New Jersey · Nonprofit
BRICK CITY RESCUE
BRICK CITY RESCUE (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,195 to it, the largest being THOMAS & ANNETTE DIRCKS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $8k
What Brick City Rescue does
Mission
We are dedicated to finding loving, stable homes for all adoptable homeless dogs in new jersey with a main focus on bully breeds
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In 2024 we saved 29 dogs. 21 were adopted in 2024. We provided free spay, neuter, microchipping and all required medical attention.
$68,198 spent100% of program spendingWe rescued 5 dogs from the Paterson shelter that would have otherwise been euthanized due to space and lack of proper evaluations We have a trainer that will now assess the more difficult dogs to make sure they are adoptable. All 5 dogs are living in wonderful homes Please dont judge a book by its cover, shelter animals deserve that opportunity to show their true personality
$0 spent0% of program spendingMethod Man was stuck in a rough inner-city shelteroverlooked, unwanted, and out of time. Labeled as just another lost cause, he was set to be euthanized without ever being truly seen. But we saw him. Despite his heartbreaking situation, he was gentle, sweet, and full of love. We couldnt let his story end there. So we stepped in, pulled him out, and gave him the second chance he deserved.Today, Method Man is thrivingand even made it on NJ12 News. Hes just one of many dogs weve rescued from that same shelter. Every one of them is now safe, loved, and living their best life. Why? Because we believed in them when no one else would. And that made all the difference.
$0 spent0% of program spendingThe second dog was Papo. Papo and his dad had recently come to the NJ area from North Carolina. Papos dad had a place to stay until the family member realized Papo was part of the package. Papo and his dad were put out by family and they were both living in Papos dads car. When Papos dad reached out to us to surrender Papo, we wanted to give them the same opportunity we were giving Penguins family. We housed Papo and his dad in a dog friendly hotel, mostly with the help from one donor. We also found Papos dad another opportunity to work, doing what it is Papos dad does, but at a higher pay rate. Through all this, Papo was still surrendered to us. After being surrendered, the same donor who paid for all the hotels, decided to try to foster Papo for us. Unfortunately, the resident dog was not fond of Papo. This same donor paid our trainer to Board and Train Papo. Papo spent quite a few months with K9 Training with Byron, from October 2023 until Papo was adopted in February 2024Biggie On June 3, 2023, we received a call from the Paterson Animal Shelter that they had a dog in their custody that was microchipped to Brick City Rescue. Upon us looking into this, it appears that the dog…
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,198.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $17k to $2k (−86%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
82% of BRICK CITY RESCUE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $823.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BRICK CITY RESCUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BRICK CITY RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRICK CITY RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 83% · 2019 75% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
BRICK CITY RESCUE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BRICK CITY RESCUE's revenue fell 29% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like BRICK CITY RESCUE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRICK CITY RESCUE?
- BRICK CITY RESCUE (New Jersey) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,195 to it, the largest being THOMAS & ANNETTE DIRCKS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRICK CITY RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $8,195 in grants to BRICK CITY RESCUE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRICK CITY RESCUE?
- THOMAS & ANNETTE DIRCKS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRICK CITY RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing