Network for Animals USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471431869
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Sanibel, FL, USA
Phone
7275998148
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,453,240
Expenses
$2,518,117
Assets
$986,157
Liabilities
$35,420

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gloria C Davies (President & Director)
  • David Barritt (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Gloria C Davies (President & Director)
  • Lesley Dawn Barritt (VP/Secretary/Treasurer)
  • Leslie Busby (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Network for Animals crusades against cruelty to animals by focusing on direct action, often in far-flung, otherwise neglected places around the globe. We receive no government grants and rely on the generosity of our supporters to conduct our lifesaving and life changing work for animals in distress.

What it reported doing in 2025

Donkey protection: Active in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Israel. In Kenya, efforts focus on combating the illegal donkey skin trade, while Tanzania hosts mobile clinics providing veterinary care for working donkeys.Shelter support: Provides funding for food and veterinary care to shelters across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, including support for a shelter in Uruguay caring for over 300 dogs and 30 cats and a modern shelter in Bosnia we funded and help run.Population control: Funds TrapNeuterVaccinateRelease (TNVR) programs in Greece, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, and Jordan to manage street animal populations.Conflict response: Supports rescue and care of animals affected by war in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, providing funding for medical treatment, food, and shelter.Emergency relief for animals in distress due to environmental disasters such as typhoons, floods and droughts.Awareness: NFA continues to publicize animal abuse globally and draw attention to inhumane treatment of animals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 85.1%; rating input score 85; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.7% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $339K reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 25 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.