Stray Paws Animal Haven

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831526587
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
South El Monte, CA, USA
Phone
6263156394
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,191,597
Expenses
$2,165,935
Assets
$382,013
Liabilities
$54,039

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH FEDERICO (PRESIDENT & CO-FOUNDER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CORAL F MA (VETERINARIAN): $143,000 total reported compensation
  • DR GUADALUPE SANDOVAL (DIRECTOR): $83,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Stray Paws Animal Haven is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides free and affordable spay and neuter services and essential medical care for community cats and pets, promotes responsible pet ownership, and aims to improve animal welfare. We aim to create a future where community members protect animals from neglect and disease, making their well-being a shared priority. Through our collective efforts to provide vaccinations and affordable medical care, we aspire to cultivate an environment where all animals thrive and coexist harmoniously with people. What We Do TNR Education & Training – We teach individuals and organizations how to effectively implement Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) to manage and stabilize community cat populations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Stray paws animal haven is dedicated to significantly reducing the stray animal population through a practical and comprehensive approach. Our proactive measures include our trap-neuter-return (tnr) programs and our affordable spay/neuter services for pets. Additionally, we are committed to facilitating the safe transportation and relocation of animals, as well as fostering active networking within the animal welfare community. Our goal is to promote responsible pet ownership through education and awareness. We proudly offer these free and discounted spay/neuter surgeries to support our community, ensuring accessible and affordable care for all. Through our robust partnerships with local rescues and animal organizations, along with our low-cost community pet owner clinics, we successfully spay/neuter up to 250 cats and 25 dogs a week. Our extensive services may include, but are not limited to, free vaccinations, microchips, and low-cost flea control.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 46.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 90.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.