Save a Pet Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582426129
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Forsyth, GA, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$195,863
Expenses
$245,457
Assets
$888,932
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA E CORLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • SHERYL DAVIS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANNETTE KYTE (DIRECTOR)
  • JOANNE BAILEY (DIRECTOR)
  • ELMO REMICK (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

Animal suffering and overpopulation is not only a worldwide problem, it is a very real problem on the local level. Sap provides a no-kill solution in tackling this problem in a clean and humane facility.

What it reported doing in 2024

Animal suffering and overpopulation is not only a worldwide problem, it is a very real problem on the local level. Through the use of approximately 120 volunteers, sap provides kennel services, adoption events, hold fundraising events and provide information to the public of low-cost spay neuter clinics, the importance of spay neutering, and responsible pet ownership. Since its inception in 1998, sap has placed 1000s of dogs in loving homes. Sap has sponsored spay/neuter clinics where many animals have been sterilized. Sap has proudly been the choice of many school and college students for their club projects. This has helped further our goal of raising awareness of responsible pet ownership and humane treatment of animals. Sap has partnered with atlanta humane society (ahs) in an effort to save many unwanted puppies by transporting them to ahs for adoption. In 2012, sap purchased 10 acres of land to build a new rescue shelter. That shelter was completed in 2015 this shelter is a no-kill shelter in middle Georgia. The shelter is climate controlled with extended play areas and trails where volunteers can walk the dogs. It can accomodate up to 50 dogs awaiting their adoption. In 2016, we were able to install five large permanent chain link fence exercise areas and two movable exercise areas. We continue to have fundraisers to pay for the shelter operating expenses. In 2019, save a pet enclosed a large plot with chainlink fencing on the shelter property with funds from a designated donation to be used as both an adoption area and a memorial save a pet was voted best nonprofit group of monroe county by the readers of the local newspaper, the reporter, 2012 through 2017, 2019, 2020,2023 and 2025.save a pet rated top charity by great nonprofits each year 2012 - 2017 and 2019 - 2021. Save a pet is currently at gold star status with guidestar. Please visit www.saveapetinc.org and www.facebook.com/sapdogs for shelter progress.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $244.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.62; rating input score 73; 73rd 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: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $205K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.