Hound Rescue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 331112646
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5129446648
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,881
- Expenses
- $86,788
- Assets
- $56,374
- Liabilities
- $16,030
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sara Figueroa (President)
- Ashley Franklin (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Cynthia Haas (Treasurer)
- Whitney Thomas (Secretary)
- Shannon Hall (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
Our mission is to give at-risk hounds a second chance for an enriched life while educating the community and strengthening the human-dog bond.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, Hound Rescue gave more than 80 hounds a second chance at life. Many of these dogs came from heartbreaking conditions - abusive homes, hoarding cases, backyard breeders, and overcrowded, high-kill shelters - where their future was anything but certain. Others were surrendered by owners who could no longer care for them which prevented them from ending up in already overwhelmed shelters. No matter their past, each dog that came into our care was met with compassion, safety, and the promise of a better future. Every rescued hound receives full veterinary care, including all required vaccinations, microchipping, parasite screening and prevention, and spay or neuter surgery. Dogs who test positive for heartworms or other medical conditions are treated, ensuring they are given the best chance at a long, healthy life. Puppies receive the same level of care, including multiple rounds of vaccinations to build immunity, along with any additional treatment needed for injuries or underlying conditions. Through the dedication of our foster families, adopters, and supporters, Hound Rescue continues to save lives, offering these dogs not just shelter, but the opportunity to be loved. Our mission remains unwavering: to rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome hounds in need, ensuring they never have to suffer again.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
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: -11.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.