About this organisation
Summary of activities
PetRescue provides Australia's largest and most successful pet adoption platform used by hundreds of rescue groups, shelters, vets and councils, connecting more than 4.8 million potential adopters with 68,972 homeless pets listed during 2023-2024 via PetRescue.com.au. In addition to the wide array of pet adoption and community care programs, PetRescue prevented 213 pets from needing to enter the rescue system via owner-assisted direct rehoming services, facilitated $581,085 worth of food, product and flight donations to the rescue community, and enabled $93,401.82 in financial support to rescue organisations and community across Australia in the past year.
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Programs and activities
Name: A home for Every Pet (that needs one) - Pet Adoption Awareness
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/our-work
Classification: Domesticated animal welfare (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
Name: Home2Home - Pet Parent Support and Safe Assisted Rehoming Services
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/home2home
Classification: Animal adoptions (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare > Animal adoptions)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- Families
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
Name: PetRescue.com.au - Pet adoption platform helping connect 1000s of rescue pets with potential homes
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/about-the-petrescue-website
Classification: Animal adoptions (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare > Animal adoptions)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- Other charities
Name: Food & Product Donations Program - Free pet food & products for pets in need
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/food-donations
Classification: Domesticated animal welfare (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- Families
- Financially disadvantaged people
- Other charities
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
Name: Safe & Sound Pets - Positive and Progressive Early Intervention & Prevention Projects
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/about-the-safe-sound-pounds-program
Classification: Domesticated animal welfare (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- Families
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
Name: Online Helpdesk - Pet Parent, Crisis Support & Pet Adoption Support
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/library/articles/humans-for-humans
Classification: Domesticated animal welfare (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare)
Beneficiaries:- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Animals
- Families
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
Name: Pet management platform - for rescue organisations to manage pet listings, enquiries & foster carers
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/about-the-petrescue-website
Classification: Animal adoptions (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare > Animal adoptions)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
Name: Community Cat Program - a Science-Based Humane Cat Management Program focused on Targeted Desexing
URL: https://www.petrescue.com.au/community-cat-program
Classification: Treatment of animals (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare > Treatment of animals)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
Name: People & Pets Program
Classification: Domesticated animal welfare (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- Families
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
Name: Foster Care Program - Recruitment & Supporting Temporary Homes for Pets in Need
Classification: Animal adoptions (Animal welfare > Domesticated animal welfare > Animal adoptions)
Beneficiaries:- Animals
- Families
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- Other charities
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
Finances
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First off, this graph gives a general indication of how big the charity is - charities range in size from tiny (budgets of less than $100,000) to enormous (budgets more than $100 million). You're also looking for variability - if the charity's revenue and expenses are jumping up and down from year to year, make sure there's a good reason for it.
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want revenue to be slightly above expenses. If expenses is reliably above revenue, the charity is losing money. If revenue is much larger than expenses, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
What is this?
If a charity receives more money than it spends, that's a surplus (in business, it would be called profit). If it spends more than it receives, that's a deficit. This chart shows surpluses and deficits for the charity over the last few years.
What should I be looking for?
Unlike companies, charities and not-for-profits aren't on a mission to make money. However, if they spend more than they receive, eventually they will go into too much debt and run into trouble. As a very general rule, you want a charity to make a small surplus on average. A deficit means that charity lost money that year, which may indicate poor financial management or just a series of bad circumstances. If the charity always has a huge surplus, it means the charity might not be using its resources effectively. It isn't always that simple, however, and there's a lot of reasons a charity might not follow this pattern. They might be saving up for a big purchase or campaign, or they might have made a big one-off payment. If you're worried, always look at the annual and financial reports to understand why the charity is making the decisions it is.
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This chart compares the amount the charity receives from various sources, including donations (i.e. money given by the general public or philanthropy), goods and services, government grants, and other sources.
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Donations are an important source of revenue for some charities. Others rely more heavily on government funding, or on revenue from other sources. This is an indication of how much they need donors to accomplish their mission. Note that there is no 'good' or 'bad' amount of donations for a charity to have. It might be interesting to look at values over time - are they going up or down? A charity that gets less donations every year may be in trouble.
What is this?
Assets are things that the charity owns that are worth something. This could be anything from a car to investments. Similarly, liabilities are debts or obligations that the charity owes to someone else, like a loan or an agreement to pay for something.
What should I be looking for?
Firstly, in general a charity should have more assets than liabilities. If it doesn't, it implies that the charity might not be able to pay its debts, and you should look very closely at the charity's annual and financial reports to make sure they are taking steps to remedy this. Current assets should generally be above current liabilities - that means the charity can easily pay off the debts that are coming due soon. Beyond that, look for a large stockpile of assets. While a charity should have enough assets to keep it afloat in hard times (a 'buffer') if that stockpile gets too large the charity could be using that money more effectively. As always, if you have concerns check the annual and financial reports.
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