Robert Potter League for Animals Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
050301553
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Middletown, RI, USA
Phone
4018468276
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,997,078
Expenses
$5,209,182
Assets
$14,448,650
Liabilities
$450,793

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERRY TINKHAM (PRESIDENT)
  • JACK MURPHY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRADLEY SHEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRADLEY SHEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $172,391 total reported compensation
  • DR NADYA GONZALEZ (VETERINARIAN): $169,750 total reported compensation
  • TODD CRAMER (CHIEF MISSION OFFICER): $114,568 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

As the heart of a compassionate community, we enrich lives and promote the humane treatment of animals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sheltering and adoptions: the league invests in behavior, foster care, and veterinary programs to ensure that animals are rehabilitated and adopted. We found new homes for 1,493 animals, and 183 lost animals were reunited with their families. The potter league provided free veterinary wellness clinics to residents of public housing and others who have difficulty accessing veterinary care, including physical exams, vaccines, and microchips, to 1,058 animals whose families would not otherwise be able to afford care. Our pet food bank and veterinary assistance programs support animals who belong to families that are economically challenged. We supplied 48,399 pounds of pet food to food pantries and individuals and subsidized over $23,630 in veterinary care for newport county residents who could not afford care for their pets. The league's petsafe program provided emergency housing and care for 85 pets of victims of domestic violence, natural disasters, fires, and other crises for a total of 5,525 days. Collaboration is critical to our mission. The potter league partners with the martin luther king center jr community center, the women's resource center, lucy's hearth, newport public housing, and coyote smarts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 32 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.