Rescued Pets Movement Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463708327
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7133644362
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,057,148
- Expenses
- $3,118,021
- Assets
- $3,090,071
- Liabilities
- $1,703,054
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Cindy Perini (Chairman Co-Founder President)
People named in this filing
- Cindy Perini (Chairman Co-Founder President)
- Natalie Hairston (Secretary Director)
- Jennifer LeGrand Howard (Treasurer 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
Rescued Pets Movement RPM is a 501c3 providing a second chance for thousands of homeless animals through rescue rehab & transport to forever homes throughout the United States that have demand for adoptable pets. Since Sept 2013 RPM has saved the lives of over 93,000 homeless animals by partnering with reputable rescue groups across the US where there is a need for adoptable pets & transports the animals using its own vans & drivers. Once rescued from the shelters these pets are given veterinary care & temporarily placed in foster homes or RPMs boarding facility until they are ready for transport.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rescued Pets Movement Inc. is a 501c3 organization that provides a second chance for thousands of homeless dogs and cats through rescue rehabilitation and transport to forever homes in communities throughout the United States that have a demand for adoptable pets. Since September 2013 RPM has saved the lives of over 93,000 homeless animals. RPM partners with reputable rescue groups across the country in areas where there is a need for adoptable pets and transports the animals to the organizations using its own vans and drivers. Once rescued from the shelters these pets are given veterinary care and are then temporarily placed in foster homes or RPMs boarding facility until they are ready for transport to their forever homes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.