Detroit Community Cat Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872054651
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
2489043403
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,118
Expenses
$25,127
Assets
$22,397
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jodi Newton (Secretary)
  • May Walsh (Member at large)
  • Michelle Miele (Treasurer)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Detroit community cat rescue strives to Promote and provide cat rescue, adoption, Trap-neuter-return, education and policy change to help save stray and feral cats in the city of Detroit. To create a more equitable, just and diverse rescue community for rescuers. To change the approach to rescue as we know it to better the lives of rescuers and felines. To create a rescue organization where all folks feel empowered and welcome to save feline lives. Our programs include stray cat rescue and trap neuter programs. Adoption and foster services. Surrender services. Cat care, cat advocacy and, trap neuter return free educational classes for children/young adults and adults. A section of the rescue time and budget used to research and work with government and community organizations to change the law, regulation and approach to cat rescue and ownership.

What it reported doing in 2022

Our programs include stray cat rescue and trap neuter programs. Adoption and foster services. Surrender services. Cat care, cat advocacy and, trap neuter return free educational classes for children/young adults and adults. A section of the rescue time and budget used to research and work with government and community organizations to change the law, regulation and approach to cat rescue and ownership. We have adopted out or TNR'd 191 cats in 2022.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.4%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.