Rural Dog Rescue

Analysis

Rural Dog Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Chester, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rural Dog Rescue reported income of $184k and spending of $192k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $106k to $184k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Rural Dog Rescue sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haven Animal Care Shelter Inc ($184k), Wildlife Works Inc ($184k) and Kats Alley Cats ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $163k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $163k.