Happy Trails Animal Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463397461
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
4072707074
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal-Related N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$192,421
Expenses
$139,581
Assets
$84,578
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erin Swilley (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Erin Swilley (Executive Director)
  • Gwen Kelemen (Board Member)
  • Larry SanAngelo (Board Chair)

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

We are an animal rescue organization. We rescue animals in need from local animal control shelters and get them veterinary care and training to make them adoptable. We also operate a community resource center to provide resources to pet owners including a pet food pantry, free dog training programs, free grooming, assistance with vet bills and other resources to help keep pets in their homes safe and healthy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Last year we assisted over 20,000 dogs and families in Central Florida.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.8%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 9

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: 27.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.8% of revenue deployed · 9.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • 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 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.