Rescue Road

Analysis

Rescue Road is a registered charity in United States, based in Little Rock, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Rescue Road reported income of $88k and spending of $68k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $141k to $88k (-38%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Rescue Road sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paws for a Cause Pa ($88k), Lucky Dog Rescue Inc ($88k) and Animals Deserving of Rescue Everywhere Inc ($88k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. At year end it held assets of $88k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $88k.