Redwood Pals Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611655383
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
McKinleyville, CA, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,164
Expenses
$59,297
Assets
$9,912

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James A Marlatt (President Director)
  • Mara Segal (Vice President Director)

People named in this filing

  • James A Marlatt (President Director)
  • Mara Segal (Vice President Director)
  • Jeanne Wielgus (Secretary-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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Redwood Pals Rescue is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to support rescue and adoption efforts of animals that are at risk in the Humboldt County Animal Shelter in addition to working to improve the quality of their lives. We pay to take the rescue and shelter dogs to much-needed training each week pay for boarding when we have more dogs that need rescuing than we have space in foster homes pay for spaying neutering vaccinations and medical costs for our rescue dogs pay for food when our generous foster families are tapped out pay for leashes and treats when the shelter runs low and the miscellaneous items that give our rescue and shelter animals a better life. This past year we have also paid for spay neutering vaccinations medical care and food for many of the dogs owned by local homeless people. We have also taken in many litters of abandoned puppies vaccinated provided veterinary care fostered then transported to rescue partners and or adopted locally.

What it reported doing in 2025

Re-uniting dogs who end up in the shelter with their owners. We help pay fees for homeless and low-income people to be able to reunite with their dogs that are in the shelter. In order for us to help the owner must get the dog spayed neutered RPR will help pay for it. Re-uniting these dogs with their owners also helps to save the lives of the dogs in our over-crowded shelter as they do not have to be euthanized for space. We were able to help reunite 57 dogs.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 7.6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -83.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.