Stafford Animal Shelter

What it reported doing in 2024

The shelter provides housing and care for over a thousand surrendered or stray animals each year. The organization partners with local organizations and veterinarians to provide low cost spay/neuter services. The shelter does not euthanize any adoptable animals due to length of stay. When excess capacity is available, the shelter is able to assist other organizations and localities, such as indian reservations and municipal shelters, to help find homes for their animals as well. In addition to caring for animals, the organization does public outreach and information to increase awareness of humane animal practices. The shelter offers safety-net programs for the community through its friends for life fund, including low-cost veterinary care, training, supplies, and pet food to families in need. In 2024, stafford was able to take in a total of 1389 animals(534 cats, 716 dogs & 139 misc other small animals). 789 of those animals were adopted to new homes and 185 of them were returned to owners. The shelter had a 98% lifesaving rate for 2024 in june of 2022 there was catastrophic flooding of the nearby yellowstone river. The shelter was badly damaged in the flood and was forced to close until it could be repaired or rebuilt. All of the shelter animals were rescued. Other local animal shelters and the community have been very supportive in coping with this situation and finding temporary alternatives to providing the necessary care. The shelter reopened in limited capacity in october 2022. The shelter fully reopened in january 2023, however restoration continued into 2024. Donations were approximately half of the prior year, due primarily to an estate donation of 400,000 in 2024.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $434.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.86; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings