Fighting Chance Rescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812097619
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Hamersville, OH, USA
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $147,137
- Expenses
- $130,461
- Assets
- $35,852
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- kimberly kinder (president)
- Joe Kinder (vice president)
People named in this filing
- kimberly kinder (president)
- Joe Kinder (vice president)
- Julie Cottrill (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Fighting Chance Rescue is to rescue provide treatment and care and to prevent the neglect and abuse of horses through education investigation and rescue operationsWe offer sanctuary for slaughter-bound abused and neglected horsesWe advocate for their welfare and enhance the human-animal bond We are one of the only equine rescues serving South Eastern Ohio
What it reported doing in 2025
Equine rescue: were on the front lines of rescue this year. Fighting chance had an unusual number of body score one horses in 2025. We took horses that were surrendered by owners horses bought from auctions and horses seized from police departments and humane societies in our community. We took horses that came here for hospice. We gave them the ability to pass with love and dignity. We opened our doors and hearts to many horses that needed us. In August we were a part of an 18 horse seizure. We needed to transform our educational center into a stable housing 11 of the 18 horses that were seized. We only had a few hours to make that happen. We need to move several of our own horses to foster facilities in order to house them in our run in and outdoor paddocks. We needed to expand our medical supplies water tanks feed holders brushes paddocks and maintenance equipment. This included horses in varies levels of starvation and hoof rot.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.