Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760260567
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dripping Springs, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5128581495
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,627,853
- Expenses
- $1,158,625
- Assets
- $1,554,375
- Liabilities
- $11,305
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERI SOLTES (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- SHERI SOLTES (PRESIDENT/CEO): $97,453 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Texas hearing and service dogs (dba service dogs, inc) trains dogs to assist texans living with hearing or mobility challenges. Sdi trains first responder dogs to help mitigate the emotional stress of frontline workers, and courthouse dogs to assist children and victims of domestic violence.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization trains two types of assistance dogs. Hearing dogs alert their deaf partners to important sounds in their environment by leading them to the sound source. Mobility service dogs assist partners in wheelchairs, walkers, or with other mobility impairments in handling difficult tasks (i.e. Opening doors, retrieving dropped objects, pulling the wheelchair, bracing to help their partner move to/from the wheelchair, etc.). The organization also trains two types of facility dogs. Courthouse dogs comfort children being interviewed or testifying in court about abuse and other crimes. They work with victims assistance staff in district attorneys' offices. Firehouse dogs provide emotional support to first responders and others in the community, such as children receiving medical treatment at hospitals. They are handled by a staff member of the fire department/emergency medical treatment team.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $41.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.