Montana Horse Sanctuary

Analysis

Montana Horse Sanctuary is a registered charity in United States, based in Stevensville, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2004, 22 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, Montana Horse Sanctuary reported income of $56k and spending of $58k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $61k to $56k (-8.1%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 782%. Over the whole period it spent -105% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Montana Horse Sanctuary sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 23% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 19th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Miniature Schnauzer Rescue Inc ($56k), Wallace the Pit Bull Foundation ($56k) and Mt Hope Animal Sanctuary ($56k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $286k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $286k.

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.