Our Little Chow Chow Sanctuary Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931727682
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Lansing, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5179771327
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,067
- Expenses
- $8,040
- Assets
- $959
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Gunnar Duley (Board Chairperson and CEO)
People named in this filing
- Gunnar Duley (Board Chairperson and CEO)
- Jackson Shultz (Board Treasurer and Secretary)
- Sandy Mcevoy (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Form 990-EZ, Part III, Line (28-31) - Primary exempt purpose: The long-term care, support, and rehabilitation of Chow Chow dogs at risk for euthanasia due to behavioral issues, resulting in other animal care organizations deeming them unadoptable. These dogs are provided the care, love, and respect they deserve to live a full and happy life and when time, a dignified and painless death. They are full-time and long-term Residents of the Sanctuary and are not eligible for adoption. We also support owners who are overwhelmed by their dog's behavior with information, resources, and tools, to help their dogs stay in their home, as well as provide support to ensure any that dogs accepted into the Sanctuary have the necessary veterinary care, inspection, certification, and vaccinations to travel to the Sanctuary per state and federal regulations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Owner Support Fund - A support program for owners who are surrendering a Chow to OLCCS but do not have the the financial means to have their dog updated on immunizations, inspections, credentials and / or travel to the Sanctuary.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 63.5%; rating input score 64
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 45.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 40.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 63.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.