Saint Paul, MN

CHICKEN RUN RESCUE

EIN 27-2854005

Environment & Animal Welfare Animal Rescue & Shelters

Mission

Chicken Run Rescue fosters an evolution in critical thought about who is food and who is family through rescue, rehabilitation, sanctuary and education. The organization promotes an animal-free (plant-based) diet and places rescued chickens as companion animals rather than for use or consumption.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) Contributions are tax-deductible

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About CHICKEN RUN RESCUE

Verification: the provided EIN (27-2854005) matches public nonprofit records (the organization appears in ProPublica/Nonprofit Explorer and major charity directories) and the group operates a public website and donor-facing programs. Chicken Run Rescue is an in-home, donor-facing animal rescue and sanctuary founded in 2001 and based in the Twin Cities (Saint Paul/Minneapolis) area. The organization specializes in rescuing, rehabilitating and sheltering urban chickens and other domestic fowl, emphasizing companion-quality veterinary care and lifetime sanctuary for birds that cannot be rehomed. CRR combines hands-on rescue and foster/adoption programs with public education and advocacy: it requires adopters to accept chickens as companion animals (the group explicitly promotes a plant-based diet) and maintains biosecurity and veterinary protocols to respond to recent avian-health challenges while continuing adoption, foster, volunteer and outreach activities.

Notable achievements

Longstanding urban chicken sanctuary

Founded in 2001, Chicken Run Rescue is one of the longest-running U.S. urban chicken rescues and has provided sanctuary and rehoming services to well over one thousand birds since its founding.

Companion-quality veterinary program

Maintains a program of hands-on veterinary care for rescues (including contraceptive implants for hens to prevent egg-laying related reproductive disease) and coordinates with local avian-capable clinics to provide medical treatment and follow-up.

Adapted biosecurity & sustained rescue operations

Updated COVID-19 and avian-influenza (HPAI) biosecurity protocols in recent years to continue rescue, intake assistance to municipal animal control and foster/adoption work throughout the Twin Cities region while prioritizing bird and public health.

At a glance

Total assets: $714K
Tax status: 501(c)(3)
EIN: 27-2854005
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Website: www.chickenrunrescue.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Federally tax-exempt 501(c)(3) public charity (recognized since 2011) and listed in national nonprofit databases.

Public-facing charity profile and directory listings (appears on charity evaluator and nonprofit explorer sites), supporting transparency for donors.

Local and movement-level recognition: participates in regional vegan/animal-rights events and is quoted/endorsed by animal-advocacy figures on its public site (the organization is also active in community outreach and education).

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