Erie County SPCA

Analysis

Erie County SPCA is a registered charity in United States, based in West Seneca, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1958, 68 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 September 2023, Erie County SPCA reported income of $9.6m and spending of $9.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $8.0m to $9.6m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Erie County SPCA sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humanity for Horses ($9.6m), Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($9.6m) and American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation ($9.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 16% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.9m. At year end it held assets of $27.6m against liabilities of $802k, net assets of $26.8m. It reported 164 employees.