Washington · Nonprofit
WET NOSES RESCUE
WET NOSES RESCUE (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $493,824 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($261,077). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $504k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $494k
- Net assets
- $-90185
What Wet Noses Rescue does
Mission
Wet Noses Rescue works hard to help those who are unable to help themselves. Our goal is to help abandoned dogs and puppies that would otherwise be euthanized or subject to a life in extremely poor conditions, unloved and neglected.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
2023 program statementin 2023, Wet Noses Rescue remained deeply committed to serving our community and our animals through dedicated, hands-on care and essential shelter activities. We worked tirelessly to ensure every animal received the love, attention, and medical care they deserved, knowing that each moment spent with them helped pave the way to their forever homes.this year, our team: sheltered hundreds of animals, providing safe, comfortable spaces for them to rest and recover. Fed, bathed, and cared for every animal, meeting their individual needs and ensuring they felt loved and nurtured daily. Walked dogs on the beach and through nearby trails, giving them exercise, stimulation, and joy while strengthening their confidence. Provided thorough veterinary care to all animals, ensuring they were microchipped, vaccinated, spayed or neutered, and treated with the best medical resources available. Organized a high level of community outreach by participating in local events and partnering with schools and businesses, inviting the public to learn about animal welfare and responsible pet ownership. Added a high-end "catio" with an indoor-outdoor space where visitors joined unique…
$721,879 spent$363,666 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $721,879.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $6k to $38k (+523%).
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.
100% of WET NOSES RESCUE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Nils Lahr
President/CEO/treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $20k → $141k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 WET NOSES 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
WET NOSES RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% 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 WET NOSES RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 46% · 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
71% of WET NOSES 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 $145k that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $349k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
WET NOSES RESCUE runs a healthier operating margin 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 WET NOSES 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WET NOSES 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 WET NOSES RESCUE?
- WET NOSES RESCUE (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $493,824 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($261,077). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WET NOSES RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $493,824 in grants to WET NOSES RESCUE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WET NOSES RESCUE?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $261,077 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WET NOSES RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 12 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