Rural Animal Rescue Effort

Analysis

Rural Animal Rescue Effort is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 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, Rural Animal Rescue Effort reported income of $123k and spending of $129k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $204k to $123k (-40%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Rural Animal Rescue Effort sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Ferdinand Indiana Inc ($123k), Tails of Joy ($123k) and Paisley Paws Inc ($123k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 40% of the total. At year end it held assets of $6,969 against liabilities of $319, net assets of $6,650.