Fixin the Coast

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841843941
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Saucier, MS, USA
Phone
2286970212
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal-Related N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,620
Expenses
$77,662
Assets
$25,350
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lucinda Arceneaux (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lucinda Arceneaux (Vice President)
  • Barbara Donald (Treasurer)
  • Lori Buhring (Community Relations and 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

Fixin the Coast is an all volunteer organization and the premier spay/neuter organization in Harrison County providing a broad spectrum of spay/neuter solutions to reduce the number of unwanted or homeless cats. We offer low cost spay/neuter vouchers for friendly community cats which are ear tipped for identification, pet spay/neuter vouchers when available, and foster and adopt out kittens from the streets of South MS which are all fixed prior to adoption. This year we supported the Animal Control Officers in several municipalities to provide spay/neuter services and educational opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Fixin the Coast is an all volunteer organization and the premier spay/neuter organization in Harrison County providing a broad spectrum of spay/neuter solutions to reduce the number of unwanted or homeless cats. We offer low cost spay/neuter vouchers for friendly community cats which are ear tipped for identification, pet spay/neuter vouchers when available, and foster and adopt out kittens from the streets of South MS which are all fixed prior to adoption. This year we supported the Animal Control Officers in several municipalities to provide spay/neuter services and educational opportunities. Harrison County had an approximate population of 216,066 in 2025. The total number of cats sterilized in 2025 was 1422.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.4% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.