Raising Hope Dogs
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611774368
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Flagstaff, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6026898849
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rehabilitative Medical Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,283
- Expenses
- $97,302
- Assets
- $22,283
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- BEVERLY DAMORE (CHAIR/EXECUT)
- WENDI FAIRCLOTH (TREAS/SEC/DI)
- CELESTE RICHARDSON (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Raising hope dogs acquires and trains dogs to work with professional therapists primarily helping children from low-income families who have autism, behavioral challenges, down syndrome and cerebral palsy to reach their physical, social, emotional and behavioral goals.
What it reported doing in 2024
Acquired and trained dogs to work with professional therapists helping children reach their goals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 45%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $87K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.