Wagging Tails Dog Rescue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473504134
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Thornwood, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9145526400
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal-Related N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,437
- Expenses
- $105,781
- Assets
- $34,772
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMIE PROSPERO (PRESIDENT)
- KRISTINA FEIGHAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JAMIE PROSPERO (PRESIDENT)
- KRISTINA FEIGHAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- NIKKI MADERA (SECRETARY)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wagging tails dog rescue ny is a small volunteer and foster home based 501(c)(3) organization based in southern westchester county ny. The organization is dedicated to saving homeless dogs and puppies. Dogs are found in kill shelters, meat farms, puppy mills and abandoned on the streets. Dogs are vetted, provided health care, placed in foster homes and then matched to forever homes.
What it reported doing in 2025
All of the dogs were fully vetted, routine healthcare and checkups were provided as well as necessary veterinary care for existing conditions in some dogs. All of the dogs were placed in foster homes.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.9%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.9% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.