Animals Rule Placement Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

2025 Program Service Accomplishments: We found that 2025 was another year where dogs were shed from peoples lives for many and various reasons. Our rescue organization had no returns thanks to our screening process, but we did accept a record number of owner-surrendered dogs to help prevent the animals from re-entering the already overloaded shelter system. Once again, 2025 was a very interesting year to rescue and adopt animals.We found that there were still many people who had life changing experiences and found themselves needing to remove their dogs from their lives. Whether their dog was surrendered due to a move, a layoff, career change, straight-up financial difficulties or renter problems, our rescue organization stepped up to the plate. Our rescue intake and adoption numbers this year are still a little lower and slower than pre-Covid-19 times, but they have slowly been improving over the last five years. We feel that under the circumstances we did an outstanding job! We rescued a total of 65 animals in 2025, and we only lost 1 of those due to a critical medical condition. The breakdown of the 65 animals placed in 2025 is as follows; we saved a total of 11 dogs on their last day at our city and county shelters and we accepted 28 owner-surrendered dogs, thus preventing them from entering the shelter system. These dogs were surrendered to us for various reasons such as housing relocations, landlord problems, layoffs, unemployment, returning to work, and straight-up financial difficulties. We accepted 12 strays whose owners we were unable to locate, 7 dogs that were abandoned in housing, and 4 dogs from owners who passed away.In addition to all of this, we accepted 2 female dogs from a breeder who was finished breeding dogs. Breeders have also been very slow in moving their dogs. Our organization was able to assist 14 low income/homeless families with pet food and various forms of assistance throughout the year. Of the 65 animals we adopted, 62 were dogs, and 3 were guinea pigs.We accomplished all of this while struggling to recover financially from the pandemic ourselves, holding down jobs of our own, marriages and mortgages and this made for another crazy and difficult year. We are dedicated to the well-being of our rescue dogs and we love each and every one of them who pass through our rescue on their way to forever homes.Please help us to give back and help make a difference in the lives of homeless pets. Please dont buy, dont breed, Adopt! Respectfully from the Animals Rule officers and volunteers, we thank you and look forward to changing more lives in 2026 with your help.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 17.7%; rating input score 18
• Program expense ratio: 89.4%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 81%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.22; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings