Colorado · Nonprofit
Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado
Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $521,535 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($198,638). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $189k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $522k
- Net assets
- $687k
What Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado does
Mission
Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado LDAR serves the public as a 501c3 tax exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to the rescue of homeless and abandoned animals in Colorado and surrounding areas. We rescue, rehabilitate and find homes for animals at risk, regardless of age or breed, issue or amount of time needed that is within our means, in conjunction with providing educational services and spay/neuter programs to the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Other program services include all costs necessary to bring a rescued animal from its original location and condition to optimal health and a permanent home. We were able to facilitate the adoption 141 animals after providing medical and dental care, vaccinations, training, grooming, transportation and foster home support.
$77,874 spentof which $77,874 as grants55% of program spendingNational Spay and Neuter Program- With our support, approximatel 929 animals living in a low-income, rural area of Arkansas were spayed or neutered in an effort to curb animal shelter overcorwding and unwanted litters.
$37,154 spentof which $37,154 as grants26% of program spendingState and Regional Spay and Neuter Program- Provided funding and support for clinics in low-income Colorado communities resulting in the spay and neuter of over 579 animals. Vaccinations and general medical attention also was provided to animals in need.
$22,478 spentof which $22,478 as grants16% of program spendingEducational Outreach- Provides a $5,000 scholarship Annually to veterinary tech student at Colorado Mountain College to cover tuition and other expenses for the two year program.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $142,506.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 $466k to $539k (+16%).
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.
66% of Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $42k → $97k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado’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
Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 78% · 2019 45% · 2020 35% · 2021 35% · 2022 41% · 2023 41% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $98k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from funders outside Colorado, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $424k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado?
- Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado (Colorado) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $521,535 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($198,638). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $521,535 in grants to Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $198,638 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lucky Day Animal Rescue of Colorado find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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