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RSR PROVIDES EACH ANIMAL IN RESCUE WITH QUALITY VETERINARY CARE AND FOSTER HOME PLACEMENTS THROUGH ADOPTION. IN 2024, MORE THAN 1,800 ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOSTER HOMES PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO EACH ANIMAL ENSURING THEIR WELL-BEING. RSR'S IN-HOUSE VETERINARY TEAM COMPLETED 2,053 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, 140 SPECIAL MEDICAL PROCEDURES, 119 HEARTWORM TREATMENTS, 62 DENTAL PROCEDURES, AND 34 TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN SURGERIES. IN 2024, 3,492 ANIMALS WERE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN LOVING ADOPTIVE HOMES. 2273 EDUCATION RSR BELIEVES EDUCATION IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO RESPONSIBLE GUARDIANSHIP OF COMPANION ANIMALS AND ENCOURAGES COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF ALL AGES TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE AND COMPASSIONATE PET OWNERS AND ANIMAL ADVOCATES. RSR DELIVERS AGE-APPROPRIATE INFORMATION ON TOPICS INCLUDING THE IMPORTANCE OF SPAY/NEUTER, ANIMAL SAFETY, PET CARE, RESCUE, AND ADOPTION. THROUGH CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, PRESENTATIONS TO YOUTH AND ADULT ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS, AND UNIQUE PROGRAMMING, RSR'S EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS REACHED OVER 11,635 TOTAL INDIVIDUALS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2013. IN 2024, RSR'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS GREW BY 140% COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR, REACHING OVER 1,500 INDIVIDUALS. 92544 92544 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RSR IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING RESIDENT ANIMAL WELFARE, REDUCING OWNER SURRENDERS, AND STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PETS AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROVIDING RESOURCES TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN NEED. IN 2024, RSR CONTRIBUTED OVER 26,840 LBS OF PET FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO FAMILIES, LOCAL SHELTERS, FOOD BANKS, AND ANIMAL RESCUES. IN AUGUST, RSR HELD ITS 11TH COMMUNITY WELLNESS CLINIC OFFERING LOW-COST VACCINATIONS AND PREVENTATIVE CARE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THEIR PETS SERVING 84 DOGS AND 44 CATS. 2306446 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true 6 0 true 45 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false X 13 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false MN X X RUFF START RESCUE INC 7633553981 12526 319TH AVE PRINCETON MN 55371 AZURE DAVIS PRESIDENT 45.00 X X 115695 0 11250 VALERIE MCCULLOUGH BOARD CHAIR 3.00 X X 0 0 0 SAMUEL LEE TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW WILLMAN SECRETARY 5.00 X X 0 0 0 KRISTINE MITTENESS DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 AMY HARNDEN DIRECTOR 10.00 X 0 0 0 MICHELLE COLEMAN DIRECTOR 5.00 X 0 0 0 DANIELLE NAPRAVNIK DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 KRISTEN BERGSTROM DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 DR JEREMY RIDDLE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS MCCULLOUGH DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ALLYSON BEFFEL DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 JESSICA MATHIAS DIRECTOR 1.50 X 0 0 0 JASON MICHELS FORMER VICE 10.00 X X 0 0 0 AMANDA ROTHSTEIN FORMER DIREC 5.00 X 0 0 0 VANESSA ROKHMAN FORMER DIREC 5.00 X 0 0 0 115695 11250 1 false false false 96298 1827894 601405 1924192 ANIMAL ADOPTION FEES 812910 1127739 1127739 1127739 59158 59158 33621 96298 36233 -2612 33599 19609 13990 13990 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 6914 6914 6914 3129381 1148643 59158 50988 50988 41556 41556 126945 76167 25389 25389 1258433 1002403 128015 128015 47373 36631 7130 3612 106618 83162 11728 11728 9549 9549 36448 19389 14192 2867 23578 10124 3300 10154 34390 10437 826 23127 58370 15410 20344 22616 16619 15406 923 290 35756 34505 715 536 29781 23962 4928 891 ANIMAL CARE 559455 559455 IN-KIND ANIMAL SUPPLIES 257906 257906 PAYPAL/BANK FEES 57889 32427 49 25413 TRANSPORT 15519 15519 31466 20999 8982 1485 2798639 2306446 236070 256123 274624 373955 1573481 1562639 5500 57696 50 117 83614 227913 8440 9524 630858 198932 335207 431926 11918 8221 2292834 2671991 43586 83872 1565 6564 43586 92001 X 2237808 2559330 11440 20660 2249248 2579990 2292834 2671991 330742 X false true X true false X 837671 1294062 1591191 1362856 1924192 7009972 1006886 1050033 917330 1115865 1201873 5291987 1844557 2344095 2508521 2478721 3126065 12301959 10160 8599 10583 21078 15751 66171 10160 8599 10583 21078 15751 66171 12235788 1972 2505 7290 37354 59158 108279 1972 2505 7290 37354 59158 108279 1846529 2346600 2515811 2516075 3185223 12410238 0.98590 0.99090 0.01000 0.00000 X PART III, LINE 12 OTHER INCOME 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 176 176 35 9 35 35 53 9 9 14 SCHEDULE C, PART II-A THE ORGANIZATION FILED FORM 5768 DURING 2024, AND ELECTED TO HAVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501(H) OF THE CODE, RELATING TO EXPENDITURES TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION, APPLY TO IS TAX YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE THE SECTION 501(H) ELECTION IN EFFECT IN PRIOR YEARS. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT ENGAGE IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES DURING 2023, 2022, OR 2021. 66500 66500 322116 117466 204650 129968 81466 48502 112274 112274 431926 SALES TAX PAYABLE 6564 6564 X 3147421 18040 18040 3129381 3129381 2816679 18040 18040 2798639 2798639 SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AND HAS DETERMINED THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024. TAX RETURNS FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS REMAIN OPEN FOR EXAMINATION BY TAX JURISDICTIONS. ONLINE AUCTIONS 23608 4238 19370 21982 TAILS & TRAILS 16250 15526 724 724 2 27483 21691 5792 5792 67341 41455 25886 28498 28498 -2612 true LEECH LAKE LEGACY 417 MAPLE AVE NE CASS LAKE MN 56633 460840535 501C3 7807 FMV ANIMAL SUPPLIES GENERAL SUPPORT NORTHWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY 7153 LAKE BLVD WYOMING MN 55092 411487872 501C3 11029 FMV ANIMAL SUPPLIES GENERAL SUPPORT PRINCETON PANTRY 104 6TH AVE S PRINCETON MN 55371 411589398 501C3 5291 FMV ANIMAL SUPPLIES GENERAL SUPPORT COMMUNITY GIVING DAY 335 41556 FMV PET SUPPLIES X 10545 ESTIMATED FMV X 15 793 ESTIMATED FMV X ANIMAL SUPPLIES 90745 563569 ESTIMATED FMV X GIFT CERTIFICAT 71 4381 ESTIMATED FMV X OTHER 32 18466 ESTIMATED FMV X AUCTION ITEMS 49 3651 ESTIMATED FMV false false false SCHEDULE M, PAGE 2, PART II NUMBER IN PART I, LINE 25 AND LINE 27, COLUMN B, ARE APPROXIMATE NUMBERS OF ITEMS DONATED. FORM 990, PART III RUFF START RESCUE (RSR), A 501(C)3 NONPROFIT FOSTER-BASED ANIMAL RESCUE INCORPORATED IN MINNESOTA ON MAY 6, 2010, IS DEDICATED TO SAVING THE LIVES OF ANIMALS IN NEED BY IMPROVING ANIMAL WELFARE IN COMMUNITIES THROUGH ADOPTION, EDUCATION, AND PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE AND PETS. RSR'S VISION IS TO STRIVE FOR A WORLD WHERE EVERY COMPANION ANIMAL HAS A SAFE AND LOVING HOME AND THEIR FAMILY HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO GIVE THEM THE LIFE THEY DESERVE. RSR'S MISSION IS DRIVEN BY FIVE CORE VALUES: COMPASSION, COMMITMENT, CONNECTION, INNOVATION, AND AUTHENTICITY. RSR DOES NOT RECEIVE STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDING AND RELIES ON GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM PRIVATE DONORS, FUNDRAISING REVENUE, AND ADOPTION FEES. RSR IS LOCATED IN PRINCETON, MN AND FOCUSES ON RESCUE THROUGHOUT LOCAL MIDWEST COMMUNITIES AND SOUTHERN STATES WITH ABUNDANT STRAY POPULATIONS. SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2010, THROUGH RESCUE EFFORTS AND ADOPTION PLACEMENTS, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RSR HAS SAVED 28,672 ANIMALS, REACHED 11,635 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND CONTRIBUTED OVER 45,208 LBS OF PET FOOD & SUPPLIES TO LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FOOD BANKS & SHELTERS, AND ANIMAL RESCUES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A RESCUE AND ADOPTION EACH YEAR RSR HELPS THOUSANDS OF COMPANION ANIMALS BY FOSTERING QUALITY CARE AND PLACING THEM IN LOVING ADOPTIVE HOMES. IN 2024, RSR RESCUED A RECORD BREAKING 3,665 ANIMALS INCLUDING 1,602 DOGS, 1,966 CATS, AND 97 CRITTERS. IN ADDITION TO RSR'S STAFF, RESCUE EFFORTS ARE LARGELY SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTEER INTAKE TEAMS WHO CONTRIBUTED AN AVERAGE 1,300 HOURS TOWARDS INTAKE INITIATIVES EACH MONTH. RSR CONTINUES TO BE A TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR ASSISTING ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCIES ACROSS MINNESOTA IN RESCUING CASES OF ABUSE AND ABANDONMENT. IN 2024, RSR ALSO COLLABORATED WITH HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS (FORMERLY THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES) TO SUPPORT HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS RESCUING 24 ANIMALS FROM HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON. RSR PROVIDES EACH ANIMAL IN RESCUE WITH QUALITY VETERINARY CARE AND FOSTER HOME PLACEMENTS THROUGH ADOPTION. IN 2024, MORE THAN 1,800 ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FOSTER HOMES PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE CARE TO EACH ANIMAL ENSURING THEIR WELL-BEING. RSR'S IN-HOUSE VETERINARY TEAM COMPLETED 2,053 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES, 140 SPECIAL MEDICAL PROCEDURES, 119 HEARTWORM TREATMENTS, 62 DENTAL PROCEDURES, AND 34 TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN SURGERIES. IN 2024, 3,492 ANIMALS WERE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN LOVING ADOPTIVE HOMES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B ALL BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVE A COPY OF THE FORM 990 FOR THEIR REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AN INTERESTED PERSON MUST DISCLOSE THE EXISTENCE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES WITH GOVERNING BOARD DELEGATED POWERS CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUALLY REVIEWS/APPROVES THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. MATTERS CONSIDERED IN THE REVIEW PROCESS INCLUDE A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, A WAGE LEVEL COMPARISON TO WAGES IN SIMILAR POSITIONS, AND THE BUDGET OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ANOTHER'S WEBSITE AND UPON REQUEST. THE ORGANIZATION FILED FORM 5768 DURING 2024, AND ELECTED TO HAVE THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501(H) OF THE CODE, RELATING TO EXPENDITURES TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION, APPLY TO IS TAX YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2024. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT HAVE THE SECTION 501(H) ELECTION IN EFFECT IN PRIOR YEARS. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT ENGAGE IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES DURING 2023, 2022, OR 2021.