Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv

What it reported doing in 2024

Rescue, adoption, foster, and pet feeding programs: spca of northern Nevada (spca-nn) saves and improves the lives of pets and people in northern Nevada (and beyond) spca-nn believes in an open, conversation-based adoption process that carefully matches the lifestyle and expectations of adopters with the personalities and needs of our homeless pets. This approach gives adopted pets and their adopters the greatest chance for a successful, loving life together we rescue approximately 50% of our homeless pets from rural northern Nevada and rural northern California from our rural partner shelters that are under- resourced and over capacity. We pick them up in our transport van, take them into our adoption center where they receive everything needed to become adoption-ready this includes medical intake exams, vaccinations, spay/neuter surgeries, food (including specialty and prescription diets), shelter, behavior assessments, enrichment, and loving care. They'll also receive necessary surgeries and treatment for severe dental disease. We successfully treated and adopted 57 kittens and cats through our impactful ringworm academy program, which saves cats and kittens at high risk for euthanasia in other facilities. We met many challenges and placed 1,420 homeless pets in loving homes, including 62 free adoptions we had a low return rate of only 6%, which means we're making successful, loving matches. Additionally, our live release rate was a consistently high 97%. We spayed/neutered 924 spca-nn pets before adopting them. We placed 655 pets into foster care to become ready for adoption. We supported our adopters and all pet parents with our pet help line to help keep pets in their loving homes instead of surrendered to shelters. We trapped, neutered, and returned 74 community cats. We received 6,814 pet helpline calls in 2024. Our support also includes discounted or free training and professional pet behavior consultations based on individual pets' needs and circumstances. We provided dog and cat food, treats, cat litter, leashes, collars, beds, and more to over 40 other rescue organizations through our shelter feeding program.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $8.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • 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: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.93; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings