Nicalove
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863365385
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- RYE, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6032317057
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $205,119
- Expenses
- $174,246
- Assets
- $296,068
- Liabilities
- $33
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MIMI LOUREIRO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JULIE BURKE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARY JOHANNA BROWN (SECRETARY)
- MIMI LOUREIRO (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ALYSSA DUNCAN (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Nicalove is a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing animal suffering and improving community health in nicaragua through mobile veterinary clinics, rescue and rehabilitation, spay and neuter programs, and humane education.
What it reported doing in 2025
During the year, nicalove expanded its reach across nicaragua, delivering lifesaving veterinary care and support to animals and the communities who depend on them. Through mobile clinics held in underserved and rural areas, including communities near landfill sites and in remote regions, nicalove provided free spay and neuter surgeries, vaccinations, parasite treatment, wound care, and general medical services to dogs and cats who otherwise would have no access to care. These clinics not only treat immediate suffering but also prevent future overpopulation and disease.in 2025, nicalove performed over 1,200 spay and neuter surgeries and provided wellness and medical care to more than 1,000 animals through its mobile outreach programs. These efforts directly improved animal welfare while also supporting public health and community stability.nicalove also expanded its equine welfare program, providing critical care to working horses, donkeys, and mules. These animals are essential to daily life for many families, yet often lack access to even basic veterinary services. During the year, over 250 equines received treatment, including hoof care, dental work, wound management, nutritional support, and owner education. This work helps reduce suffering while preserving the livelihoods of the families who rely on these animals.in addition to field work, nicalove operates a dedicated animal shelter in nicaragua, providing ongoing care for approximately 300 rescued animals at any given time. The shelter serves as a safe haven for animals who are abandoned, abused, or in critical medical condition. Throughout the year, over 190 animals were rescued and provided with medical treatment, rehabilitation, and daily care, with many ultimately placed into permanent homes when possible.across all programs, nicalove continues to address the root causes of animal suffering through accessible veterinary care, education, and long-term community engagement. The organization's work reflects a one health approach, recognizing that improving the lives of animals directly strengthens the health and well-being of the communities they serve.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% 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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.4%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 75.8%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $75.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.4% of revenue deployed · 75.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $132K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.