Petfix Northeast Ohio Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202205609
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Euclid, OH, USA
Phone
2167327040
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,215,293
Expenses
$1,078,764
Assets
$1,215,653
Liabilities
$62,880

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER ROACH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTIE LUCCO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KATY FRANZ (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTIE LUCCO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $94,930 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization's principal activity is to offer high quality, affordable spay and neuter surgeries to end pet homelessness and the need for unnecessary euthanasia. The organization provides these surgeries for cat and dog owners, feral cat caregivers, shelters, rescues and animal control agencies placing animals for adoption. The organization services all of northeast Ohio.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinic operations: in 2024, our 20th year of operation, 6 transport partnerorganizations (nonprofit animal welfare agencies) across 4counties in northeast Ohio invited us into their communities, secured suitable locations, advertised our services, scheduledclients and collected fees. In addition to transport partners, petfix worked closely with more than 40 different shelters, rescues and community cat organizations to offer themaffordable spay/neuter services for animals in their care. During252 days, the clinic performed 11,255 surgeries, including 3,987 catneuters, 3,248 cat spays, 2,019 dog neuters, and 2,001 dog spays.through the trap neuter return program, petfix spayed/neuteredand eartipped more than 1,600 community/feral cats.since our operations commenced in december 2005, petfix hasaltered 131,285 cats and dogs. Our goals for 2025 and beyond are toexpand our surgical capacity, focusing on under servedcommunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.6%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 11.2%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.6% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $902K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.