Hearts and Hands 4 Paws

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870991442
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Parkersburg, WV, USA
Phone
3044886217
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,233
Expenses
$86,741
Assets
$31,101
Liabilities
$11,174

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kimberly McCoy (President and Director)
  • Cynthia Buckingham (Vice President and Director)

People named in this filing

  • Kimberly McCoy (President and Director)
  • Cynthia Buckingham (Vice President and Director)
  • Edward Lee Buckingham (Treasurer and 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide support and resources to allow animals to remain in homes, reduce animal over-population, and aid animal welfare organizations. Virtually all of our expenses involve assisting needy animal owners with veterinary care which we pay directly to the veterinary care provider. The revenue to support our programs primarily comes from donations, grants, and fundraising.

What it reported doing in 2025

We assisted needy pet owners by providing $85,420 in payments to veterinary care and other providers in response to requests received. These payments benefitted 586 pet owners and 654 animals. This assistance included helping pet owners with direct veterinary and food assistance and helping with the spaying/neutering of their pets. The majority of spay/neuter services were provided at low cost spay/neuter clinics and we paid 100%.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -38.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.