Golden Retriever Freedom Rescue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364470790
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3037498499
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $391,736
- Expenses
- $393,964
- Assets
- $430,642
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- Jeff Boyton (Treasurer)
- Megan Perkins (Board Chair)
- Christy Cooper (Co Gives Lead)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Golden retriever freedom rescue is a nonprofit, charitable 501(c)(3), all volunteer dog rescue organization. Our mission is to rescue, foster, rehabilitate and adopt abused, neglected, and unwanted golden retrievers and mixes to permanent homes. All of grfr's rescued dogs spend time in foster homes, which enables grfr volunteers to better assess the temperament of each dog for successful matching to the appropriate permanent home. Grfr strives to place their dogs in the appropriate home environment and several interviews are held between the prospective owners and grfr staff, which includes a home visit prior to placement. As part of our rescue mission, grfr provides the following services to each rescued dog prior to adoption into a permanent home: spay or neuter, vaccinations, treatment for existing illness, disease, or injuries, and emergency veterinary care. Medical costs can be extraordinary. Since 2001 grfr has placed over 4590 dogs into new homes. We publish a newsletter 3 times
What it reported doing in 2024
We brought in 365 dogs this year needing vet care, boarding, grooming and food. This also includes adopted dog reimbursements for medical care and other expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $375K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.