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ONE TAIL AT A TIME NFP

EIN 26-2125306 CHICAGO, IL

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Revenue 2024
$4,838,469
Expenses 2024
$4,030,436

Program services were 80.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D20
Classification
1000
Street
2144 N WOOD ST

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

ONE TAIL AT A TIME IS A NO-KILL ALL-BREED DOG RESCUE THAT SERVICES TO LOWER EUTHANASIA RATES IN THE GREATER CHICAGOLAND AREA AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF COMPANION ANIMALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ONE TAIL AT A TIME IS A NO-KILL ALL-BREED DOG RESCUE THAT SERVES TO LOWER EUTHANASIA RATES IN THE GREATER CHICAGOLAND AREA AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATION ON THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF COMPANION ANIMALS.

  • IN 2024 ONE TAIL AT A TIME CONTINUED TO FOCUS ON RESCUING ANIMALS IN NEED FROM THE MOST VULNERABLE SHELTERS. IN TOTAL 1,542 ANIMALS WERE RESCUED INCLUDING 825 DOGS, 666 CATS, AND 51 RABBITS AND GUINEA PIGS. IN ADDITION, 1,626 OF OUR ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED INTO LOVING HOMES. IN ADDITION TO OUR RESCUE EFFORTS, ONE TAIL CONTINUED TO STAY DEDICATED TO OUR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO HELP PETS STAY IN THE HOMES THAT LOVE THEM. THROUGH OUR "CRISP" PROGRAM WE PROVIDED LOW COST OR FREE VETERINARY SERVICES TO 353 FAMILIES AND THEIR PETS. OUR PET MUTUAL AID PROGRAM SERVED LOCAL PETS AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH MORE THAN 55 PET FOOD PANTRIES AND WELLNESS CLINIC, AS WELL AS MICROCHIPPING, VACCINATED, AND PROVIDING BASIC VET SERVICES FOR 855 PETS. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)ONE TAIL ALSO WORKED HARD IN COLLABORATIVE TEAMS SUCH AS THE CHICAGOLAND HUMANE COALITION WHERE WE HELPED SPEARHEAD A CITY-WIDE CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON ADOPTING LARGE DOGS. ONE TAIL GREW OUR NATIONAL PRESENCE BY SPEAKING AT MULTIPLE CONFERENCES AND SHARING SUCCESSES WITH OTHER BUDDING ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS.

    Expenses $3,234,156 · Grants $105,813 · Revenue $376,998

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.

  • Heather Owens

    PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $139,173
    From this org
    $133,301
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,872
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Rader

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Taylor Robertson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3.5

  • Katie Freeman

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Fran Federman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lee Greenwood

    MEMBER THROUGH 11/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Zach Hirabak

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brandi Morris

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Beth Nacarrato

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jackie Sciarrino

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Molly Burke

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $121,990
    From this org
    $114,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,782
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rachel Wooten

    VETERINARIAN

    Total calculated
    $144,655
    From this org
    $141,875
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,780
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $4,838,469
    Expenses
    $4,030,436
    Contributions
    $4,495,103
    Grants paid
    $105,813
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,340,080
    Expenses
    $3,645,853
    Contributions
    $2,748,530
    Grants paid
    $4,903
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,380,940
    Expenses
    $3,413,780
    Contributions
    $2,794,007
    Grants paid
    $4,396

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
    $3,093,439
    Expenses
    $2,619,104
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,983,655

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,467,872
    Expenses
    $2,083,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,536,363

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,030,303
    Expenses
    $1,776,468
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,033,929

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,643,426
    Expenses
    $1,292,713
    Assets (EOY)
    $780,094

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $979,781
    Expenses
    $860,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $433,353

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $628,427
    Expenses
    $562,840
    Assets (EOY)
    $312,383

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $523,423
    Expenses
    $401,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $246,558

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010
Principal officer
Jeff Kitchen
Mailing address
3303 W Ainslie StUnit 3Chicago IL 60625
Website
www.onetail.org
Doing business as
One Tail at a Time

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

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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 13 October 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.