Massachusetts Vest-a-dog Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 450592275
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Mendon, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5082021133
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $104,492
- Expenses
- $109,972
- Assets
- $350,441
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID SHILALE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SHIRLEE SEARS (DIRECTOR)
- SHANNON BYRNES (DIRECTOR)
- PRISCILLA HANSEN (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to support Massachusetts police dogs by helping provide bullet resistant vests (our primary goal), essential equipment, funding for training, and purchase of dogs for police / law enforcement k-9 programs throughout Massachusetts.
What it reported doing in 2023
Helping to provide bullet resistant vests, essential equipment, funding for training, and purchase of dogs for police / law enforcement k-9 programs throughout Massachusetts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.19; rating input score 91; 91st 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 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $86K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.