Delaware · Nonprofit
RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD
RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD (Delaware) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,707 to it, the largest being DEL-ONE FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,983 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,983 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- First State Community Action Agency Incshared funders
- The Fishlinger Family Foundationportfolio match
- Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoptionportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $707.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD’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
RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2023 71% — 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
67% of RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $207 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- First State Community Action Agency Incshared fundersDE · backs 3 organizations that share your funders
- The Fishlinger Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoptionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jason Debus Heigl Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Marion and Richard Graham Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Girtys Place Animal Rescue and Sanctuaryportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Phoenix Animal Care Coalition PACC911portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Caring Songs for All Creatures Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Houston Petsetportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Booboo Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jayzum Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Delaware
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD?
- RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD (Delaware) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,707 to it, the largest being DEL-ONE FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,707 in grants to RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD.
- Who is the largest funder of RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD?
- DEL-ONE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RESCUE FOR THE MISUNDERSTOOD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 3funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing