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Animal Rescue League of Iowa

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Promoting animal welfare

Founded in 1926 the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves animals and people in need across the state, with a focus on Polk County and central Iowa. The ARL has grown dramatically since its founding expanding its programs and services. Through our proactive programs community outreach (which includes spay/neuter and veterinary assistance programs for owned pets), humane education and pet behavior programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for in the shelter, but our work is far from over. The ARL strives to serve people and pets in our community through our programs and services designed to promote animal welfare, to address the reasons animals end up in shelters, to find forever adoptive homes for the animals in our care, and to help keep pets in their homes with the people that love them.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

91.39Overall score
out of 100

88.51Financial score
out of 100

96.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$5,733,383

Total expenses · USD$5,904,398

Program expenses

$4,711,709.60 recorded amount

79.8%

Fundraising expenses

$655,388.18 recorded amount

11.1%

Administrative expenses

$531,395.82 recorded amount

9.0%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.22 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Thomas Colvin
Recorded compensation: $0.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.00%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Animal Rescue League of Iowa
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	96.0
`category` Category	Animals
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1926 the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL) is Iowa's largest nonprofit animal shelter, caring for many thousands of pets each year. The ARL serves animals and people in need across the state, with a focus on Polk County and central Iowa. The ARL has grown dramatically since its founding expanding its programs and services. Through our proactive programs community outreach (which includes spay/neuter and veterinary assistance programs for owned pets), humane education and pet behavior programs, in the past few years we have begun to see a decrease in the number of animals we care for in the shelter, but our work is far from over. The ARL strives to serve people and pets in our community through our programs and services designed to promote animal welfare, to address the reasons animals end up in shelters, to find forever adoptive homes for the animals in our care, and to help keep pets in their homes with the people that love them.
`ein` EIN	42-0680427
`tot_exp` Total expenses	5904398.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.09
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.22
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.111
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.7979999999999999
`fscore` Financial score	88.51
`leader` Recorded leader	Thomas Colvin
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	0.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0
`motto` Tagline	Promoting animal welfare
`name` Charity name	Animal Rescue League of Iowa
`tot_rev` Total revenue	5733383.0
`score` Overall score	91.39
`state` State code	IA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4711709.603999999
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	655388.178
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	531395.82

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 42-0680427
Source category: Animals
Source subcategory: Animal Rights, Welfare, and Services
Recorded location: Iowa (IA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.