Shelter Friends

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461701972
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Grants Pass, OR, USA
Phone
5412266488
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal-Related N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,052
Expenses
$68,137
Assets
$174,653

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tana Mason (President)
  • Tammy Moore (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tana Mason (President)
  • Tammy Moore (Vice President)
  • Tara Denlinger (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Shelter Friends is a nonprofit 501c3 charitable organization dedicatedto the welfare, rehabilitation and rehoming of displaced animals inJosephine County, Oregon.

What it reported doing in 2025

Shelter Friends continued with our mission of caringfor and promoting the animal adoptions at the Josephine County AnimalShelter. We accomplished our goal in a variety of ways: throughsponsorship of dog and cat adoptions, sponsoring "above and beyond"medical needs of animals at the Josephine County Animal Shelter, transporting animals to and from vet appointments as well as transfersto other rescue organizations in western Oregon. Shelter Friends wasalso instrumental in providing the Josephine County Animal Shelter withhundreds of volunteers, who donated in excess of 3000 hours, to assiststaff in providing quality care for all animals on site as well asproviding foster families to care for hundreds of animals in theirhomes.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.