Noah's Ark Animal Children's Sanctuary I Sanctuary Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582052136
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Locust Grove, GA, USA
Phone
7709570888
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,613
Expenses
$93,998
Assets
$576,131
Liabilities
$221,690

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMA HEDGECOTH (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMA HEDGECOTH (PRESIDENT): $101,254 total reported compensation
  • RAYMOND JORDAN (BOARD MEMBER): $94,666 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES HEDGECOTH JR (TREASURER): $92,392 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Established to provide housing and care for children in need by bringing children and animals together.

What it reported doing in 2017

Noah's ark animal children's sanctuary provides permanent housing for adopted children. The organization also provides an education program focused on empowering children of all ages with knowledge on related topics, such as exotic and domestic animal breeds, habitation, nutrition, and the importance of becoming involved and volunteering in their community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 63.6%; rating input score 64; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -465.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.13; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -35.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.