Lucky Paws Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451030568
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Coburg, OR, USA
Phone
5412145313
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,636
Expenses
$153,908
Assets
$12,678
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Juli Upshaw (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Alix Rossi (Secretary)
  • MariAnn Lima (Director)
  • Juli Upshaw (Executive 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lucky Paws Rescue's main purpose is to help end pet homelessness one pet at a time. Through education, and community involvement we hope to make a dent in ending the breeding cycle of already homeless pets, by teaching the importance of altering pets. We take animals from shelters when there is no space to house them, or they have medical or behavioral issues that deem them un-adoptable. These animals would be euthanized if rescues were not able to take them. Rather than contribute to the over-population of domestic animals, Lucky Paws has all animals altered, so the breeding ends with us. Additionally, we are able to take care of health issues that would otherwise be too expensive for an adopter to pay, putting the animal at risk of euthanasia, since most shelters do not have the funds for medical.

What it reported doing in 2016

Lucky Paws Rescue was able to save 468 dogs, 36 cats, and 10 horses from euthanasia/slaughter in 2016. Spaying and neutering makes a big difference: Just one unaltered female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in only six years. In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can produce an incredible 370,000 kittens! This information is provided via PETA. Considering that over 1 million animals die in shelters annually, simply because there aren't homes for them, that's a lot of animals kept out of the population, to hopefully allow another to be saved. Lucky Paws directors and volunteers are very proud of our program and how we help animals. We are not a shelter, and only take from shelters, helping those that have run out of time. We additionally helped with local trap, neuter, release in our community, although barely a dent was made toward helping to reduce the over 40,000 stray cats on the streets. In 2016, our veterinarian also opened a low cost vaccine clinic to help low income people, under our name. For 2017, we hope to be running the clinic.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.