Saving Grace Animals for Adoption INC

Tax-deductible

Wake Forest, NC501(c)(3)Since 2004AnimalsEIN 92-0186555Revenue $2.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRSsavinggracenc.org13400 Old Creedmoor Rd, 27587-8543 · Wake Forest, NCTax-exempt since Oct 2004Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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A non-profit organization dedicated to lowering euthanasia rates and promoting Adoption in north carolina, aspires to foster lifelong connections between well-deserving dogs and families, placing them in successful, nurturing homes. Through support, guidance, education, and service our compassionate volunteer-powered group commits to create a positive, sustainable impact within the community.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 175 volunteers and 12 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $222K a year · 9% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 55% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $392K
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$10K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
2
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 2 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
+5% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$2.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2025▲ +5%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$2.7M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -11%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$2.3M
FY2025▲ +43%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$2.3M

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2004.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $1.7M Management & general 15% · $306K Fundraising 0% · $4K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Molly Goldston’s $100K as President is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1137 $1–10M animals 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Molly Goldston$100,000$100,000$99,462$93,000$96,577$93,000
Samantha Bennett———$31,385$38,769—

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

Programs and updates

Rescues and finds loving homes for dogs.

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1 program · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Rescue of 2342 dogs from shelters and cruel circumstances, sheltered and provided care for neglected, abused, and stray farm animals. Provided on site spayed and neutering of 2074 rescued dogs. Active fostering of over 728 puppies, with 93 medical fosters while partnering with 45 shelters and rescues and 4 veterinary clinics.

$1.7Mprogram 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 · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$875K
Investment incomeLn 3$85K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.7M
Managementcol C$306K
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b2
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$875K
Investment incomeLn 3$85K
Other incomeLn 4–11$33K
Gains on assetsLn 7$64K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$138K
SavingsLn 2$975K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$39K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$658K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 6175
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$671K$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$27K$39K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$564K$658K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$93K$10K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$2.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$107K$96K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$401K$321K$80K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$30K$24K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$41K$37K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$26K$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$185K$163K$22K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$5K$590
Office expensesLn 13$226K$168K$57K
OccupancyLn 16$181K$144K$36K
TravelLn 17$3K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$14K$14K
InterestLn 20$3K$3K$305
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$95K$86K$10K
InsuranceLn 23$57K$51K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$569K$517K$52K
All other expensesLn 24e$46K$31K$11K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.7M$306K$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.7M$2.0M$691K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.6M$2.2M$308K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$2.5M−$177K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.6M$2.6M$51K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$2.6M$7K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.4M$2.0M$454K$1.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,691,672 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,666,362$1,698,821
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $845,265$875,007
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,601$85,152
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $37,036$32,692
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,555,264$2,691,672
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,000$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $555,011$579,292
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,687,398$1,421,443
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,247,409$2,000,735
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $307,855$690,937
Part VI · Governance 2 of 3 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members2
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,691,672 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $12,433 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,698,821
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$9,566
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,698,821
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $875,007$875,007
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $21,280$21,280
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $63,872$63,872
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $20,259$20,259
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $887,440 · Unrelated business $20,259 · Excluded from tax $85,152$2,691,672
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,000,735 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $96,433 · Management $10,715$107,148
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $320,974 · Management $80,244$401,218
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $23,935 · Management $5,984$29,919
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $37,461 · Management $3,546$41,007
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,563$4,563
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $25,907 · Management $6,500$32,407
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $162,509 · Management $22,473$184,982
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,309 · Management $590$5,899
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $168,366 · Management $57,420$225,786
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $144,475 · Management $36,119$180,594
IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,122$3,122
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $14,183$14,183
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,745 · Management $305$3,050
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $85,591 · Management $9,510$95,101
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $50,874 · Management $5,653$56,527
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $517,377 · Management $51,670$569,047
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $31,428 · Management $11,182 · Fundraising $3,572$46,182
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,690,689 · Management $306,474 · Fundraising $3,572$2,000,735
Part X · Balance sheet $2,297,926 assets, 13 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $445,335; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $180,918$138,288
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $489,809$974,739
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,955$3,298
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $48,112$38,846
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $564,193$657,932
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $27,492$39,488
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $20,000$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,689,905$2,297,926
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,901$7,482
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $92,527$9,611
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,597,378$2,288,315
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,597,378$2,288,315
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,689,905$2,297,926
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,288,315 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,691,672
XI-2 Total expenses$2,000,735
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$690,937
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,597,378
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,288,315

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