Sf Spca

What it reported doing in 2024

Community veterinary servicesour community veterinary services include our public veterinary hospital, behavior resource center, high-volume spay/neuter clinic, community veterinary clinic, mobile vaccine clinic, and other programs. We also provide high volume, high quality subsidized spay/neuter surgeries and free vaccines in the central valley, specifically tulare, kings, and fresno counties and the city of stockton. Veterinary hospital: the sf spca operates a full-service animal veterinary hospital, located in the mission district. The hospital is open to the public and treats more than 25,000 animals a year. Accredited by the american animal hospital association, the hospital offers comprehensive veterinary services for dogs and cats, including complete medical and surgical care, dental services, urgent care, radiology, and ultrasound. The hospital offers significant discounts for over 700 san francisco residents each year who need financial assistance to address critical pet health conditions, emergency surgeries, or humane euthanasia. Behavior resources: trainers and veterinary behaviorists use humane, evidence-based training techniques with a personalized pet plan developed for each client. Spay/neuter clinic: the sf spca spay/neuter clinic provides high-volume, high-quality spaying and neutering surgeries for owned animals and for san francisco's "community cats," a trap-neuter-release program. The clinic's experienced surgeons performed over 5,000 procedures in the fiscal year 2025, 72% of which were subsidized. Community veterinary clinic (cvc): the sf spca's cvc opened in 2022 and is located in san francisco's excelsior neighborhood, offering high-quality, low-cost preventative care for dogs and cats. In the fiscal year 2025, we helped over 11,000 patients. The cvc provides select services, including: vaccines flea, tick, and heartworm medication treatment of minor skin, ear, and eye issues treatment for minor illnesses such as vomiting and diarrhea spay and neuter consultations and scheduling mobile vaccine clinic: the mobile vaccine clinic (mvc) provides programs and services to under-resourced pet owners through free monthly clinics offering vaccines, flea/tick treatment, deworming, and sign-ups for free spay/neuter procedures. In fiscal year 2025, we treated over 5,000 animals through the mvc.central valley expansion: in response to the growing crisis of an overwhelming number of animals entering and living in California shelters, the sf spca has expanded our services into the central valley. Access to veterinary care is extremely limited in the central valley, so we have deepened our partnerships in fresno, kings, and tulare counties, and the city of stockton. This includes ongoing transport of animals, free high-volume spay/neuter clinics, and free public vaccine clinics.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $14.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th 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: 6.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.53; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings