Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary Inc

Analysis

Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elverta, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2000, 26 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, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $942k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $795k to $1.6m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Homeward Bound Golden Retriever Rescue and Sanctuary Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marleys Mutts Dog Rescue ($1.6m), Friends of the Animal Shelter and Guardians of the Homeless Animals ($1.6m) and West Valley Humane Society Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $3.9m.