Indy Neighborhood Cats Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832376982
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3173866916
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $233,368
- Expenses
- $251,343
- Assets
- $5,434
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREA ESTES (PRESIDENT)
- DAWN BENEFIEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DAWN BENEFIEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $52,850 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve the quality of life for unowned neighborhood cats and the community they live in by reducing overpopulation through trap, neuter, return (tnr).
What it reported doing in 2024
Tnr program: trap- neuter-return (tnr) is the only non-lethal three-step method to reduce the number of free roaming cats both immediately and in the long term. To put it simply, it is the gold standard. One of the cornerstones of indianapolis is a deep-rooted responsibility for civic engagement and service. Our organization seeks to build a lasting and thriving tnr program that recruits and guides the citizens of our city to work together and manage the cat population, much like the well-known neighborhood watch program. Along with our tnr program, indy neighborhood cats is in the field providing ongoing colony care support such as warm winter shelters, food, spay/neuter resources and medical care to cats living outdoors in indianapolis.our organization's board members have over 50 years of collective animal welfare and program management experience. We are working on a strategic plan with indianapolis animal care services to identify the areas of our city with the highest number of kitten and cat surrenders in our cities most vulnerable neighborhoods.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% 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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.3%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -7.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -22% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.3% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $209K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.