Friends For Las Vegas Police K-9s

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880272737
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,043
Expenses
$149,665
Assets
$55,337
Liabilities
$8,975

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Micheal Horn (President)
  • Rick Vorce (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Micheal Horn (President)
  • Rick Vorce (Vice President)
  • Dave Newton (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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Part III Line 1 - Schedule O

What it reported doing in 2018

Provides support and care of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department canine unit. Including veterinarian care of retired service units

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.5%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 41.2%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.5% of revenue deployed · 41.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2018
  • 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

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  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.