The Animal Rescue Alliance
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208767107
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Raytown, MO, USA
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $142,578
- Expenses
- $120,308
- Assets
- $140,455
- Liabilities
- $712
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Virginia Keithley (President)
- Laurie Osbahr (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Virginia Keithley (President)
- Laurie Osbahr (Vice President)
- Kirstin Mechura (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
It is the mission of The Animal Rescue Alliance to establish and maintain the ideals of Tara Nagel with regards to the treatment of homeless and unwanted animals. The all volunteer group is dedicated to the helping of homeless pets in the greater Kansas City area, as a result of an alliance between several rescuers who share the same goal of ending animal suffering and homelessness. Since its inception in 2007, TARA has placed over 4050 cats and dogs
What it reported doing in 2025
The placement of over 4050 animals since inception of the organization
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.6%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.