Three Little Pitties Rescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824437410
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Friendswood, TX, USA
- Phone
- 3605046903
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,333,891
- Expenses
- $3,680,902
- Assets
- $1,771,049
- Liabilities
- $578,537
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALAYNA GOODSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ALAYNA GOODSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $85,933 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Three little pitties rescue is revolutionizing animal welfare for dogs and cats in Texas. We have created pathways to permanent, safe, and loving homes through adoption, transport and spay/neuter services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community outreach: throughout the year, our volunteers are out and about doing service in underserved communities. Recognizing that adoption will not solve the problem of overpopulation and crowded shelters, we added community outreach to our mission statement and now have a director of that program. Our team has supported events like houston petset vaccine clinics, empty the shelters, as well as s.a.v.e. Rescue in brazoria county by doing education in schools. We partner with groups such as unity for a solution, fix Texas, forgotten pet advocates, empty the shelter project, k-angels, defenders of animals, and laurel's house. We have a dedicated staff member who transports owned animals to free spay and neuter appointments for families in the community needing assistance. We regularly gather our volunteers and do "block walks" to educate owners about the importance of vaccines and spaying and neutering dogs. We offer free vaccines, flea prevention, food, and basic medical care, and will sign owned animals up for free spay and neuter services as our budget allows. We assist smaller rescues with transport services, taking their animals along on our trips to other states.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 78
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 72.6%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $17.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 55; 55th 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 15.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 40.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 72.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.