The Cat Fanciers' Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
210700441
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alliance, OH, USA
Phone
3306804070
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,298,010
Expenses
$2,581,328
Assets
$3,307,920
Liabilities
$250,299

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUSSELL WEBB (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD MASTIN (PRESIDENT)
  • ALLENE TARTAGLIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALLENE TARTAGLIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $114,083 total reported compensation
  • GEORGE EIGENHAUSER (DIR.-AT-LARGE): $52,428 total reported compensation
  • RICHARD MASTIN (PRESIDENT): $36,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The association is the world's largest registry of pedigreed cats. It promotes the welfare of cats and the improvement of their breed, promulgates rules for, and management of, cat shows, licenses cat shows and promotes the interest of breeders and exhibitors of cats.

What it reported doing in 2024

See schedule oevents and shows: the association provided a forum for cat owners, breeders, exhibitors, and the general public to learn about issues related to medical and scientific advancements in the care and breeding of cats and provided a venue for competition and excellence in cat care, breeding, and cat owners.the association provides registration and recording of pedigrees of cats, litters, cattery names, ownership transfers, confirmations, certification of cattery inspections, licensing of cat shows, and recording of awards.the association published a cfa yearbook, pamphlets, coloring books and educational brochures. All publications are of interest to cat show exhibitors, cat breeders and cat owners. Articles cover general cat care, breeding information, and cat show information. The association maintained a website, cat talk, and a blog. The website contains a plethora of information regarding cats that is of interest to cat owners. Cat talk is geared toward breeders and exhibitors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 0; 0th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 73.7%; rating input score 74; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.