Metairie Humane

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264330206
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Metairie, LA, USA
Phone
5044580531
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$291,495
Expenses
$297,822
Assets
$118,660
Liabilities
$43,114

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Harold Delahousssaye (President)
  • Jami Hirstius (Vice President, Treasurer and Operations Manager)

People named in this filing

  • Joan Delahoussaye (Director)
  • Harold Delahousssaye (President)
  • Jami Hirstius (Vice President, Treasurer and Operations Manager)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Prevention of cruelty to dogs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rescue dogs from kill shelters, hoarding situations, accept owner surrenders and strays to keep them out of kill shelters, as space and financial limitations allow. We took in 176 dogs in 2024. We provide for the physical and emotional needs of the dogs we take in to prepare them for adoption. if they are not adoptable, they will remain with us for the rest of their natural lives, except if a Louisiana certified Veterinarian deems a dog is a significant danger to other dogs or to our volunteers with no hope of behavior modification, or the Veterinarian recommends a dog be put to sleep because it has a terminal condition and is suffering. As of 12/31/24, there were 27 adoptable dogs and 4 hospice dogs in house. A summary of medical care provided during 2024: 18 Major Medical cases (over $1000), 16 Minor Medical Cases (under $1000), 104 Spays or Neuters, 62 heartworm tests, 32 heartworm treatments, 741 doses of heartworm and flea protection, microchipped 148 dogs, 121 full sets of shots, 202 sets of puppy shots, 2 rabies shots only, 10 lepto shots only and 790 deworming treatments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 27
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $21.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.1% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $272K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.