Sheltering Hands Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208941924
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ocala, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3528400663
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,407,185
- Expenses
- $825,794
- Assets
- $1,891,308
- Liabilities
- $384,218
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LESLIE HINSON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KIM COOPER (TREASURER)
- DIANE KUPCHAK (VICE PRESIDE)
- ELENA F GOULET (SECRETARY)
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
Sheltering hands goal is to make the world better - one cat at a time we aim to achieve this though low-cost spay/neuter services, vaccination clinics, responsible adoptions programs, volunteer education and by partnering with community organizations striving towards the same goals. Caregivers are at the heart of these efforts. These dedicated, compassionate individuals dirve the many moving parts in the fight for feline wellbeing. The organization operates a thrift storee that generates funding to support the cat rescue, care and adoption services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Thrift store operations. Sales of donated goods which funding our charitable programs. Operated primarly with volunteers and for the support of the organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.7%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $254.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: 41.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.7% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $768K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.