Rivendell Sanctuary Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883059554
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Temecula, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7145120468
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,136
- Expenses
- $60,752
- Assets
- $48,564
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Paul Erlandson (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Paul Erlandson (CEO)
- Kelly Hamilton (CFO)
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
Rivendell Sanctuary rescues, rehabilitates, and provides lifelong care for farm animals. Program activities include veterinary care, feed and supplies, transportation, sanctuary maintenance, fencing, structures, land maintenance, animal housing improvements, and public education regarding animal welfare and responsible stewardship.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rivendell Sanctuary rescued, rehabilitated, and provided lifelong care for farm animals that had been abandoned, neglected, surrendered, or otherwise in need of placement. Program activities included veterinary treatment, emergency medical care, feed and nutritional support, transportation, daily husbandry, and ongoing monitoring of animal health and welfare. During 2024, the sanctuary provided continuous care and housing for rescued farm animals and worked to ensure each animal received appropriate medical attention, nutrition, and a safe living environment. The organization benefited both the animals in its care and members of the public seeking humane alternatives for displaced farm animals. In 2024, the sanctuary took in new residents of five goats, three pigs, three blind chickens, and one dog.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 27.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.