Herps Alive Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463501150
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Cleveland Hts, OH, USA
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,888
Expenses
$104,212
Assets
$363,239
Liabilities
$129,859

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KEITH L GISSER (Executive Difrector)
  • Jack Corbo (ManagerTrustee)
  • Matthew Buchanan (Trustee)

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

Reptile rescue and education

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational programs presented Apx. 85 average attendance 140 +11,900 people impacted

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 62% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.7%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.49; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 48.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.