Fluff

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464549156
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6155046164
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,665
Expenses
$46,591
Assets
$31,114
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Polly C Jennings (President, Co-Founder)
  • Lorie A Van Olst (Vice President, Co-Founder)

People named in this filing

  • Polly C Jennings (President, Co-Founder)
  • Lorie A Van Olst (Vice President, Co-Founder)
  • Kathleen Terry-Sharp (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

FLUFF is a foster-based animal rescue organization. We primarily rescue orphaned kittens who are too young and need too much care to be in shelters or on the streets as well as kittens and cats in need of medical attention that shelters or other rescues are often unable to provide. We are not entirely a breed-specific rescue but we do focus our adult cat efforts on helping the very large in need Persian/Himilayan/Exotic Shorthair population.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the fiscal 2024-2025 year, FLUFF took 135 new kitties into the program and found homes for 117 kitties. We transferred two kitties to a sister foster who was better suited for them. Two remain in foster, and sadly, we lost eight to illness. Five of our kitties required serious medical care (>$,1000), and another six required care with costs between $500-$1,000. Our adoption fees are generally $200. Approximately 27 of our kitties had medical costs greater than the adoption fee.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K 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: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.