Indiana House Rabbit Society (IHRS) / Heartland Rabbit Rescue Incorporated (AKA Indiana House Rabbit Society)
Legal name: Heartland Rabbit Rescue Incorporated Aka Indiana House Rabbit Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 651228024
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3177677636
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $109,444
- Expenses
- $100,903
- Assets
- $84,081
- Liabilities
- $165
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dawn E Sailer (President & Director)
People named in this filing
- Dawn E Sailer (President & Director)
- Amy C Deitchley (Secretary & Director)
- Heidi Nikou (Treasurer & Director)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dedicated to improving the lives of domestic rabbits through volunteer-driven education, rescue, and adoption efforts in Indiana. Before you consider permanently giving up your rabbit, please note that our volunteers are trained to help you work through any problem you might be having with him/her, from allergies to litterbox training to destructive behavior, and even to the guilt you feel because you feel she's not getting enough attention. Most any rabbit-related problem is not difficult to overcome, with the right approach, and we hope you'll take advantage of our great willingness to make life happy for both you and your bunny. House Rabbit Society's policy is to not accept abandoned pets. We do not have the foster space to take them, and it is not our policy to provide an easy solution for this complex and difficu.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided rabbit veterinary care for all rabbits in our foster care. Incoming rabbits received health exams and were spayed/neutered and RHDV2 vaccinated prior to being available for adoption. Sick and injured rabbits were given veterinary care and treatment. We also provided veterinary care for rabbits of clients participating in an Indianapolis Pet Food Pantry in need of assistance with veterinary expenses, including spay/neuter and RHDV2 vaccination (10 rabbits received veterinary services). Our Community Outreach Program assisted the public with low-cost veterinary examinations, spay/neuter and/or RHDV2 vaccination (45 rabbits received veterinary services).
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.