Roane County Paws

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473644602
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Harriman, TN, USA
Phone
8656072865
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,046
Expenses
$87,818
Assets
$104,891

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CINDY HICKEY (President)
  • MATT HICKEY (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • NANCY HALL (Treasurer)
  • CINDY HICKEY (President)
  • MATT HICKEY (Vice President)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Roane county paws is an animal advocate/rescue group dedicated to helping the animals of roane county, Tennessee and surrounding counties. We assist with vetting, spay & neuter, vaccinations and food.as space is available we foster displaced and homeless animals. These animals are fully vetted, loved, and cared for until their forever homes are found.

What it reported doing in 2025

This organization has been in operation for six years. The organization has given vetcare and homes to over 1,800 animals in need. They foster homes and provide vetting for animals in need. They have grown over the past six years, and expect that growth to continue.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.9%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.1%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.