 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide specially trained dogs to persons with disabilities to support their personal, social and occupational independence.

What it reported doing in 2025

Each year an average of 30 dogs are placed with clients. These dogs are with us from puppy stage until they pass all required tests to become a service dog. These dogs are trained to do tasks such as open and close doors and cabinets, pick up dropped items (retrieval), basic obedience, etc. Our organization uses volunteers and full-time staff to train and care for the dogs throughout the process. Volunteers are needed during the puppy stage to care for the dogs as if they were their own and start the training process. Once the dog is ready for more advanced training, we utilize volunteers from the local men's and women's prisons and our own staff to facilitate the training. Approximately 20 dogs are currently being trained at the prisons and the rest are at our facility. All volunteers are under the supervision of our organization's trainers. At our facility we follow specific guidelines to care for and train all of our dogs. The more care we take with training our service dogs the better they will be for our beloved clients. The best part of what we do is releasing our service dogs to their new owners. The joy on both our clients and the dogs' faces are priceless. Our clients need the best trained dogs possible in order to help them enjoy life more independently.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $16.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.