Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472639130
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Oro Valley, AZ, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,702
Expenses
$66,957
Assets
$53,854
Liabilities
$14,285

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeanette Anders (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeanette Anders (President)
  • Kenneth Anders (Treasurer)
  • Nicole Bradbury (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing rehabilitating and rehoming vulnerable animals in Southern Arizona. The organization provides veterinary care shelter and adoption services focusing on at-risk and medically fragile animals.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025 the organization rescued 39 animals and provided care rehabilitation and placement services to improve animal welfare outcomes. A total of 17 animals required and received veterinary care including treatment for medical conditions prior to adoption or sanctuary placement. Lifeline Oro Valley Animal Rescue facilitated 18 successful adoptions into permanent homes and conducted 16 adoption events to support placement efforts and community engagement. In addition 26 animals were maintained in sanctuary care receiving ongoing support due to medical or behavioral needs. These activities directly further the organizations exempt purpose by reducing animal suffering preventing euthanasia and promoting responsible pet ownership within the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.7%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.8%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.7% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.