The specific and primary purposes for which this corporation is formed and for which IT shall be exclusively administered and operated are to receive, administer and expend funds for charitable and educational purposes exclusively to support kansas city rescue mission, including, but not necessarily limited to, receiving, administering, and expending funds for charitable and educational purposes exclusively to support environmental conservation and to provide education, training, and employment to indigents and others in need.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $51K a year · 10% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$139K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$80K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$947K
+63% vs prior year
Spent
$739K
To programs
79%
Net assets
$280K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$947K
FY2024▲ +63%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$250K
FY2021$353K
FY2022$367K
FY2023$581K
FY2024$947K
Expenses
$739K
FY2024▲ +26%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$194K
FY2021$307K
FY2022$415K
FY2023$587K
FY2024$739K
Net assets
$280K
FY2024▲ +287%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$99K
FY2021$145K
FY2022$97K
FY2023$72K
FY2024$280K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2019.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $587K Management & general 14% · $105K Fundraising 6% · $46K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $139K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$79,636Pt VII · Sec A
Operations Director
$59,692Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kristan Chamberlain’s $80K as Executive Director is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kristan Chamberlain$79,636$71,520$70,000$66,923
Heather Nevarez$59,692$53,160$52,000$46,000
Christopher Shelar—$17,702$28,338$3,619

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Supports environmental conservation and provides training and employment for those in need.

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1 program · $481K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Environmental conservation and educational programs promoting the same

$481Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$947K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$610K
Other incomeLn 4–11$336K
Money outPt IX
$739K
Ln 25
Programscol B$587K
Managementcol C$105K
Fundraisingcol D$46K
Owns and owesPt X
$280K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$360K
LiabilitiesLn 26$80K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$610K
Other incomeLn 4–11$336K
Total revenueLn 12$947K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$360K
LiabilitiesLn 26$80K
Net assetsLn 32$280K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $947K$739K$208K$280K 990 PDF
FY2023 $581K$587K−$6K$72K 990 PDF
FY2022 $367K$415K−$48K$97K 990 PDF
FY2021 $353K$307K$46K$145K 990 PDF
FY2020 $250K$194K$56K$99K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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