A Helping Paw Inc

Analysis

A Helping Paw Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buzzards Bay, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 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, A Helping Paw Inc reported income of $53k and spending of $55k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $29k to $53k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, A Helping Paw Inc sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 29th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Naughty Donkey Farm Sanctuary Inc ($53k), Animal Based Charities ($53k) and Save Pound Animals Thru Rescue & Education ($53k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $98k against liabilities of $7,165, net assets of $90k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.