The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter

Analysis

The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Cherryfield, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter reported income of $1.8m and spending of $592k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $235k to $1.8m (+666%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 232%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Ark Pope Memorial Animal Shelter sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Zoological Society Inc ($1.8m), Macomb County Humane Society ($1.8m) and Kitten Rescue ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $216k. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 9 employees.