Southern California Abyssinian Rescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208229465
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Whittier, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5626934322
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,458
- Expenses
- $57,812
- Assets
- $208,162
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LYN HOFFMASTER (President)
- REGINA SHAFFER (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- LYN HOFFMASTER (President)
- WESLEY HOFFMASTER (Treasurer)
- KATHLEEN HUGHES (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To rescue and re-home abyssinian and somali cats
What it reported doing in 2023
Scar rescued 49 cats and re-homed 33 cats. Scar had 19 cats in volunteer foster homes of which 10 are not adoptable because of age and health issues. Scar provides these cats a home and veternary care as needed to maintain their health and comfort.
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. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.6%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.6; rating input score 78; 78th 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: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
- 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.