Foundation for Animals in Risk

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860832360
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5207223553
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$174,416
Expenses
$177,064
Assets
$394,350

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

FAIR's mission is to promote quality adoptions and improve the lives of animals and their families until there are no more homeless pets in Pima County.

What it reported doing in 2010

In 2010 FAIR rescued 250 dogs and 423 cats. Fair adopted out 224 dogs and 406 cats.Fair participated in the 2010 Arizona Animal Fair at Reid Park and the 2nd Annual Tucson Canine Classic at the UofA Mall both in Tucson, AZ. These events promote responsible pet ownership, provide education about animal rescue, and perform adoptions of rescued animals to the public.FAIR provides education for responsible pet ownership in the school system through the Pennies 4 Puppies program. The program includes visiting school classrooms with animals and a presentation. The children get involved by collecting pennies to donate to the animal rescue. In 2010 the children collected and donated $611.57 to FAIR.In an effort to keep animals in their current homes, throughout the year FAIR pays for emergency medical care, spay and neuter services, pet food, medicine and other pet supplies as needed. FAIR provides transportation to veterinary appointments for low income and homeless pet owners. FAIR also focuses on spay/neuter services for feral cat colonies in the community.FAIR saw an unusually large percentage of pets relinquished by owners in 2010 due to increased home foreclosures in Pima County.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $173K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.