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THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE

EIN 82-4437410 FRIENDSWOOD, TX

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Revenue 2024
$4,333,891
Expenses 2024
$3,680,902

Program services were 72.6% 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
509 RUSTIC LN

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

THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE IS REVOLUTIONIZING ANIMAL WELFARE FOR DOGS AND CATS IN TEXAS. WE HAVE CREATED PATHWAYS TO PERMANENT, SAFE, AND LOVING HOMES THROUGH ADOPTION, TRANSPORT AND SPAY/NEUTER SERVICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF HUMANS, DOGS, AND CATS THROUGH ADOPTION, TRANSPORT, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

  • ADOPTIONS PROGRAM: AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS NOT A SINGLE OPEN INTAKE SHELTER IN THE 4TH LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA, WE ARE TAKING IN ALMOST 3,000 ANIMALS A YEAR! WE ARE SET UP TO SAY "YES" TO THOUSANDS OF DOGS THAT HAVE NO HOPE - LARGE, POWER BREEDS, PREGNANT OR NURSING DOGS, ORTHOPEDIC OR OTHER MEDICAL CASES, HEARTWORM POSITIVE, AND MORE. OUR APPROACH TO ADOPTIONS IS UNIQUE - WE AIM TO INTIMATELY KNOW OUR ANIMALS BEHAVIORALLY TO MAKE THE BEST MATCH POSSIBLE. WE ARE THE ONLY RESCUE IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA TO HAVE A FULL-TIME BEHAVIOR TEAM, INCLUDING A TRAINER AND K9 COACHES WHO ASSESS BEHAVIOR AND CREATE PLANS TO TRANSFORM DOGS INTO HIGHLY ADOPTABLE FAMILY MEMBERS. WE ARE THE "COMPLETE PACKAGE" IN THE RESCUE WORLD. WE FULLY VET AND SPAY OR NEUTER EVERY DOG AND CAT, AND IN 2024 WE SUCCESSFULLY PLACED 2,427 ANIMALS WITH FAMILIES! OUR RETURN RATE IS LESS THAN 3%.

    Expenses $2,166,339 · Revenue $2,177,349

  • TRANSPORT PROGRAM: THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPORTING DOGS FROM THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA TO EAGER ADOPTERS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST (PNW), NORTHEASTERN US, AND MIDWEST SINCE 2018. OUR SPECIALLY EQUIPPED USDA-CERTIFIED FLEET TRAVELS EVERY TWO WEEKS TAKING BETWEEN 100 AND 120 ANIMALS DIRECTLY TO THE ARMS OF THEIR NEW FAMILIES. IN 2024, WE SAFELY TRANSPORTED ALMOST 2,500 ANIMALS TO THEIR NEW HOMES.

    Expenses $447,309 · Revenue $119,144

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH: THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE OUT AND ABOUT DOING SERVICE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. RECOGNIZING THAT ADOPTION WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF OVERPOPULATION AND CROWDED SHELTERS, WE ADDED COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND NOW HAVE A DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM. OUR TEAM HAS SUPPORTED EVENTS LIKE HOUSTON PETSET VACCINE CLINICS, EMPTY THE SHELTERS, AS WELL AS S.A.V.E. RESCUE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY BY DOING EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS. WE PARTNER WITH GROUPS SUCH AS UNITY FOR A SOLUTION, FIX TEXAS, FORGOTTEN PET ADVOCATES, EMPTY THE SHELTER PROJECT, K-ANGELS, DEFENDERS OF ANIMALS, AND LAUREL'S HOUSE. WE HAVE A DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER WHO TRANSPORTS OWNED ANIMALS TO FREE SPAY AND NEUTER APPOINTMENTS FOR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY NEEDING ASSISTANCE. WE REGULARLY GATHER OUR VOLUNTEERS AND DO "BLOCK WALKS" TO EDUCATE OWNERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINES AND SPAYING AND NEUTERING DOGS. WE OFFER FREE VACCINES, FLEA PREVENTION, FOOD, AND BASIC MEDICAL CARE, AND WILL SIGN OWNED ANIMALS UP FOR FREE SPAY AND NEUTER SERVICES AS OUR BUDGET ALLOWS. WE ASSIST SMALLER RESCUES WITH TRANSPORT SERVICES, TAKING THEIR ANIMALS ALONG ON OUR TRIPS TO OTHER STATES.

    Expenses $59,764 · Grants $2,367

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Alayna Goodson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,933
    From this org
    $85,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Suzanne Pilsner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Nancy Cowan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Michelle Boswell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Erik Olsen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Christopher Leslie

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Joe Matranga

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Tammy Allison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Kathy Houser

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

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
    $4,333,891
    Expenses
    $3,680,902
    Contributions
    $1,728,804
    Grants paid
    $2,367
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,044,112
    Expenses
    $2,868,698
    Contributions
    $1,298,453
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,231,447
    Expenses
    $2,262,859
    Contributions
    $1,138,244
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,231,447
    Expenses
    $2,262,859
    Contributions
    $1,138,244
    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
    $2,021,908
    Expenses
    $1,813,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $408,622

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,414,310
    Expenses
    $1,320,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $189,930

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $934,805
    Expenses
    $869,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $96,094

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 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.