House Hippo Rescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 332168844
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Brentwood, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4159909243
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,601
- Expenses
- $71,716
- Assets
- $19,473
- Liabilities
- $4,001
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GINA TOMASELLI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SECRETARY)
- MAUREEN MURRAY (SECRETARY, VICE PRESIDENT)
- CHARLENE PAUL (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GINA O'CONNOR (BOARD MEMBER)
- GINA TOMASELLI (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SECRETARY)
- JANINE CASTORINA (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER)
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
House hippo rescue was founded to save dogs most at risk for euthanasia, to remove barriers preventing people from keeping their dogs, and to advocate for responsible and compassionate pet ownership.
What it reported doing in 2025
Education & advocacy: it is a statistical fact that breed discriminatory policies and laws simplydo not work to keep communities safer and only result in hurting families and their beloved canine companions. Through education, including statistical evidence and reliable studies, we hopeto change the way that people and governmental institutions view maligned dog breeds, and help create a world in which each dog is seen as an individual, regardless of breed.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
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: 17.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.6% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.