Rocky Mountain House Rabbit Rescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841459656
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Erie, CO, USA
- Phone
- 3033788827
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
- Affiliation
- Judaism
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $197,411
- Expenses
- $222,070
- Assets
- $1,367,179
- Liabilities
- $728,716
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Allison Waldvogel (Board President)
People named in this filing
- Allison Waldvogel (Board President)
- Erin Himelright (Boad VP)
- Paula Shafer (Board Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rocky Mountain House Rabbit Rescue is an all-volunteer, nonprofit dedicated to rescuing and rehoming abandoned domestic rabbits throughout the state of Colorado, providing necessary medical care, working to find loving permanent homes, and educating and advocating for proper rabbit care. We are an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to rescuing and rehoming abandoned domestic rabbits throughout the beautiful state of Colorado. Our team is made up of passionate, experienced volunteers — with centuries of combined rabbit care knowledge. (And yes, we think they’re absolutely bun-derful!) Their tireless dedication, along with the incredible support of our donors, is what makes everything we do possible. What We Do. (And yes, we think they’re absolutely bun-derful!)...
What it reported doing in 2024
Education and information were provided to the general public and local veterinarians and adoptive owners. Newsletters were emailed and information packets were distributed as rabbits were adopted. We have a web presence and a social media presence as well.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.3%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.16; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 98.3% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $165K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.