North Country Animal League Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030344067
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Morrisville, VT, USA
Phone
8028885065
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal-Related N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$623,305
Expenses
$869,939
Assets
$1,093,783
Liabilities
$45,197

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE BELL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACQUES DU PREEZ (EXEC DIRECTOR & AUTH TAX O): $110,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote compassionate and responsible relationships between humans and animals. North country animal league ("ncal") is a nonprofit, limited admission animal welfare organization dedicated to ensuring the highest quality of life for animals in lamiolle county, Vermont and beyond through adoption, outreach and education

What it reported doing in 2025

See schedule oanimal shelter and pet adoption center - in 2025, north country animal league (ncal) successfully adopted out 542 dogs and cats, working diligently to find loving homes for each animal. This year brought significant leadership changes, strengthening our commitment to serve both animals and our community more effectively. Our shelter remained open and fully operational, ensuring continous adoption services.adoption transport program - ncal's adoption program continues to rescue local stray and surrendered animals, as well as high-risk dogs from overcorwded shelters in the southern u.s. Through a trusted network of partners, we ensure these pets are evaluated, vetted, and adhere to strict transport protocols, providing them with a second chance at life in vt.ncal meals program and community support - through partnerships with local food banks and meals on wheels, our ncal meals program supplies pet food and resources to support owned pets within our community. By alleviating financial strain, we help families keep beloved pets in their homes, reducing the risk of shelter surrenders due to financial hardship.humane education and outreach - in 2025 ncal conducted eight weeks of summer camps, focusing on humane education. These programs insprie compassion, responsibility, and respect for animals among young people in our community. We provide financial assistnace as needed to ensure accessibility for all families interested in our programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.4%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 49.3%; rating input score 49
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -39.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.4% of revenue deployed · 49.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $429K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.