Friends of the Shelter Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462468094
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Newcastle, OK, USA
Phone
4056644266
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing, Shelter N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,206
Expenses
$107,874
Assets
$4,356
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FARAH PAYTON-SNIDER (PRESIDENT/CAT COORDINATOR)
  • ALEX SANDOVAL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FARAH PAYTON-SNIDER (PRESIDENT/CAT COORDINATOR)
  • ALEX SANDOVAL (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JEANIE SKEEN (DOG COORDINATOR)

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

To save the ones that would never set foot outside the walls of a shelter; those that are sick, injured or overlooked due to breed discrimination, size or color. Our goal is to one day be put out of "business".

What it reported doing in 2025

Friends of the shelter foundation provides a safe haven for abandoned and neglected dogs and cats in the newcastle Oklahoma area. Dogs entering the program are vaccinated, microchipped, and spayed/neutered along with any other veterinary needs they may have like heartworms or parasites. Once dogs are rehabilitated they are placed in approved homes. For 2025 50 dogs and 172 cats were adopted through the program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.04; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.3% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.