Kind Keeper Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463055917
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- North Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8439574181
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal-Related N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,092,462
- Expenses
- $664,927
- Assets
- $1,100,957
- Liabilities
- $122,589
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Belinda Mairowicz (President and CEO)
- Anne Searle (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Belinda Mairowicz (President and CEO): $25,496 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to save the lives of homeless pets, promote kindness to animals, and advance the highest standards in animal welfare. Our goal is to create an environment in which all rescued animals are given or found a permanent loving home, safe from abuse, neglect, abandonment, and the threat of euthanasia. We are determined to increase public awareness of pet overpopulation and the need for responsible pet ownership, including spaying/neutering and wellness care. Let us all come together as kind people so that all our "children with fur" can be happy and safe and have the quality of life that they deserve.
What it reported doing in 2024
Kind Keeper's mission is to actively rescue dogs and cats that are homeless, at high risk for euthanasia due to shelter over population, and often suffering from medical problems. This includes a high population of newborns, pregnant animals, as well as senior animals. We provide veterinary care, proper nutrition, training, exercise and prepare animals for adoption into the community. In 2024, 386 cats and 424 dogs were adopted.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 71
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.8%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $49.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 39.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 54.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.8% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $610K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.