Forever Paws Animal Shelter

Analysis

Forever Paws Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Fall River, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 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, Forever Paws Animal Shelter reported income of $766k and spending of $750k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $715k to $766k (+7.1%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Forever Paws Animal Shelter sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northwoods Humane Society ($764k), North Florida Animal Rescue Inc ($766k) and Hub City Humane Society ($764k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 36% and program service revenue 48% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $272k. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $99k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 18 employees.