Central California SPCA Fresno County Humane Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941207695
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Fresno, CA, USA
Phone
5592337722
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,428,553
Expenses
$3,842,861
Assets
$15,326,345
Liabilities
$178,384

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTHONY ANDRADE (President)
  • CATHRYN CHASE-MASON (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Janice Breech (Veterinarian): $132,686 total reported compensation
  • LINDA VAN KIRK (Executive Dir.): $117,005 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The central California s.p.c.a.'s (ccspca) mission is to provide protection, placement and education to ensure responsible animal care.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, 1,226 animals came into ccspcas shelter. Ccspcas low-cost vaccine clinic vaccinated 4,503 cats and dogs for rabies. Total vaccinations administered were 19,707. 122 animals were put into the foster care program. Humane officers investigated 183 complaints of abuse/cruelty/neglect, seized 56 animals, and submitted 4 cases to the district attorney. 315 pets were adopted, including 60 at off-site locations. Spay/neuter services department performed 271 spay/neuter surgeries for adopted animals, 1,598 low cost/low income spays/neuters for client owned animals, and 7,063 for rescue organizations. 2,075 life saving microchips were implanted. Other services provided include educating school-aged children throughout fresno county on pet responsibility and animal safety. Ccspca education staff provides free presentations to more than 30 schools that request programming, including dog bite prevention, pet responsibility, animal careers, spay/neuter awareness, and how to help animals. They offer multiple educational opportunities such as touring classes, special meeting presentations, safety classes for professionals, creative events, service learning projects, and many other special animal related requests from the community. The ccspca networks with rescue organizations located throughout California, and Oregon. 12 pets were transferred to rescue organizations. The ccspca is considered a limited admissions shelter as intake is limited to owner surrendered and humane investigation animals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 89
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.7%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 58.5%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -58.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.99; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.7% of revenue deployed · 58.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.