Chappy & Friends
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821515583
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Naperville, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2126410203
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,289
- Expenses
- $140,109
- Assets
- $50,812
- Liabilities
- $39,206
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert Bills (Founder and President)
People named in this filing
- Robert Bills (Founder and President)
- Karen Horvath (Director)
- David Anastos (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Preventing Cruelty to Animals
What it reported doing in 2025
Chappy & Friends was excited to welcome a project in Central America. The project had been approached by a US-based foundation that wanted to lend support but needed a 501(c)(3) to be able to proceed. The project is run by a US Citizen living there. They provide spay-neuter and immunization clinics to local pets. Nearly all of the $12,000 grant was spent there to support these documented expenses. We also were happy to help a first ever dog rescue in a county in Eastern TX. Total grants to this project were in the $32,000 range. Through us they were able to raise significant sums to build buildings and runs to house and exercise the dogs. Another notable project is Melody's Haven of Hope for discarded work horses with nowhere to go. They are cared for and rehabilitated. Local children are invited out to visit routinely. We were able to pass along support of about $18,000 this year. We continue to provide service to an animal hospital, a forensic veterinary investigator, and a number of other worthy projects around the United States.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.77; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.5% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $131K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.