Happy Tails Happy Homes
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 275325873
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Bellingham, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3603936022
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,860
- Expenses
- $154,486
- Assets
- $115,744
- Liabilities
- $14,292
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNA SAMORA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JENNA SAMORA (PRESIDENT)
- LAURA WILLIAMS (VICE-PRESIDE)
- KATIE DUNNE (TREASURER)
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
Happy tails happy homes is a nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to protecting and serving the well-being of animals and fostering positive relationships between people and animals. We are an at-home foster program-no shelters, no offices, and no paid staff. All of the money donated goes directly to our animals. We specialize in saving the underdogs, those with medical or behavioral challenges that need additional support and a second chance.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization advanced its mission of rescuing and rehoming homeless dogs through an extensive community outreach and adoption program. During the year, the organization hosted 30 adoption-focused events, including recurring partnerships with paws for a beer and petsmart, as well as community events with local businesses and nonprofit partners. Additional fundraising and awareness activities included trivia nights, puppy yoga events, a valentine's celebration, participation in a mardi gras parade, the puppy bowl, race for the underdogs 5k, dog days of summer, the whatcom county home show, a holiday auction, and pictures with santa. These events increased public awareness of animal welfare, connected prospective adopters with rescue dogs, strengthened community partnerships, and generated critical support for rescue operations. As a direct result of these efforts, 247 dogs were placed into loving permanent homes during the year.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
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: 12.2%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.