Cats Alive

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843430066
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Fort White, FL, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,733
Expenses
$26,544
Assets
$2,408

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHONTELLE BROWN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHONTELLE BROWN (PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cats alive reduces preventable cat deaths and overpopulation by providing spay-neuter surgeries, vaccinations and other life-saving medical treatments for outdoor cats and kittens in the underserved rural community of fort white, Florida. We remove all barriers for the caregivers - physical limitations, transportation and financial, allowing them access to veterinary care. We believe all cats deserve the highest quality care, regardless of their caregiver's financial situation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cats alive significantly reduced preventable cat deaths and helped control outdoor cat overpopulation in the underserved rural community of fort white, Florida by providing high-quality spay and neuter surgeries, vaccinations, and other essential medical treatments to feral cats and kittens.the organization removes key barriers that often prevent caregivers from accessing veterinary services including financial hardship, transportation challenges, and physical limitations. By ensuring these caregivers can obtain necessary care for the cats they support, cats alive improves animal welfare, promotes public health, and strengthens the overall well-being of the community.cats alive is committed to the belief that every cat deserves access to compassionate, high-quality veterinary care, regardless of a caregivers financial circumstances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -611.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.