Dachshund Rescue of Houston

What it reported doing in 2024

Dachshund rescue of houston (droh) is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, and re-homing dachshunds and dachshund mixes in need of a second chance at life and love. Dogs are accepted from shelters, pounds, and private owners, which also helps alleviate the burden on local animal shelters. Droh maintains a lifetime commitment to every dog it rescues, ensuring any dog adopted through the program can return to droh if needed. In 2024, droh rescued 59 dachshunds and dachshund mixes (14 puppies, 43 adults, and 2 seniors). An additional 3 dogs were returned to droh under our lifetime commitment policy. All rescued dogs received immediate veterinary evaluation and care, including spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchipping, and any necessary medical treatment. Droh covered veterinary costs until adoption. Veterinary and direct dog care expenses accounted for 85% of all organizational spending, averaging 1,132 per dog. Droh successfully placed 59 dogs into permanent adoptive homes in 2024, with 3 additional adoptions finalized in early 2025. A network of 87 approved foster homes (7 of which foster regularly) provided safe and supportive environments where dogs received medical care and behavioral evaluation prior to adoption. Drohs operations were carried out entirely by volunteers; the organization had 378 listed volunteers in 2024, with 17 serving in key roles such as adoption coordination, transportation, fundraising, accounting, and grant writing. Fundraising and outreach activities contributed to drohs success in 2024. Events included the world series of dogs, karbach dachtoberfest (3 consecutive sundays), kendra scott fundraisers (2 events), giving tuesday, ruthies go texan days, holler brewery dog racing, sam houston raceway dog racing, and a robertson elementary awareness event. Collectively, these efforts generated 17,967 in donations to support veterinary and foster care. Droh remains a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit organization with no paid employees. In 2024, the organization continued to utilize virtual home visits and meet-andgreets as part of its adoption process, ensuring safety and accessibility while maintaining a high standard of screening for adoptive families.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 25.5%; rating input score 25
• Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 71%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.13; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings