The Oasis Animal Sanctuary Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223810323
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Franklinville, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 8562846311
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $229,342
- Expenses
- $227,783
- Assets
- $310,327
- Liabilities
- $109,485
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PHYLLIS VAN DE WEGHE (VICE PRESIDENT & CFO)
People named in this filing
- PHYLLIS VAN DE WEGHE (VICE PRESIDENT & CFO)
- MARY JOHNSON (TRUSTEE, PART TIME EMPLOYE)
- SUSAN GEERS (TRUSTEE)
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
The oasis mission is to relieve the suffering of abused, neglected or homeless companion animals, horses, and other pets. We do this through our five initiatives: (1) rehabilitate companion animals from local shelters & the general public for adoption; (2) provide a low-cost spay and neuter program; (3) provide sanctuary for abused farm animals - especially horses; (4) a humane education program; and (5) provide a permanent, loving home for those animals that have been too traumatized or are too disabled for adoption.
What it reported doing in 2025
The animal care and the adoption/foster/relocate (a/f/r) programs are the main endeavors of the organization, and most of the money used for them comes in through the general account. The combined program is run at the facility, although there are still some foster homes in use. 20 animals were surrendered to oasis in 2025 - 17 cats and kittens, and 1 horse. Additionally, oasis was directly responsible for the adoptions of 12 dogs from another non-profit rescue, bringing the total number of animals assisted in 2025 to 30. Because oasis is a sanctuary, it often takes in animals that other shelters do not accept, or would simply euthanize because of their age or the time and expense needed to heal them. Oasis provides a "kindness first" philosophy, whereby euthanasia is performed only after other options become either financially or physically prohibitive. In all, oasis has cared for 900 animals - many of them via foster homes, because oasis had no facility of its own until may 29, 2015. At the end of 2025, 55 were still with us, of which 30 are "permanent residents" as they have been too traumatized or are too disabled to be adopted out (of these, 7 are equines). Oasis has taken in many species of animals over the years, including dogs, cats, horses (from drafts to ponies), donkeys, ducks, guinea pigs, snakes, hamsters, turtles, turkeys, ferrets, roosters, chickens, and goats. The program provides healthy nutrition, excellent vet care, and socialization with others of their species as well as with humans. We provide a non-caged environment for as many animals as we can to reduce stress and illness; the horses have large fields in which to run and stretch their legs. Again, we do not euthanize any animal for any reason except end-of-life suffering for which we can offer no other relief. Note that oasis cannot accept wildlife in its programs as no one on staff has a nj state rehabilitator's license.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% 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.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $190K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.