Lifeline Pet Rescue

Analysis

Lifeline Pet Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Brighton, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2024, 2 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, Lifeline Pet Rescue reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.0m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $853k to $1.2m (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Lifeline Pet Rescue sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 80th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Labradors Retrievers and More Rescue ($1.2m), California Institute of Environmental Studies ($1.2m) and Cat Haven Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $71k (7.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $376k. At year end it held assets of $539k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $539k. It reported 9 employees.