Doberman Pinscher Sos
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 342056296
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Tehachapi, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6618861721
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,330
- Expenses
- $53,752
- Assets
- $20,401
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN SCHIONNING (President)
People named in this filing
- SUSAN SCHIONNING (President)
- RUSS PISANO (Treasurer)
- DAWN CALLAHAN (Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Doberman Pinscher SOS provides care for abandoned Doberman Pinschers. We provide medical and behavioral rehabilitation for adoptable dogs and sanctuary for those dogs that are not likely to be adopted. We give precedence to senior Dobermans and to dogs of any age with special needs or those requiring short term intensive care. The dogs are rescued from shelters, turned in by owners, or given to us by other rescues that cannot provide the level of intervention needed for difficult cases. Each dog is evaluated for placement in carefully screened homes; our return rate is very low. We rescue an average of 4 Dobermans a month. 99% of donations go directly to supporting the Dobermans.
What it reported doing in 2024
Doberman Pinscher SOS provides care for abandoned Doberman Pinschers. We provide medical and behavioral rehabilitation for adoptable dogs and sanctuary for those dogs that are not likely to be adopted. We give precedence to senior Dobermans and to dogs of any age with special needs or those requiring short term intensive care. The dogs are rescued from shelters, turned in by owners, or given to us by other rescues that cannot provide the level of intervention needed for difficult cases. Each dog is evaluated for placement in carefully screened homes; our return rate is very low. We rescue an average of 4 Dobermans a month. 99% of donations go directly to supporting the Dobermans
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $34K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.