Whimpers to Wags Rescue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843737194
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7199648222
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,105
- Expenses
- $39,683
- Assets
- $102,421
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THERESA CONTRERAS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- THERESA CONTRERAS (PRESIDENT)
- KAYE LETTERLY (VICE PRESIDE)
- KATHLEEN SEITZINGER (SECRETARY/TR)
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
To identify and rescue small defeated dogs at risk from abandonment, abuse and neglect through a foster based program. We are an all-volunteer organization.
What it reported doing in 2025
To identify & rescue small, defeated dogs at risk for abandonment, abuse & neglect & provide a safe haven in loving, dedicated foster homes while rehabilitating, spay/neutering & providing medical care. Through a comprehensive application & home visit, we place our dogs in committed & successful forever homes allowing them to live long, happy lives. We are determined to educate the community on proper & responsible dog ownership & promote the advantages of adoption. We are an all-volunteer organization.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.58; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.