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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: January 2025 Expires: January 2027

Spay-Neuter Action Project

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
3 7 14 16 18
(866) 772-9287
Post Office Box 235287
Encinitas, CA, 92023
https://www.snap-sandiego.org
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Spay-Neuter Action Project does not meet the following 5 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 3 (Frequency and Attendance of Board Meetings)
An organization shall have a minimum of three evenly spaced meetings per year of the full governing body with a majority in attendance, with face-to-face participation. A conference call of the full board can substitute for one of the three meetings of the governing body. For all meetings, alternative modes of participation are acceptable for those with physical disabilities.

SNAP does not meet this Standard because:

  • The board of directors held no meetings during the year ended March 31, 2024.

Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.

SNAP does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization did not produce a written report outlining the results of its effectiveness assessment performed in December 2023.

Standard 14 (Budget)
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.

SNAP does not meet this Standard because, when the organization provided 2025 budget information, it indicated that the budget:

  • Did not identify total projected administrative expenses.

Standard 16 (Annual Report)
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

SNAP does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization states it does not have an annual report covering activities conducted in 2023.

Standard 18 (Privacy for Written Appeals & Internet Privacy)
Address privacy concerns of donors by (a) providing in written appeals, at least annually, a means (e.g., such as a check off box) for both new and continuing donors to inform the charity if they do not want their name and address shared outside the organization, (b) providing a clear, prominent and easily accessible privacy policy on any of its websites that tells visitors (i) what information, if any, is being collected about them by the charity and how this information will be used, (ii) how to contact the charity to review personal information collected and request corrections, (iii) how to inform the charity (e.g., a check off box) that the visitor does not wish his/her personal information to be shared outside the organization, and (iv) what security measures the charity has in place to protect personal information.

SNAP does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization's website, https://www.snap-sandiego.org, does not provide access to a privacy policy.

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 15

Spay-Neuter Action Project meets the remaining 14 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to provide community-based education and subsidized spay and neuter clinics to achieve zero euthanasia of adoptable and treatable pets in San Diego County."

Year, State Incorporated:
1992, CA

Spay Neuter Action Project (SNAP) reports that it works to reduce the overpopulation of pets in San Diego County through the provision of free and low-cost spay and neuter surgeries for pet dogs, cats, and rabbits. The organization operates a mobile bus that travels across the county to client's homes and the organization also offers services at its clinic in El Cajon. In 2023, SNAP states that it spayed and neutered 9,162 pets.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, Spay-Neuter Action Project's program expenses were:

Program services $1,145,718
Total Program Expenses $1,145,718

Chief Executive
Dorell Sackett, Executive Director

Compensation*
$74,968

Chair of the Board
Gerry Boss, MD

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Board Size
8

Paid Staff Size
22

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Membership appeals, Planned giving arrangements, Print advertisements (newspapers, magazines, etc.), Telephone appeals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 12% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $348,304, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Spay-Neuter Action Project's audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Spay and neuter fees $636,503
Contributions $238,704
Grants $109,600
Interest income $194
Total Income $985,001

Programs: 93% Fundraising: 4% Administrative: 4%

Total Income $985,001
Total expenses: $1,234,098
  Program expenses $1,145,718
  Fundraising expenses $43,415
  Administrative expenses $44,965
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-249,097
Beginning Net Assets $932,145
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $683,048
Total Liabilities $0
Total Assets $683,048

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