Spay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To prevent the suffering and death of companion animals and to enrich the human-animal bond by providing excellent, accessible, and affordable spay/neuter and veterinary care.
- Income
- $5.2 million
- Spending
- $5.2 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- 0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 84%
- Employees
- 70
- Volunteers
- 4
- Highest pay
- $162,694, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 39 out of 100. Higher than 4% of charities in its peer group (animals, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.1 months of spending.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 76% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 0% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 32 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 65% of charities in its peer group (animals, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
18 of 254 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $4.6 million spent. The Spay-Neuter Assistance Program accomplishes its mission through its programs: The Solution Begins Here, which provides low-cost spay/neuter services; Caring for our Companions, which provides low-cost wellness services; and Empowering People & Pets, which offers subsidized services. See Schedule O for program accomplishments.THE SOLUTION BEGINS HERE (Low-Cost Spay/Neuter) In FY 2025, 23,946 dogs and cats were spayed/neutered through SNAP's publicly offered low-cost spay/neuter program, The Solution Begins Here. These animals represent about 10,000 families whose lives were improved by making spaying/neutering accessible and affordable for their companion animals. Removing hormonal behaviors in these animals has helped improve the human-animal bond, a bond that numerous studies have shown provides tremendous emotional, mental, and physical health benefits for human caregivers.Besides curbing pet overpopulation and preventing the suffering and death of millions of unwanted puppies and kittens, these services have positively impacted public welfare. Public health is improved by reducing the threat and incidence of rabies spread by dogs and decreasing the number of dog bites (disproportionately caused by un-neutered male dogs). Reducing the number of stray animals roaming neighborhoods and the number of carcasses in our landfills creates a safer, cleaner environment.Municipalities and taxpayers have saved money by reducing the number of animals picked up off the streets, impounded, and euthanized in animal control facilities and shelters (nationwide, these expenses are estimated to be as high as $2 billion annually). Reducing the killing of healthy, adoptable dogs and cats has improved community livability standards and public sentiment.CARING FOR OUR COMPANIONS (Low-Cost Wellness) - In FY 2025, 7,170 animals received veterinary care through SNAP's low-cost veterinary wellness program, Caring for Our Companions. SNAP's wellness services include wellness examination, Feline Leukemia & heartworm testing; Rabies, Bordetella, Distemper, Parvo, Canine Influenza, and Feline Leukemia vaccinations & boosters; parasite treatment & prevention; and micro-chipping. In addition to improving the health and well-being of the animals who receive care at SNAP, by making these services accessible and affordable, SNAP is building stronger, happier, and healthier families and providing a public health benefit to our communities.EMPOWERING PEOPLE & PETS (Subsidized Services) - In FY 2025, Empowering People & Pets SNAP's program to provide partially or fully-subsidized spay/neuter and veterinary wellness care to the companion animals of income-qualifying clients provided spay/neuter surgeries and rabies vaccinations for 1,435 dogs and cats. Studies have shown a direct correlation between the likelihood of companion animals being spayed/neutered and family income. Therefore, subsidizing these services for clients who live below the poverty level is striking at the very root of the problem of animal homelessness, abandonment, shelter intake, and euthanasia. The clients (who qualify based on participation in government assistance programs) have been empowered by the opportunity to provide a previously unattainable level of care for their pets, while contributing to the solution of animal overpopulation charitable funding for the program allowed SNAP to subsidize these services.In addition to the immediate financial benefit of free services, these clients could avoid the compounded expenses of future generations of unwanted puppies and kittens. Allowing pets a chance to live their lives free from hormonal urges, preventable diseases, reproductive cancers, and the discomfort and dangers of giving birth. Removing hormonal behaviors in these companion animals has helped improve the human-animal bond. Numerous studies have shown tremendous emotional, mental, and physical health benefits for human caregivers.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1999.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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