Coalition of Animal Rescue Transporters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 874064878
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Little Rock, AR, USA
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,053
- Expenses
- $112,473
- Assets
- $28,413
- Liabilities
- $186
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- June Thomas (President and Board Member)
People named in this filing
- June Thomas (President and Board Member)
- Harold Thomas (Treasurer)
- Beth Boyd (Board Member)
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
The mission of the Coalition of Animal Rescue Transporters CART is to collaborate and share opportunities to transport rescue animals from shelters and rescues to the same in other states that have more adoption demand than in the Coalition members home area. CART acts as a service provider to Coalition members assisting with: Client management finding new destination partners and finalizing transport relationships; Initial transport planning and logistics; Maintenance of Best Practice Standards developing a high-quality transport program shared by members; and Funding primarily by grants from third parties. The objective of this Coalition is to provide a meaningful collaboration to increase lifesaving and meet shared missions. This collaboration represents a relationship beyond simple transfer of animals and includes opportunities for information sharing educational assistance and other efforts.
What it reported doing in 2025
Financial Support for Transport Programs of Coalition Members: CART provides services to CART Coalition members to facilitate and streamline their programs to transport adoptable animals out of Arkansas. Besides managing relationships with destination partners in other states and providing planning and logistical assistance CART provides funding to these members as monies are available. CART experienced an exceptional year in 2025 supported in large part by a major grant from PetSmart Charities. This enabled CART to fund 77 transports that moved 2,399 animals compared to 1,195 in 2024 while delivering remarkable efficiency: 97 cents of every dollar spent in 2025 went directly to our members. The funds were primarily awarded for payments to support transport costs and vehicle-related expenses reimbursement for health certificates and reimbursement for spay neuter surgery. Separately supplies for animals were provided. In 2025 CART spent $109,422 in these categories.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Member-benefit provider. The nonprofit used 100% of its reported program spending for member benefits.
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 and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.2%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
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: 16.7%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.2% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $109K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.