California · Nonprofit
REDWOOD PALS RESCUE
REDWOOD PALS RESCUE (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,352 to it, the largest being HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ($111,695). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $64k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $168k
- Net assets
- $10k
What Redwood Pals Rescue does
Mission
Redwood Pals Rescue is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to support rescue and adoption efforts of animals that are at risk in the Humboldt County Animal Shelter in addition to working to improve the quality of their lives. We pay to take the rescue and shelter dogs to much-needed training each week pay for boarding when we have more dogs that need rescuing than we have space in foster homes pay for spaying neutering vaccinations and medical costs for our rescue dogs pay for food when our generous foster families are tapped out pay for leashes and treats when the shelter runs low and the miscellaneous items that give our rescue and shelter animals a better life. This past year we have also paid for spay neutering vaccinations medical care and food for many of the dogs owned by local homeless people. We have also taken in many litters of abandoned puppies vaccinated provided veterinary care fostered then transported to rescue partners and or adopted locally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Spaying neutering vaccinations medications such as flea and worming medications and medical care of our rescue dogs as well as dogs owned by homeless or low-income owners. We were able to spay or neuter 80 dogs 50 females 30 males who probably would remain unaltered without the combination of our outreach and the available funds. We also administered over 500 vaccinations and paid for veterinary expenses for over 33 dogs.
$44,374 spentof which $10,717 as grants75% of program spendingRe-uniting dogs who end up in the shelter with their owners. We help pay fees for homeless and low-income people to be able to reunite with their dogs that are in the shelter. In order for us to help the owner must get the dog spayed neutered RPR will help pay for it. Re-uniting these dogs with their owners also helps to save the lives of the dogs in our over-crowded shelter as they do not have to be euthanized for space. We were able to help reunite 57 dogs.
$9,261 spentof which $6,717 as grants16% of program spendingDog puppy food collars leashes toys supplies training enrichment.
$2,117 spent4% of program spendingInsurance.
$2,133 spent4% of program spendingOffice supplies PO Box rental fee software filing fees.
$1,412 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,297.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $41k to $5k (−88%).
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.
97% of REDWOOD PALS 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. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $21k → $16k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 REDWOOD PALS 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
REDWOOD PALS RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 REDWOOD PALS RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 61% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 69% · 2022 66% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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
76% of REDWOOD PALS RESCUE'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 $40k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $128k 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
REDWOOD PALS RESCUE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,489 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,489 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like REDWOOD PALS RESCUE
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for REDWOOD PALS RESCUE: 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 REDWOOD PALS RESCUE?
- REDWOOD PALS RESCUE (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,352 to it, the largest being HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION ($111,695). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does REDWOOD PALS RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $168,352 in grants to REDWOOD PALS RESCUE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REDWOOD PALS RESCUE?
- HUMBOLDT AREA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $111,695 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REDWOOD PALS RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 6 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing