Cats Meow Cat Rescue
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PROVIDE CARE TO FERAL, STRAY, AND ABANDONED FELINES.
- Income
- $157,069
- Spending
- $149,906
- Reserves
- 1.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 55%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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, 2025, 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)
- $143,676 spent. WE PROVIDE CARE TO 506 ABANDONED/STRAY/RESCUED CATS AND KITTENS. CARE INCLUDES: SHELTER (FOSTER HOMES), FOOD, LITTER, SOCIALIZATION, TOYS, VETERINARY CARE (INCLUDING EMERGENCY CARE, SPAY/NEUTER AND OTHER SURGERIES), MEDICATIONS, AND PROMOTING FOR ADOPTION TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT MEET CRITERIA.
- WE TRAPPED AND TRANSPORTED 91 FERAL CATS TO AND FROM FCCO FOR SPAY, NEUTER AND VACCINATIONS FROM OR & WA. THIS HELPS THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE CATS RESIDE BY PREVENTING INCREASED FERAL CAT POPLUTAIONS AND BY IMPROVING THE CURRENT CATS POPULATION'S HEALTH.
- PUBLIC OUTREACH, FUNDRAISING, SOCIAL MEDIA.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2021 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2021.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 2025.
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 October 2021.
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 October 21, 2026.
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