Last Resort
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
We are a all-volunteer nonprofit animal rescue and welfare organization. We provide rescue emergency medical care rehabilitation refuge and release to thousands of injured orphaned wildlife from throughout the state at our wildlife facility. We also provide rescue rehabilitation and rehoming services to abandoned injured and homeless pets through a network of foster homes and adoption programs. We provide apprenticeship and internships in wildlife rehabilitation volunteer opportunities and educational community outreach.
- Income
- $103,841
- Spending
- $76,209
- Reserves
- -8.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 82%
- Highest pay
- $9, bod
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 29 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (animals, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 53% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 27% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $22,960 spent. We provided food supplemental nutrition. bedding enrichment materials and basic care supplies for over 1000 animals in our care throughout the year.
- $21,875 spent. We provided emergency veterinary care exrays diagnostics emergency surgery basic veterinary medical care and round the clock critical care to over 1000 injured orphaned animals throughout the year. We also provided in-house medical care and supplies such wound care fluids vaccines deworming and treatment for common illness.
- $6,317 spent. We provided emergency transportation to several hundred injured wildlife from around the state to from our rescue facility to from veterinary facilities to from their places of origin for their release after being rehabilitated. We also provided transport of abandoned injured homeless pets to foster homes around the state to from vet appointments to from adoption appointments.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2009.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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