Hello Bully
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260447525
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4122351997
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $19,706
- Expenses
- $17,658
- Assets
- $229,853
- Liabilities
- $488
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CASSIE DILLINGER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAISY WISE (BOARD MEMBER)
- TINA ABBOTT (BOARD MEMBER)
- ALEXANDRA KEMPF-MALYS (SECRETARY)
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
Hello bully's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and repair the reputation of the american pit bull terrier; and to provide assistance to all companion animals of underserved communities with a goal of reducing overpopulation and preserving the human-animal bond.
What it reported doing in 2024
Pittsburgh pets/hello bully cares - the organization provides free vet clinics to underserved communities in the pittsburgh area. This serves all companion animals, and provides vaccines, vet consults, behavorial assistance, food, toys and the opportunity for spay and neuter.400 dogs were served in 2024.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 53.4%; rating input score 53
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.02; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 53.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.