Underdog Connection
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883977205
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,144
- Expenses
- $25,917
- Assets
- $847
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Corinne Hammond (President & Director)
People named in this filing
- Corinne Hammond (President & Director)
- Bridget Flynn (Treasurer & Director)
- Angela Toli (Secretary & Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of The Underdog Connection encompasses the following to find permanent loving homes for animals in need via adoption through the organization to network animals in need predominantly from the southern United States to northern shelters and rescues accepting animals into their programs to sponsor the animals in need which are comprised of strays animals in city shelters and animals in rural shelters and pounds who do not receive exposure to rescue partners to raise funds to ensure the animals in need receive proper vetting and have transport to their new locations to make donations to other animal welfare organizations that accept these unwanted animals to raise funds to assist other animal welfare organizations with unexpected medical costs to educate and promote the importance of spaying neutering how to prevent animal cruelty and other activities that align with the purpose of the organization.
What it reported doing in 2024
We place stray dogs or dogs at risk of euthanasia in shelters into permanent loving homes. While waiting for a family to come along we provide housing vet care and support for these dogs. Upon placement we safely get them to their new families to enjoy a lifetime of love and happiness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 62% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 65.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -138% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.