Westside German Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412078176
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3108386694
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,243,024
Expenses
$2,174,811
Assets
$5,263,061
Liabilities
$59,967

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBIN JAMPOL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBIN JAMPOL (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT CHESLOW (SECRETARY)
  • ALAN JAMPOL (CHAIRMAN)

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

Wgsr rescues german shepherds and shepherd mixes from high-kill shelters and owner surrenders and gives them a pathway to qualified loving homes by providing medical care (including spay and neuter), training, socialization, and adoption services. We are responsible to our dogs for the remainder of their lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wgsr has rescued over 16,000 dogs since its founding in 2002. We currently have over 100 active volunteers, 22 full/part-time staff, and since 2017 have owned a 135 dog capacity kennel facility. Wgsr successfully placed 619 dogs in 2024, and 603 dogs in 2023 in responsible loving adoptive homes. Wgsr is focused on dogs in the southern California area (including many dogs from rural areas in the central valley) either from high-kill shelters or owner surrenders where there are insufficient resources to help the dogs recover and become adoptable. We are a known resource in southern California for special needs dogs with severe medical problems and/or injuries including fractures and burns, often accompanied by malnutrition and infectious diseases. Our philosophy is to not deny a dog a second chance simply because of medical costs. We also provide socialization and training, which is often needed to enable these dogs to become adoptable. Dogs available for adoption and our application are posted on our website www.sheprescue.org. We also place dogs (including all puppies or those with special medical needs) in foster homes to maximize our capacity and to help dogs transition from the shelter environment to a home. Our adoption counselors match suitable dogs with approved applicants, and educate adopters to maximize success of our placements. Dogs are vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and microchipped prior to adoption. Wsgr remains responsible for our dogs for the rest of their lives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.42; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.