Whiskers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832450984
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Westernport, MD, USA
- Phone
- 2405227781
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,536
- Expenses
- $50,958
- Assets
- $3,825
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MELISSA SMITH (PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL RICHARD (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MELISSA SMITH (PRESIDENT)
- DANIEL RICHARD (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- CANDICE VALENTINE (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
The organization rescues animals who are abandoned, homeless, sick, injured/and or neglected.
What it reported doing in 2024
Whiskers is a nonprofit 501(c)3 no-kill volunteer animal rescue, serving allegany county md and the surrounding areas in nearby Maryland and West Virginia. We rescue animals who are abandoned, homeless, sick, injured/and or neglected. Animals in our care are spayed or neutered, socialized and receive all appropriate veterinary care and treatment while awaiting adoption. Some are placed in foster homes while they await placement in their permanent homes. We do not adopt on a first-come, first-serve basis. We place animals in loving, responsible, committed permanent homes, while take considerable care in finding good matches and educating prospective adopters about the responsibilities and costs of bringing a pet into their homes and lives. Any animal that does not find a home, or is not suitable for adoption, due to health issues or lack of socialization, etc., will remain at the rescue, safe and loved, for the rest of his or her life. We also strive to work with area shelters and other rescue organizations to develop a network in order to create a better world for homeless pets.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.9%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 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.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.