Fly Away Home Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383817915
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Palisades Park, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 2015194708
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $141,958
- Expenses
- $136,161
- Assets
- $7,113
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAMELA BERKOWITZ (CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER (CEO))
- DARA W HOFSTADTER (PRESIDENT)
- SANDY ADAMCZK (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAMELA BERKOWITZ (CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER (CEO))
- DARA W HOFSTADTER (PRESIDENT)
- SANDY ADAMCZK (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization is a rescue group dedicated to helping those animals most in need. The volunteer foster "parents and coordinators strive to find homes for the dogs and cats most overlooked at shelters older animals and those with special needs, be they medical or emotional. Though it often requires longer foster periods, they work hard to find these loving animals the forever homes they deserve. By endeavoring to place each dog or cat in the most suitable situation, where they will be an active and loved part of a family, they currently provide rescue services to dogs in the tri-state area of nj/ny/ct, as well as doing rescue missions in the southern states, where animals are given very little time in most county pounds before being killed. All their rescue animals are given full medical treatment, as well as being spayed/neutered prior to adoption. Says pam, the founder of fly away home, "many of these animals, despite dire
What it reported doing in 2023
Pet rescue and re-homing: the organization rescuesneglected, and abused animals and places them in fosterhomes until they become adopted by loving families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 18
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 17.8%; rating input score 18
- Program expense ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 19
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -70.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 88% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 137.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 17.8% of revenue deployed · 18.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.