Hyde Park Cats

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464387697
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
7736126943
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,767
Expenses
$97,389
Assets
$16,135
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AINAT MARGALIT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AINAT MARGALIT (PRESIDENT)
  • FRAN SPALTRO (MEDICAL DIRECTOR)
  • MARY JEAN KRAYBILL (TREASURER)

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

Hyde park cats's purpose is to rescue homeless cats and kittens in and around chicago's hyde park neighborhood, to support and encourage the fostering and adoption of rescued cats and kittens in and around chicago's hyde park neighborhood and to prevent homeless cats and kittens from reproducing by implementing trap-neuter strategies with community members in and around chicago's hyde park neighborhood. Approximately 200 cats are adopted each year.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide cats and kittens in and around chicago's hyde park neighborhood care through veterinary support and foster care until they find their forever homes through adoption.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 0.4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.