Long Island Cat Kitten Solution Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204637372
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2021
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Bellmore, NY, USA
- Phone
- (516) 431-8794
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,865
- Expenses
- $2,470
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHELLY BETANCOURT (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN DEBACKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHELLY BETANCOURT (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN DEBACKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DALE DEBACKER (SECRETARY)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
LICKS is dedicated to ending the overpopulation and suffering of unwanted cats and kittens by offering trap, spay/neuter and return services to owned and community cats. Our hope is that by ending the cycle of unwanted litters, we can help make every cat a cared for cat.
What it reported doing in 2021
By offering low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter services to owned and community cats.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2021
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.