Wags Pet Clinic Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821808037
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Tampa, FL, USA
Phone
8138710850
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,794,058
Expenses
$11,585,719
Assets
$6,573,555
Liabilities
$416,538

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROL LANSFORD (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEPHANIE SABSHIN DVM (KEY EMPLOYEE): $331,873 total reported compensation
  • DR MELANIE BIZZARO (EXEX DIRECTO): $213,739 total reported compensation
  • DR ALEXANDER COLE (KEY EMPLOYEE): $209,016 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wags pet clinic, inc. Provides high quality and compassionate care for companion animals at affordable prices and supports the community and animal welfare within its market areas. This effort allows wags pet clinic, inc., as an organization, to expand its good work and increase its ability to enhance its sustainable fundraising goals. The initiative is designed to bring its programs, philosophy, knowledge and experience to a larger market and seeks out smaller existing groups as well as new proposed groups with aligned missions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Wags pet clinic, inc. Provides surgical, diagnostic and vaccine services. At the end of 2025 we were operating in 3 locations: carrollwood, oldsmar and brandon: - surgical services o spay/neuter surgeries: 14,533 o other surgeries: 2,109 hours performing special surgeries mass removal, cystotomy, entropion, etc,: 1,537.65 radiographs: 4,535 dental services: 1,066 exams (including treatment for illness, wellness exams, laboratory, diagnostics, rx, preventatives, and healthy pet annual examinations: 42,182 emergency exams: 5,862 vaccine clinic services for pet vaccinations: 13,403 rabies vaccinations: 19,694 vaccinations other than rabies: 28,677

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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

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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 14th 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $332K · 13 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.