Handsome Dan's Rescue for Pit Bull Type Dogs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461641378
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cranston, RI, USA
Phone
4013382590
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,446
Expenses
$102,722
Assets
$146,627
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Heather Gutshall (President)

People named in this filing

  • Erin Hough (Director)
  • Keith Authelet (Director)
  • Mark Paradise (Director)

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

To assist with the placement, care, shelter, training, and overall well being of canines in local shelters and other facilities throughout the State of Rhode Island.

What it reported doing in 2024

Handsome Dan's Rescue assisted with the placement, care, shelter, training and overall well being of canines in local shelters and other faciities throughout the State of Rhode Island. Foster homes and enrichment to shelter dogs were also provided.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 19.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.