The Foundation Against Companion-animal Euthanasia Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351917847
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3176383223
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,537,757
Expenses
$4,087,342
Assets
$3,828,254
Liabilities
$139,337

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEANNA BRBLIC (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • GINNY SWALE (PRESIDENT)
  • CHELSEA BORTH (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER HANCOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KATHERINE DEBROTA (VETERINARIAN): $181,687 total reported compensation
  • ABRA FOSTER (VETERINARIAN): $137,909 total reported compensation
  • KATHRYN CARTER (VETERINARIAN): $132,632 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide affordable spay/neuter, vaccination, and wellness services for the indianapolis community to prevent the unnecessary euthanasia of dogs and cats.

What it reported doing in 2024

Face recognizes that pet owners of all income levels should have access to high-quality care for their pets. Services like vaccines, heartworm, flea, and tick prevention, and microchipping contribute to a pet's overall health and well-being. Moreover, keeping pets healthy through spay/neuter services, wellness and preventive care keeps them with the people who love them and out of area shelters. In 2024, face welcomed more than 18,269 vaccine clinic visits; another record breaking year. Face also instituted a "chill protocol" to provide a safer and more relaxing experience for both patients and staff, allowing access to our low-cost services instead of being referred to a full-service clinic.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 71% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.1%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.1% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 29 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.