SMALL LIVES MATTER KITTEN RESCUE INC
To provide lifesaving support to neonatal and at-risk kittens and to unwanted adult cats facing euthanasia, by delivering urgent medical care, foster-based rehabilitation, and permanent adoptive placements.
About SMALL LIVES MATTER KITTEN RESCUE INC
Small Lives Matter Kitten Rescue is a foster-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Ponte Vedra, Florida, focused on rescuing neonate and medically fragile kittens and unwanted adult cats from high-risk shelters and the streets. The organization provides urgent medical treatment, coordinated foster care, spay/neuter and microchipping, and adoption placement services.
The rescue serves St. Johns County and the St. Augustine area and operates through a network of volunteers and foster homes; adoptable cats and kittens are regularly housed and shown for adoption through a partner cat café/adoption lounge. The organization is registered with the State of Florida as an active not-for-profit (formed in 2019) and has filed annual IRS Form 990 returns showing sustained program activity and growing revenues in recent years.
In the last 2–3 years the rescue has reported active program operations and program-service-driven revenues, reflecting continued intake, medical care, and placement of kittens and cats. Its stated program activities also include supporting local TNR efforts, public humane education, and developing surrender-prevention services for underserved pet owners.
Notable achievements
Established 501(c)(3) and active Florida nonprofit
Formed and recognized as a federal tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization (tax-exempt since 2019) and maintained active filings with the Florida Division of Corporations, demonstrating formal nonprofit status and governance.
Sustained program growth (recent fiscal years)
Recent annual Form 990 data show multi-year program activity with program-service revenue representing the majority of income and year-over-year revenues in the mid-to-upper hundreds of thousands, indicating active rescue, medical care, and adoption operations.
Partnership model with adoption lounge
Operates adoptive placements through a long-term partnership with a local cat café/adoption lounge, providing a public, animal-friendly venue where fostered cats and kittens are housed and matched with adopters.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $129K
- Annual revenue
- $281K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 84-1829103
- Location
- Ponte Vedra, FL
- Website
- thekittenrescue.org
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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