Wayside Waifs Inc.

Environment and animals
Kansas City, Missouri
EIN 44-0605374
Tax-exempt since 1953

Firms paid: 3
Fees reported, 2018–2024: $2.1M
Fees reported in 2024: $439K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $10.3M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2024

$439,063 to 2 fundraisers · $439,063 in professional fundraising fees on the return

Fundraisers Wayside Waifs Inc. paid in 2024, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
RKD GroupDirect responseDirect mail	Direct mail	$412,555
Creative Printing Co. Inc.Direct mail	Direct mail	$26,508

Also among its largest contractors in 2024

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

RKD GroupDirect responseDirect mail services$408,323
BlackbaudFinancial and donor data system$101,457

All firms paid

Fundraisers Wayside Waifs Inc. reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
RKD GroupDirect response	2018–2024 · 6 years	$2,119,843
Creative Printing Co. Inc.	2024	$26,508

Form 990 Snapshot

Wayside Waifs Inc.'s Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2024	$10.3M	$8.5M	$1.3M	$439K
2023	$8.9M	$7.2M	$1.3M	$350K
2022	$10.3M	$9.1M	$1.1M	$477K
2020	$8.6M	$6.8M	$979K	$300K
2019	$9.7M	$8.2M	$1.0M	$284K
2018	$6.7M	$5.3M	$946K	$296K

Fees are what Wayside Waifs Inc. reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.