Altered Tails

Analysis

Altered Tails is a registered charity in United States, based in Phoenix, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2003, 23 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, Altered Tails reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.1m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $1.9m (+5.1%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Altered Tails 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 83rd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kalamazoo County Humane Society ($1.9m), Zoological Society of Milwaukee County Endowment TR ($1.9m) and Monroe County Friends of Animals ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 89% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $924k. At year end it held assets of $967k against liabilities of $3,004, net assets of $964k. It reported 33 employees.