PalsNPets
Legal name: Pals N Pets Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824088255
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Marina Del Rey, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8009083401
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Homeless Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $172,070
- Expenses
- $215,742
- Assets
- $19,945
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID OLAN (President)
- ARACELI VENTURA (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- ILIANA BELINC (Executive Dir.)
- DAVID OLAN (President)
- LORETTA GOLD (Secretary)
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
At PalsNPets, we are on a mission to uplift individuals experiencing homelessness with pets in interim shelters. Through our holistic education programs and vital veterinary assistance, we empower individuals to enhance their pet ownership skills, alleviate the burden on human shelters, and proactively prevent pet abandonment. Our initiatives promote well-being of both humans and animals, as we help create a safer and happier community.
What it reported doing in 2025
For the year ended December 31, 2023 the organization operated the followingprograms: Pet Education ProgramsAt PalsNPets, our pet education programs are designed to empower homeless individualswith the knowledge and skills necessary for responsible pet ownership.Veterinary AssistanceWe are dedicated to providing essential veterinary assistance to homeless individualsand their pets. Our support includes regular check-ups, vaccinations, spay/neuteringand necessary medical treatments. This helps prevent the spread of infectiousdiseases within the community, benefiting both humans and animals.Dog TrainingOur dog training program is crucial for our interim housing community. It addressesaggressive or protective behaviors in pets, ensuring a safer and more harmoniousenvironment. Additionally, the program helps individuals understand how their ownbehavior affects their pets, offering insights into their own mental health. This understanding fosters a sense of security and trust between pets and owners, whileteaching individuals healthier ways to manage their emotions. Through this program, both people and their pets learn and grow together, enhancing the well-being of ourcommunity.Pet GroomingOur pet grooming program supports individuals experiencing homelessness by ensuringtheir pets are clean, free of fleas, healthy, and well-groomed. This service helpsprevent medical issues in pets while also providing a safe and caring environment fortheir owners. By taking care of their pets, we build trust and foster positiveconnections, aiding their reintegration into society.
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: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 6
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $181K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.