Feral Cat Care of Owens Valley
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923295999
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- Lone Pine, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7606145255
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,737
- Expenses
- $11,547
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $2,294
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Jennifer Garrison (Director)
- Brandy Forbes (Treasurer)
- Diana Woods (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our primary mission is to reduce the number of feral cats in communities of the Owens Valley, CA. We use the best-practice technique that involves trapping, spay/neuter and return of feral cats, and we also provide funds to cover medical care for sick or diseased cats, vaccinations, and financial support for those who cannot afford TNR or other supporting services. Community services include education, trapping, rehoming, funding for low-cost vaccinations, and spay/neuter services for feral and semi-feral cats.
What it reported doing in 2025
We funded TNR or foster care for 92 cats in 2023-2024. Of the total, 54 were female spays, 38 were male castrations. The number includes 11 kittens, and two cats were humanely euthanized. Female cats can have up to four litters a year, which translates into at least 216 fewer kittens born in the Owens Valley in 2024-2025. We raised $7352, 30% less than the previous year, and at the same time cared for 30% more cats compared to the previous year. With only $5 left in our account, we will be seeking larger fundraising opportunities in 2025-2026.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -32.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd 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: 88.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -31% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.