4 Paws 4 Life Rescue

Analysis

4 Paws 4 Life Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Sedalia, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue reported income of $1.1m and spending of $901k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $741k to $1.1m (+46%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lisa Levenstein Foundation ($1.1m), Southampton Township Wild Fowl Association Inc ($1.1m) and Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 80% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (9.2% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $246k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $18k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 29 employees.