Hand Me Down Dobes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 311813889
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2010–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Columbus, OH, USA
Phone: 9373711795
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $83,338
Expenses: $82,456
Assets: $129,316
Liabilities: $582

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

BARBARA PRATER (TREASURER)
HEATHER HEJDUK (BOARD MEMBER)
MELISSA BOWMAN (BOARD CHAIRM)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organizations mission is to rescue, care for, and rehabilitate unwanted/homeless dobermans and place them into suitable loving homes, and to educate the public about the breed and appropriate pet care.

What it reported doing in 2024

To rescue, care for, and rehabilitate unwanted/homeless dobermans and place in suitable loving homes, and educate the public about the breed and appropriate pet care.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 79% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 87
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 50
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88

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 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.57; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $72K 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: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
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.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.