Peace 4 Animals

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455110197
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Lakeway, TX, USA
Phone
6195351811
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$447,109
Expenses
$661,424
Assets
$2,791,339
Liabilities
$13,306

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATIE CLEARY (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATIE CLEARY (PRESIDENT &): $150,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Peace 4 animals animal welfare organization supports the conservation of endangered species worldwide. We work on campaigns to promote advocacy and education on how to protect wildlife in peril, as well as the preservation of their natural habitat. We support anti-poaching teams and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organizations on the ground in africa, indonesia, and india. Together with our rescue partners, we help to save, rehabilitate, and find homes for domestic animals rescued as strays and from shelters. We also work to find homes for farm animals that have been saved from slaughter, as well as advocate for a healthy plant-based lifestyle. We report on the latest breaking news in animal welfare from around the world every day on our news network "world animal news". We produce documentary films to bring to light the issues facing our earth and natural world. We work on critical legislation to help protect animals worldwide. We have also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars

What it reported doing in 2024

Peace 4 animals animal welfare organization supports the conservation of endangered species worldwide. We work on campaigns to promote advocacy and education on how to protect wildlife in peril, as well as the preservation of their natural habitat. We support anti-poaching teams and wildlife rescue and rehabilitation organizations on the ground worldwide, especially in africa, indonesia, thailand, and india. Together with our rescue partners, we help to save, rehabilitate, and find homes for domestic animals rescued as strays and from shelters. We also work to find homes for farm animals that have been saved from slaughter, as well as advocate for a healthy plant-based lifestyle. We report on the latest breaking news in animal welfare from around the world every day on our news network "world animal news". We produce documentary films to bring to light the issues facing our earth and natural world. We work on critical legislation to help protect animals worldwide. We have also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help animal welfare organizations around the world. In addition, we have also assisted in disaster relief in Texas and maui.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 90.3%; rating input score 90; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -47.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.22; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $512K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.