Washington Federation of Animal Care & Control Agencies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
916056105
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Olympia, WA, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,545
Expenses
$104,192
Assets
$128,252
Liabilities
$19,415

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sarah Hock CAWA (President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Hock CAWA (President)
  • Nanette McCann (Secretary)
  • Amy Ferguson (Treasurer)

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

Animal Advocacy; promote humane legislation training for animal welfare groups.

What it reported doing in 2024

2024 continued to be challenging post the Covid-19 pandemic. The Washington Federation focused on providing guidance and resources to animal welfare organizations to help them navigate through the changing landscapes of animal care throughout the year. In 2024 The Federation awarded grants totaling $81,500 funding spay or neuter surgeries for companion animals and community cats. Grants are made possible by the SPAY~NEUTER~ADOPT specialty license plates which launched in 2007. We are pleased that we have continued to offer our virtual euthanasia by injection classes. The Federations legislative activity during the 2024 session involved monitoring and supporting several bills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.4%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $93K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.