Border Tails Rescue

Analysis

Border Tails Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Northbrook, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2020, 6 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, Border Tails Rescue reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $655k to $1.4m (+114%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Border Tails Rescue sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mazies Mission ($1.4m), The Hermitage Cat Shelter ($1.4m) and Humane Society of the Black Hills ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $64k (4.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $538k. At year end it held assets of $39k against liabilities of $152k, net assets of -$112k. It reported 57 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.