ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS
EIN 36-4684978 · CA · General animal shelters and rescues
Verified by bounded review · fast ai · Verified Jul 28, 2026
Summary header
Current result
97
A
Confidence
Low confidence
Coverage state
Automated Limited Rating
Latest form
Form 990
Latest verified tax period
Mar 31, 2025
Filing status checked
Jul 28, 2026
Rating updated
Aug 5, 2026
Filing date
Not published
Peer context
Fallback baseline
charity-peer-benchmark-fallback-v1-3ec8917eb18774cad827
Methodology version
ct-v1.3-zero-contribution-revenue
Data source
Published section data
Published rating filing basis
Rating basis tax period: Mar 31, 2025
Currentness: not yet due · Eligibility: eligible form 990
Form type verified: Jul 28, 2026
Cash vs. noncash breakdown
The launch methodology keeps the headline contribution number visible, but also shows how much appears to be cash-like support that can more directly anchor donor interpretation.
Total reported contributions
$7,741,722
Noncash / in-kind contributions
$227,989
Estimated cash-like contributions
$7,513,733
Explanation panel
Automated scoring time: Less than 1 second
Deterministic post-review validation and scoring
Information reviewed
- Combined financial rating and publication review completed.
ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS's 5 available financial-transparency categories cover 88% of methodology weight. Their normalized total is 96.59, rounded to 97 (A).
Confidence note: Confidence is low because the exact current filing supports a comparable score but omits standardized fields required by some categories. Missing categories are disclosed and excluded rather than treated as zero.
Peer-context note: This profile currently uses a fallback baseline, which is disclosed so donors can see when cohort depth is strong and when the model is falling back to a broader baseline.
Management Burden
This category scored 90 under ct-v1.3-zero-contribution-revenue.
A
90
Executive Compensation Burden
This category was not scored because the filing does not provide every canonical metric required by the unified methodology. It did not count as zero or reduce the overall score.
Not scored
—
Fundraising Efficiency
This category scored 100 under ct-v1.3-zero-contribution-revenue.
A
100
In-Kind Distortion
This category scored 95 under ct-v1.3-zero-contribution-revenue.
A
95
Transparency & Governance
This category scored 100 under ct-v1.3-zero-contribution-revenue.
A
100
Financial Resilience
This category scored 100 under ct-v1.3-zero-contribution-revenue.
A
100
Category context and cautions
No published cautions apply to the selected filing year.
Multi-year trend
The launch view keeps a textual trend table so the pattern stays readable without depending on a chart alone.
| Year | Overall | Cash-like support | Mgmt burden | Exec burden | In-kind | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | $7,513,733 | 90 | — | 95 | Automated Limited Rating |
Source-grounded citations
These public-record references back the visible identity and financial figures. The public profile stays citation-first rather than narrative-only.
Within this section
Use the directory for broader browsing, the compare view for side-by-side context, and the methodology page when you need the scoring rules behind the visible profile.
Financial transparency first
This section's launch frame is financial transparency, not a complete impact evaluation. A strong score here does not mean every program outcome question is settled.
Read methodologyCash, in-kind, and labor context
Not all salaries are overhead, and headline revenue can mislead when noncash support is large. The public profiles keep both cautions visible instead of collapsing them into one blunt ratio.
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