Help Animals India

What it reported doing in 2025

Sarnath we supported a one-month spay/neuter, vaccination, and rescue camp in Sarnath and surrounding villages. Through this initiative, we provided essential care to over 700 dogs, ensuring their well-being and reducing stray animal overpopulation by carrying out spay/ neuter and vaccination. Additionally, we conducted education and awareness programs, reaching over 2,000 schoolchildren, fostering a compassionate and informed community for animal welfare. This impactful support has helped create a safer and healthier environment for both animals and people, and we deeply appreciate Help Animals India's commitment to this cause.Sarnath Animal Welfare (SAW) is a project offshoot of Help Animals India project in nearby Varanasi through HOPE and Animal rust. Each year we send funding for spay/neuter/vaccination of area's dogs. The operations at Sarnath are carried out through Varanasi for Animals. Distance from Our Shelter and Sarnath village is about 10 Kilometers. We have been regularly called by the groups and individuals for all the injured animals. With our Mobile Support Ambulance every month we set up Sterilization camp. We ran Education and Awareness Drive as well through Schools and in the communities. Every year we run a special program for Sarnath in association with Sarnath Animal Welfare Group and Brigitte Bardot Fondation, Under this drive, we Re Vaccinate the already operated dogs and sterilize the non neutered dogs. For past over 7 years the drive is going on in Sarnath that has helped a lot in controlling the dog population and reduced the risk of Rabies. Being a major tourist place for Lord Buddha, We put in lot of efforts to continue the efforts as and when required from carrying out sterilization to rescues. Through our Education and Awareness drive during the special program we educated 1200 students, 60 Teachers, 200 Children and about 400 Adult community members. We plan to continue our efforts in making controlled dog population in and around Sarnath, making sure that there are less dog bites from the region and also work towards ZERO BY 30 Goal of WHO. we encourage more participation from owned dog population, run aggressive and influential education and awareness campaign using village heads and/ or influential people to get owned free roaming dog population go through spay/ neuter program. We have been continuously supporting the injured and sick animals in between the camp.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $103.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 96.5%; rating input score 97; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings