Cheetah Outreach Trust USA Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 995117861
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6195185590
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $128,572
- Expenses
- $97,467
- Assets
- $50,042
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ron Magill (Director/President)
People named in this filing
- Alan Binder (Director/Treasurer)
- Beth Newman (Director/Secretary)
- Lily Maynard (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
Support efforts to protect free roaming Cheetahs, Leopards, Wild Dogs and Hyenas in Southern Africa.
What it reported doing in 2025
The corporation was able to grant $85,000 to Cheetah Outreach Trust SA during the current fiscal year. The funds will be used to collar and track free roaming Cheetahs, import puppies to be bred and/or be trained to guard herds of sheep, goats or cattle from predators such as Cheetahs, Leopards, Hyenas and Wild Dogs. The funds will also be used to cover daily operating expenses for Cheetah Outreach SA.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 91% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96
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: 24.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 144.3% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 90.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $93K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.