We Care for Animals

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880348135
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Mesquite, NV, USA
Phone
7023761642
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,486
Expenses
$73,104
Assets
$258,556
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Taylor (President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Taylor (President)
  • Linda Muse (Treasurer)
  • Joanne Migliozzi (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We Care for Animals (WCFA) is a small foster-based cat and dog rescue entity in Mesquite NV. Providing spay and/or neutering services, vacines, micro-chips and appropriate medical aid prior to adoption. Provides services/food to low-income pet owners.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, WCFA placed 58 cats and dogs into wonderful homes. All of our cats and dogs are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, chipped and recived appropriate veterinary care prior to adoption. WCFA spayed/neutered 83 cats and dogs. WCFA maintains a small pet food bank. We assist on average 70 needy pet owners with 115 cats and dogs with pet food. We distributed approximately 6,790 lbs of dry pet food and 985 cans of wet pet food. WCFA also provides dog beds, collars, leashes, food bowls, litter boxes, litter crates, cat condos, etc. We also provide other animal food, fencing, etc that we receive as donations from one of our major donors. This year we helped organizations with pet food or supplies such as the Mesquite Salvation Army, Street Dogs Las Vegas, RSQ in St George UT, AZ Animal Control, Beaver Dam AZ Food Bank and Windys Ranch in Moapa Valley, NV.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.54; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.