Guinea Pig Sanctuary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831378251
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Salisbury, MA, USA
Phone
9782557569
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$197,638
Expenses
$195,469
Assets
$30,928
Liabilities
$27,556

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KIMIE SMOTHERMON (DIRECTOR)
  • JACQUELINE RANGER (VET COORDINA)
  • ANGELA SMITH (OUTREACH COO)

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

Purpose of organization is to have a sanctuary for guinea pigs. For the operation of an emotional support small animal rescure. We provide boarding, adoptions and general care. We run a community resource for all guinea pigs to help to maintain a safe environment for all animals and their owners.

What it reported doing in 2025

Purpose of organization is to have a sanctuary for guinea pigs. We provide boarding, adoptions and general care. We run a community resource for all guinea pigs to help to maintain a safe environment for all animals and their owners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.9%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $195K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.