Rescue Project

Analysis

Rescue Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Olathe, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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, Rescue Project reported income of $109k and spending of $121k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $158k to $109k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Rescue Project sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saco River Wildlife Center ($109k), Clay County Animal Shelter ($109k) and Happy Valley Horse Rescue Inc ($109k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $55k against liabilities of $1,325, net assets of $54k.