Kitty Angels Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043270369
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tyngsborough, MA, USA
Phone
9786494681
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$362,359
Expenses
$513,490
Assets
$660,201
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOAN E ABBOTT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOAN E ABBOTT (PRESIDENT)
  • JAY M PRAGER (TREASURER, DIRECTOR)
  • LESA DICECCA (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kitty angels primary mission has always been to help the cats that need assistance the most - the ferals, the strays, the homeless and injured - by fixing them and finding them a place to spend a safe and happy life.

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Kitty angels rescued and placed several hundred homeless cats during the year. All animals were spayed or neutered and were provided with medical care, vaccinations, shelter and food until placement.2. Kitty angels "trap, neuter, return" program provided care and management of several populations of feral(wild) cats in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Services include: daily outdoor feeding, trapping, spaying/neutering and re-releasing of animals; and provisions for sheltered outdoor feeding areas.3. Kitty angels offers a low cost spay/neuter clinic once or twice a month. Cats are spayed or neutered, recieve distemper and rabies vaccinations, a physical exam and are microchipped.4. Kitty angels works to expand the public awareness for the need to spay/neuter and vaccinate all pets. Kitty angels sponsors low cost spay/neuter clinics; distributes literature, and participates in organized efforts, such as "spay day USA".5. Grants: kitty angels provided grants to four domestic organizations that provide services to animals in need in the amount of $105,000.note: the total program service expenses for all service programs during 2025 was $491,852. Kitty angels accounts for its expenses by type of expense (e.g., veterinary/medical services, litter, food, etc.) but does not further segregate those expenses according to the programs under which thoses services were provided (i.e., shelter animals which are placed in homes as opposed to cats in feral populations which are destined to be re-released after recieving care or services).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.

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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $43.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -41.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $492K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.