Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota (Ragom) Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411856124
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Minnetonka, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6123890490
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $962,361
- Expenses
- $851,540
- Assets
- $1,235,871
- Liabilities
- $126,236
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY MCGOWAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MARY MCGOWAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $86,312 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Retrieve a golden of the midwest (ragom) rescues, fosters, and rehomes golden retrievers and golden mixes that can no longer remain in their current environments. The organization ensures each dog receives necessary veterinary care and rehabilitation, and works to place them in loving, permanent homes. Ragom also educates the public about responsible dog ownership, promotes the humane treatment of animals, and cooperates with authorities and other organizations to improve the welfare of dogs in need
What it reported doing in 2024
In fiscal year 2025, ragom rescued 245 dogs requiring care and permanent placement with adoptive families. Each dog was placed with either a foster home or a foster-to-adopt family, where they received care, veterinary services, and the opportunity to be placed with an adoptive family. Ragom rescued 5 international dogs in partnership with other rescue organizations. Ragom has two outreach programs to support families experiencing challenges with their dogs. The first program pays for expensive medical care, allowing the dog to remain with its family as long as ragom determines the family is the best place; the second program provides behavior outreach services, working with families to overcome behavior issues to avoid surrendering a dog. 257 dogs were adopted, and there were 350 volunteers. 235 dogs were altered (137 spayed/98 neutered).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.1%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.1% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $642K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.