Hope and Healing Animal Sanctuary Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392623032
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Unity, ME, USA
Phone
5088644669
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$247,456
Expenses
$247,456
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Justina Ludden (Director)
  • Amanda Lapierre (Director)
  • MIchelle Keyes (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hope and Healing Animal Sanctuarys main mission is to rescue rehabilitate and offer lifelong sanctuary to equines and farm animals facing neglect abandonment or slaughter. The organization ensures personalized care for each animal covering nutrition veterinary needs shelter and compassionate treatment. It functions as a multi-species rescue and rehab center offering immediate aid and permanent sanctuary for animals unsuitable for adoption. Evaluating animals for adoption and providing responsible placement are integral parts of the sanctuarys operations. In addition to direct animal care the organization advances its exempt purpose through humane education volunteer engagement and community outreach. These efforts are designed to promote responsible animal stewardship increase awareness of neglect and at-risk animal populations and foster a more compassionate relationship between people and animals. Through these combined activities Hope and Healing Animal Sanctuary wo

What it reported doing in 2025

Hope and Healing Animal Sanctuary offers vital rescue coordination transportation and community-based support services for equines and farm animals in urgent or at-risk situations. This program ensures swift responses to neglect abandonment or the threat of entering the slaughter pipeline. Services provided: 1. Coordinating and facilitating emergency rescue efforts 2. Transporting animals from unsafe environments to the sanctuary or partner locations 3. Supporting intake logistics including quarantine and stabilization upon arrival 4. Collaborating with individuals rescues and community members to aid animals in need 5. Providing limited support and guidance to the public on responsible animal care and rehoming options These activities guarantee safe relocation stabilization and transition of animals into suitable care environments. Often this program acts as the primary intervention granting animals access to veterinary care proper nutrition and long-term placement. Impact: The program directly aids animals in crisis by ensuring safe transport and timely intervention while also enhancing community ability to address animal welfare issues. It benefits the animals served and the wider network of individuals and organizations striving to prevent neglect and unnecessary suffering.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.4%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 95.4%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $31.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.4% of revenue deployed · 95.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $236K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.