Lead Me Home Animal Rescue and Transport

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832466939
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Corinth, MS, USA
Phone
6624152432
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,654
Expenses
$21,106
Assets
$1,505
Liabilities
$429

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMBER AUSTIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AMBER AUSTIN (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFF WALLS (SECRETARY)
  • SHEA RUSHING (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To rescue, aid, and assist stray, unwanted and abandoned animals in alcorn and surrounding counties, then relocate and transition the animals into suitable homes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rescues adopted out and transported to new homes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 55.4%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -39.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 79.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54% of revenue deployed · 55.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 54/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.