Jefferson County Animal Welfare League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237356274
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Bloomingdale, OH, USA
Phone
7404249682
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,489
Expenses
$91,091
Assets
$816,619
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Toni J Skater (President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Toni J Skater (President and Treasurer)
  • James B Cable (Co-Treasurer)
  • Paul J Ighnat (Co-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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

JCAWL helps stray cats, street cats, and poor people who need our assistance with their cats. JCAWL provides food, medical care, and shelter to cat colonies living in various locations on their own. JCAWL also identify people who are feeding stray cats in their neighborhood or on their own property and offer to provide food, medical care, and shelter. Veterinarians in Jefferson County, Ohio, contact us if they have an owner or cat(s) in need of financial aid or later additional support is needed for the cat(s). While JCAWL works with cats, we will assist with dogs and other animals, spaying and vaccinating to provide the animals a better quality of life. Most of the individuals or families whose animals are assisted are poor financially. By taking care of their animals at no charge, JCWAL assists these individuals and families financially.

What it reported doing in 2024

JCAWL operates an "in-the-street" program, for cats. JCAWL helps stray cats, street cats, and poor people who need our assistance to help their cats. JCAWL practices "TNR" ("Trap-Neuter-Return"). According to the website Neighborhood Cats | How to TNR | What is TNR? "TNR is the most humane and effective method known for managing feral and stray cats." In 2024, JCAWL helped three hundred and fifty (350) cats or animals, and fifteen (15) individuals or families who needed assistance with their cats or animals.

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

STRONG - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -109.5%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.96; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -123.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.