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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$987,177
Total expenses
$1,006,806
Contributions and grants received
$959,896
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$23,759
Other revenue
$3,522
Total assets, end of year
$799,647
Total liabilities, end of year
$165,198
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$634,449
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$770,173
Management and general expenses
$33,142
Fundraising expenses
$203,491
Program service expenses (Part III)
$770,173

Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $959,896

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $33,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,759 · excluded $23,759

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $3,522 · related or exempt $3,522

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $142,500 · program services $127,100 · management and general $7,700 · fundraising $7,700

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $28,600 · program services $28,600

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $14,532 · program services $13,224 · management and general $654 · fundraising $654

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $40,561 · program services $25,472 · management and general $15,089

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $84,723 · fundraising $84,723

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,767 · program services $19,561 · management and general $5,206

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,735 · management and general $3,735

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,467 · program services $3,467

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,444 · program services $7,444

  • 24a · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $352,311 · program services $246,616 · fundraising $105,695

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESCUE

    total $90,647 · program services $90,647

  • 24c · Other expenses: ANIMAL MAINTENANCE

    total $74,482 · program services $74,482

  • 24d · Other expenses: ANIMAL TRANSPORTATION

    total $36,401 · program services $36,401

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $102,636 · program services $97,159 · management and general $758 · fundraising $4,719

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $498,233 · program services $326,930 · management and general $2,562 · fundraising $168,742

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $67,407 · end of year $119,085

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $502,123 · end of year $451,646

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $61,077 · end of year $22,663

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $241,753

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $35,500

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $209,720 · end of year $206,253

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,749 · end of year $32,698

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $132,500 · end of year $132,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $508,132 · end of year $634,449

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $145,946

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Guardians of Rescue is an animal welfare organization taking on some of the most difficult challenges like Dog Fighting, Puppy Mills, Hoarders and unspeakable forms of Animal Abuse and Cruelty and Disaster Response. Our grass roots organization can respond quickly and effectively to crisis around the country. We support our troops overseas by providing rescue for the animals they find overseas and transporting them to the USA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Guardians of Rescue is an animal welfare organization taking on some of the most difficult challenges like Dog Fighting, Puppy Mills, Hoarders and unspeakable forms of Animal Abuse and Cruelty and Disaster Response. Our grass roots organization can respond quickly and effectively to crisis around the country. We support our troops overseas by providing rescue for the animals they find overseas and transporting them to the USA. Guardians of Rescue provides outdoor shelters for animals who have no other possible options. this is the best that can be done in bad situations.

  • Rescue CampaignsGuardians of Rescue shut down several puppy mills accross many states.

    Expenses $422,160

  • Disaster ResponseGuardians of Rescue provides disaster response for animals throughout the United States.

    Expenses $161,104

  • Give Me ShelterGUARDIANS OF RESCUE PROVIDES FOOD AND SHELTER TO SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULTNEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS SEVERAL STATES. THEY BUILD INSULATED DOG HOUSES AND CATSHELTERS DELIVERING THEM TO PEOPLE YARDS AND NEIGHBORHOODS AFTER ALL EFFORTS TO GETTHE ANIMALS REHOMED OR SHELTERED INSIDE.

    Expenses $97,562

  • Guardians of Rescue helps animals, families, and other rescue organizations by working with municipal shelters and law enforcement agencies to assist in conducting investigations and collecting evidence.

    Expenses $89,347

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Robert Misseri

    President

    Total calculated
    $142,500
    From this org
    $142,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    37
  • Lynda Howell

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard K Lindy

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Sperazza

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Calvin Grant

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James Stucchio

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
8 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543129349300719

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