The Jefferson Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
720694861
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Jefferson, LA, USA
Phone
5047338572
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,488,502
Expenses
$1,620,814
Assets
$6,481,267
Liabilities
$128,545

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBRA MILLER-YENNI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LYNN MORVANT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BARRY ANDALMAN (TREASURER)
  • CYNTHIA AUSTIN (SECRETARY)
  • DEBRA MILLER-YENNI (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide material support to jefferson parish animal shelter in care of homeless animals; financial support to animal trappers in removing strays from feral environment; financial support to spaying and neutering of feral and privately owned cats and dogs in jefferson parish.

What it reported doing in 2025

General operations: in the jefferson spca provided lifesaving heartworm treatment to adopted dogs from the jefferson parish animal shelter, provided a volunteer liaison coordinating volunteers for shelter pet socialization and offsite adoption events, responses to over 4,800 calls for found pets for the rabies license hotline.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% 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

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: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7,956.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.