NorCal Cocker Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461718543
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Cameron Park, CA, USA
Phone
9165415149
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,417
Expenses
$178,496
Assets
$61,224

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Joann Reagan (Executive Dir.)
  • Michaeline Veden (Secretary)
  • Suzanne Kozell (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To rescue abandoned, abused, stray and impounded dogs primarily of the Cocker Spaniel breed. The organization houses these dogs in foster homes for the period necessary to rehabilitate them both physically and emotionally with the ultimate goal of placing them in permanent homes suited to their needs and characteristics.

What it reported doing in 2025

Animal Welfare: The organization rescues and rehabilitates unwanted Cocker Spaniels. We actively search databases to identify Cocker Spaniels at risk and evaluate identified dogs for behavorial and medical suitability for our programs. The organization arranges and pays for medical, micro-chipping spay/neuter and other procedures as needed. Animals are placed in foster care to observe behavior and evaluate evaluate to identify adoption profiles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $177K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.