The Alliance for Companion Animals Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 830417002
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6025259275
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,499,351
- Expenses
- $1,581,850
- Assets
- $179,232
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEPHANIE NICHOLS-YOUNG (President)
- DEBBIE MCKNIGHT (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- STEVEN HANSEN (Director)
- SARAH SPERLING (Director)
- HEATHER ALLEN (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
End homelessness and needless euthanasia of companion animals. Subordinate, but related, missions of the alliance include: 1) facilitate collaboration of affiliated organizations 2) elevate animal welfare community integrity and professionalism
What it reported doing in 2024
The alliance collaborated with associated funders and veterinary partner clinics under the leadership of the project manager to continue its efforts/services/programs and projects under the "fix.adopt.save." (fas) initiative in which multiple components are a focal point to address the overpopulation of homeless animals in maricopa county. Community spay and neuter programs represent the primary focus of the alliance to address the overpopulation of homeless animals. Through grant funds to the alliance, for fix.adopt.save. Programs, 10,187 surgeries and 14,247 vaccinations for pets were provided to maricopa county residents at no-cost. These services were provided through community events, 35 special large dog and breed specific spay/neuter days, 85 fas funded veterinary mobile spay/neuter days and daily support from multiple fas veterinary partner clinics, across maricopa county, providing services through fas spay/neuter voucher program (including alliance and non-alliance partners). Fas distributed over 4,100 vouchers to maricopa county residents seeking financial assistance.in all, through individual organization efforts and funding for public surgeries, alliance/fas members performed 31,010 spay/neuter surgeries in 2024; inclusive of canine and feline pets and community trap-neuter-return for felines. Additionally, all alliance members providing adoptions found homes for 30,488 animals in 2024. Fas project managers role entails all aspects of fix.adopt.save., including fas community spay neuter programs, partnership coordination/collaboration, promotion of adoptions, foster needs, social media and communications.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.1%; rating input score 98; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: -5.5%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $113K reported
- Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- 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 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.