Friends of Little Elm Animal Support

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883132469
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Little Elm, TX, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$174,173
Expenses
$162,941
Assets
$59,826

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jenny McCullough (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jenny McCullough (President)
  • Theresa Coyne (Treasurer)
  • Kathy Bowman (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose of our corporation is: Friends of Little Elm Animal Support FLEAS is an all-volunteer 501c3 nonprofit corporation serving Little Elm Texas and surrounding communities. The organizations mission is to improve animal welfare by supporting pet owners assisting municipal shelter efforts and promoting successful pet adoption and retention.

What it reported doing in 2025

FLEAS fulfills its mission through a twofold approach: Preventing pet surrenders by assisting families facing financial hardship or unexpected challenges through programs such as pet food assistance spay neuter support microchip clinics and other community resources. Supporting shelter animals and increasing adoptions through marketing initiatives adoption support volunteer assistance rescue partnerships and other shelter support programs. Through its Shelter Surrender Prevention Program and targeted shelter support efforts FLEAS works to reduce shelter intake numbers increase positive outcomes for animals and help pets remain in or find loving permanent homes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 115.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 78.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $152K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.