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RETRIEVE A GOLDEN OF MINNESOTA

EIN 41-1856124 MINNETONKA, MN

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Revenue 2024
$268,980
Expenses 2024
$433,481

Program services were 62.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D200
Classification
4000
Street
5800 BAKER RD STE 120

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE PURPOSE OF RAGOM IS TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE FOR GOLDEN RETRIEVERS WHO CAN NO LONGER REMAIN IN THEIR CURRENT ENVIRONMENTS; AS POSSIBLE PROVIDE GOLDEN RETRIEVER RESCUE GROUP FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THOROUGH VETERINARIAN EXAMINATIONS AND TREATMENTS; COOPERATE WITH STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS RELATED TO THE WELFARE AND CONTROL OF DOGS; AND ENCOURAGE, EDUCATE AND PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERSHIP AND GOOD CANINE CITIZENSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

RETRIEVE A GOLDEN OF MINNESOTA (RAGOM), INC.'S MISSION IS TO RESCUE AND RE-HOME UNWANTED, ABUSED, NEGLECTED AND DISPLACED GOLDEN RETRIEVERS AND GOLDEN RETRIEVER MIXES, AND LOCATE PERMANENT HOMES FOR THEM. WE ADVOCATE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP AND SUPPORT ANIMAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS SPAY/NEUTER INITIATIVES. RAGOM IS A VOLUNTEER, NONPROFIT 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION. ACTIVE OPERATIONS ARE CONCENTRATED IN MINNESOTA, IOWA, NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. IN COOPERATION WITH OTHER RESCUES, RAGOM FACILITATES ADOPTION OUTSIDE OUR OPERATIONAL TERRITORY IF THERE ARE NO ADOPTIVE FAMILIES MATCHING A PARTICULAR RESCUED DOG'S NEEDS WITHIN OUR SERVICE AREA.

  • JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 2024, RAGOM RESCUED 125 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 FROM TURKEY 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. 102 DOGS WERE ADOPTED, AND THERE WERE 350 VOLUNTEERS. 100 DOGS WERE ALTERED (68 SPAYED/32 NEUTERED).

    Expenses $270,388 · Revenue $61,645

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mary McGowan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Elayne Sexsmith

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Kristin Naruko

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heather Casperson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jane Nygaard

    DIRECTOR/FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Zandlo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peggy Spofford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jenna Niedz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Flynn Brennan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Catherine Angle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Missy Stanisz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ross Andrews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Evans

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $268,980
    Expenses
    $433,481
    Contributions
    $187,456
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $962,361
    Expenses
    $851,540
    Contributions
    $743,243
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $730,285
    Expenses
    $690,132
    Contributions
    $518,873
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $907,960
    Expenses
    $648,127
    Contributions
    $726,091
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $760,338
    Expenses
    $642,494
    Assets (EOY)
    $876,322

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $923,914
    Expenses
    $838,288
    Assets (EOY)
    $767,339

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $567,322
    Expenses
    $493,309
    Assets (EOY)
    $687,386

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $578,163
    Expenses
    $472,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $599,510

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $621,599
    Expenses
    $515,191
    Assets (EOY)
    $498,903

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $523,650
    Expenses
    $432,915
    Assets (EOY)
    $388,236

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $436,608
    Expenses
    $368,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $296,415

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $464,933
    Expenses
    $434,731
    Assets (EOY)
    $219,014

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.