Zero Stray Pawject
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811934816
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 9179295756
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $545,535
- Expenses
- $474,790
- Assets
- $349,084
- Liabilities
- $9,993
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Theodore Moumtzidis (Director)
- Silja Schiller-Moumtzidis (Director)
- Kostis Glavas (Director)
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
To systematically solve the problem of stray dogs and cats by addressing the root causes, such as lack of enforcement of mandatory microchipping laws, low percentage of neutered (owned) dogs and cats in the community, lack of education in children and culture in adults, that collectively lead to dogs and cats ending up on the street. We work with local municipalities, vets, and other stakeholders on stray prevention programs. We focus on education and sharing Know How. We share our know how and our prevention philosophy and we help municipalities with local programs. We also invite others to share their know how on our education platforms.
What it reported doing in 2024
The training of municipalities and other stakeholders to prevent the creation of new stray animals by focusing on responsible pet ownership. As part of our municipal collaboration we often provide funds for targeted programs with owned pets such as subsidizing microchipping or neutering. 2024 continued with more municipalities and added other stakeholders such as training police officers and members of the judiciary.
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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 58
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- 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: 13%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 94.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 60.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 49.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $471K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Fund balance restriction sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.