Sea Coast Area Feline Education & Rescue Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
020510319
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hampton, NH, USA
Phone
6033792583
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,302
Expenses
$26,915
Assets
$230,477
Liabilities
$3,064

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lynn Barrett (President)

People named in this filing

  • Michelle Gorneau (Treasurer)
  • Jenny Abbott (Board Member)
  • Pamela Vandenbussche (Board Member)

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

To rescue abandoned and feral cats. Transfer to shelter if adoptable if not adoptable feralsemi feral have them spayed, neutered and released to barn, same location or other location with shelter and a food source based on situation. To support community feral cat colonies providing food and vet care. These efforts are made to decrease the population on the seacoast and surrounding areas.

What it reported doing in 2025

SAFER's on going efforts over the past 20 years have led to a noticeable decrease of feral cats on the Seacoast. The majority of cats that require SAFER's assistance are now found to be adoptable after trapping and assessing. These cats are transported to local shelters for adoption. 85 adoptable cats helped in 2025. Being an established and known feline rescue in the area has helped to quickly facilitate removing these cats from the streets prior to procreating which in turn eliminates the return of a feral cat population. With populations down on the Seacoast we have been able to help more communities in New Hampshire and Southern Maine.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.56; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.