Positive Tails Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320410872
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6463971484
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $214,470
- Expenses
- $138,612
- Assets
- $223,463
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erica Kubersky (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dennis J Slade (Director)
- Sarah Borok (Director)
- Kathy Galotti (Director)
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
Our Mission and VisionMission: Positive Tails is a non-profit organization founded in 2013, working in conjunction with VERG and other partner hospitals.Our mission is to improve both animal and community welfare in New York City, in three ways: 1) We provide funding for lifesaving emergency veterinary care for those who cant afford treatment, or for animals who are abandoned or abused. 2) We organize and hold an average of 9 veterinary and One Health Clinics for people who cant afford or dont have access to veterinary care for their animals. 3) We provide follow up care and spay/neuter services to help animals lead long, healthy lives, and to control the incidence of unwanted animals.Our mission is centered around the belief that dogs and cats are part of our families, and were committed to helping to keep these families together.
What it reported doing in 2024
For 2024 the Organization was able to provide 1,054 grants to help supplement emergency veterinary care, spay/neuter services and free vaccine clinics for families in need.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.2%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.2% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $133K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.