Prevent Unwanted Pets

Analysis

Prevent Unwanted Pets is a registered charity in United States, based in Sealy, TX. 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 October 2023, Prevent Unwanted Pets reported income of $494k and spending of $389k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income grew from $377k to $494k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Prevent Unwanted Pets sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary ($494k), Merwin Memorial Free Clinic for Animals Inc ($495k) and Orangutan Outreach Inc ($494k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $397k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $397k.