Willows Wags and Whiskers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474727620
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
San Clemente, CA, USA
Phone
9294295500
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,189,095
Expenses
$2,221,693
Assets
$541,118
Liabilities
$583,157

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAQUEL FIGUEROA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARGARET HAYES (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERTA ANDREOTTI (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RAQUEL FIGUEROA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $64,236 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wags and whiskers pet rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit all breed, no kill, animal rescue organization, incorportated in august 2015. We are a vounteer driven group with a number of years experience with animals and rescue.

What it reported doing in 2025

First accomplishment during 2025, wwpr continued its mission of improving animal welfare within the community through adoption, veterinary assistance, and rescue support services. Wwpr successfully adopted out 284 cats and 998 dogs into permanent loving homes. Prior to adoption, animals received appropriate veterinary care including spay/neuter services, vaccinations, and microchipping. These efforts help reduce pet overpopulation, improve long-term animal health, increase return to owner rates for lost pets, and promote responsible pet ownership within the community. Wwpr also conducted several low-cost spay/neuter and vaccination clinics throughout the year, providing services to more than 200 cats and dogs in the community. These clinics helped reduce pet overpopulation and provided access to essential preventative veterinary care for pet owners. In addition, the wwpr facilitated a food bank and supply distribution services for local rescue groups, helping

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: $89.4 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -1.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.08; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $64K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.