Pet Over Population Prevention
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911846733
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pasco, WA, USA
- Phone
- 5093805326
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $406,357
- Expenses
- $475,429
- Assets
- $798,728
- Liabilities
- $47,099
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RIK MIKALS (President)
- CAROL MACINNIS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- HEATHER GANGLER (Director)
- RIK MIKALS (President)
- TERESA ISAACSON (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pet Over Population Preventions (POPP) mission is to promote responsible pet ownership by educating the public regarding spaying and neutering their pets, spay/neuter assistance, and providing various methods of care for and finding homes for feral, abandoned and/or homeless pets. We strive to reduce the number of homeless pets and reduce the number of unwanted litters within our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
For the year ended March 31, 2025, Pet Over Population Prevention operated the following programs: Spay and Neuter ClinicPet Over Population Prevention (POPP) provides spay/neuter veterinary procedures and vaccines to pets surrendered into POPPs adoption programs, to regional foster and shelter organizations, and to income-qualified individuals and families. POPP also provides these services to feral cats that are trapped, neutered, and released. 695 animals were spay/neutered during the year being reported. Foster/Adopt ServicesPOPP provides care for hundreds of animals each year, some of which are housed by volunteers in foster homes until they are adopted. POPP provides all the supplies and medications needed while the pets are in foster care. 120 animals were neutered and spayed at POPP, with 521 POPP animals adopted out during the reporting year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $419K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.