Labs4Rescue

Overview

Mission

Labs4Rescue is a volunteer, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing a new life for rescued or displaced Labrador Retrievers and Labrador Mixes. (Tagline on site: “Save a Lab, have a friend for life!”). They are not renowned for this as a breed, although individual Labradors can be clever at escaping. Some can be good at opening doors and latches. A six-foot fence properly grounded will keep a Labrador from jumping, although many Labradors will never jump a four-foot fence perimeter. Because they can chew a lot, take care that your enclosure cannot be chewed through. They can also be good climbers, so check for possible footholds the dog could use to haul himself up (for example, check if a doghouse provides a platform from which to jump a fence). A Lab that is bored and/or under exercised may turn into an escape artist par excellence. 20. Do they bark a lot? Bored...

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 71
• Transparency & Controls: 92
• Accountability: 88
• Sustainability: 63
• Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
• Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $234K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
• Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
• Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
• Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.