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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RETRIEVE A GOLDEN OF MINNESOTA.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 4 April 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$268,980 changed to $962,361
Total expenses
$433,481 changed to $851,540
Contributions and grants received
$187,456 changed to $743,243
Program service revenue
$61,645 changed to $180,195
Investment income
$22,246 changed to $34,117
Other revenue
-$2,367 changed to $4,806
Total assets, end of year
$1,099,440 changed to $1,235,871
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,626 changed to $126,236
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$998,814 changed to $1,109,635
Program services expenses
$270,388 changed to $641,708
Management and general expenses
$108,925 changed to $112,528
Fundraising expenses
$54,168 changed to $97,304
Program service expenses (Part III)
$270,388 changed to $641,708

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Kristin Naruko

Listed only on the later return

  • Crystal Sanders
  • Kristen Naruko
  • Michelle Malott

Listed under a different title

  • Jenna Niedz: DIRECTOR then TREASURER
  • Peggy Spofford: DIRECTOR then SECRETARY

Totals

Total revenue
$962,361
Total expenses
$851,540
Contributions and grants received
$743,243
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$180,195
Investment income
$34,117
Other revenue
$4,806
Total assets, end of year
$1,235,871
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,236
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,109,635
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$641,708
Management and general expenses
$112,528
Fundraising expenses
$97,304
Program service expenses (Part III)
$641,708

Program services were 75.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $63,035

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $680,208

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $39,426

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ADOPTION/APPLICATION

    total $177,195 · related or exempt $177,195

  • 2b · Program service revenue: FORFEITED SPAY/NEUTER

    total $3,000 · related or exempt $3,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,117 · excluded $34,117

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $32,421

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $63,035

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $36,373

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$3,952 · excluded -$3,952

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $2,992

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $2,992 · excluded $2,992

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $8,658

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,734

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,924 · excluded $3,924

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $1,842 · excluded $1,842

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,842

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $82,250 · program services $65,800 · management and general $12,338 · fundraising $4,112

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $6,662 · program services $5,330 · management and general $999 · fundraising $333

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $84,312 · management and general $84,312

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $75,000 · fundraising $75,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,483 · program services $6,673 · management and general $8,810

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,261 · fundraising $8,261

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,784 · program services $2,580 · management and general $3,247 · fundraising $3,957

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,474 · program services $20,013 · management and general $2,820 · fundraising $5,641

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,717 · program services $28,717

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,092 · program services $5,092

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2 · management and general $2

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,358 · program services $6,358

  • 24a · Other expenses: VET EXPENSES

    total $397,316 · program services $397,316

  • 24b · Other expenses: PET CARE AND SUPPLIES

    total $68,974 · program services $68,974

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $18,984 · program services $18,984

  • 24d · Other expenses: SALES TAX

    total $11,528 · program services $11,528

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,343 · program services $4,343

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $168,960 · end of year $119,470

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $894,497 · end of year $1,028,614

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $9,318 · end of year $7,915

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,800 · end of year $11,651

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

    $40,515

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

    $40,515

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,865 · end of year $68,221

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $64,993 · end of year $35,995

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,795 · end of year $5,110

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $33,838 · end of year $85,131

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $919,054 · end of year $1,090,069

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $79,760 · end of year $19,566

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RAGOM RESCUES AND RE-HOMES GOLDEN RETRIEVERS AND GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIXES. THEY OPERATE IN MN, IA, ND, SD, AND WI.

  • IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, RAGOM RESCUED 245 DOGS REQUIRING CARE AND PERMANENT PLACEMENT WITH ADOPTIVE FAMILIES. EACH DOG WAS PLACED WITH EITHER A FOSTER HOME OR A FOSTER-TO-ADOPT FAMILY, WHERE THEY RECEIVED CARE, VETERINARY SERVICES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PLACED WITH AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY. RAGOM RESCUED 5 INTERNATIONAL DOGS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS. RAGOM HAS TWO OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT FAMILIES EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES WITH THEIR DOGS. THE FIRST PROGRAM PAYS FOR EXPENSIVE MEDICAL CARE, ALLOWING THE DOG TO REMAIN WITH ITS FAMILY AS LONG AS RAGOM DETERMINES THE FAMILY IS THE BEST PLACE; THE SECOND PROGRAM PROVIDES BEHAVIOR OUTREACH SERVICES, WORKING WITH FAMILIES TO OVERCOME BEHAVIOR ISSUES TO AVOID SURRENDERING A DOG. 257 DOGS WERE ADOPTED, AND THERE WERE 350 VOLUNTEERS. 235 DOGS WERE ALTERED (137 SPAYED/98 NEUTERED).

    Expenses $641,708 · Revenue $180,195

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mary McGowan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,312
    From this org
    $86,312
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elayne Sexsmith

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Heather Casperson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristen Naruko

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Nygaard

    DIRECTOR/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Flynn Brennan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Catherine Angle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jenna Niedz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Zandlo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Missy Stanisz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peggy Spofford

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ross Andrews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Evans

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Malott

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Crystal Sanders

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503149349303940

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