Second Hand Purrs Shelter

Analysis

Second Hand Purrs Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Milwaukee, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2006, 20 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, Second Hand Purrs Shelter reported income of $325k and spending of $229k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $133k to $325k (+144%), an average of +144% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Second Hand Purrs Shelter sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue Inc ($324k), Stand Up for Animals ($325k) and Iowa Wildlife Center ($324k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 23% and program service revenue 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $147k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $147k.