Friends Foreevery A Cat Sanctuary
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800290707
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Auburn, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5308854228
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,590
- Expenses
- $162,024
- Assets
- $21,767
- Liabilities
- $4,301
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shirley A Hartford (President)
- Beth Fehr (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Shirley A Hartford (President)
- Beth Fehr (Vice President)
- J Lynn Hartford (Treasurer)
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
Friends Forever A Cat Sanctuary (FFACS) started rescuing cats in 2008; by the end of 2018 the organization had rescued a total of 2,897 cats and kittens. In 2018 there were 263 cats and kittens rescued, mostly from the public. Since its inception, medical care has been provided to these cats; they are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, tested for communicable diseases, microchiped for identification and socialized in preparation for adoption. The number of cats and kittens adopted out in 2018 was 275.
What it reported doing in 2018
Friends Forever A Cat Sanctuary (FFACS) started rescuing cats in 2008; by the end of 2018 the organization had rescued a total of 2,897 cats and kittens. In 2018 there were 263 cats and kittens rescued, mostly from the public. Since its inception, medical care has been provided to these cats; they are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, tested for communicable diseases, microchiped for identification and socialized in preparation for adoption. The number of cats and kittens adopted out in 2018 was 275. The cats and kittens are kept in foster homes until they are three months old. Once the cats and kittens have been spayed or neutered and are healthy, they are brought to the FFACS Cat Adoption Center in Auburn. The Adoption Center and Thrift Shop (??? The Cat??? s Meow???) opened in September 2012 and was expanded in 2013. In 2018 the average per day sales in the Thrift Shop was $220, which is a 5.3% increase over 2017. In 2018 FFACS continued to feed three feral cat colonies ranging from two to 8 or 10 cats. There were ongoing training sessions for new and current volunteers at the Adoption Center and the Thrift Shop. All the program work for FFACS is done by unpaid volunteers. We maintain a no-kill policy and a cage free environment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th 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 · $165K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 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
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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.