The Leatherback Trust Inc

Analysis

The Leatherback Trust Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Wayne, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 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, The Leatherback Trust Inc reported income of $922k and spending of $548k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $419k to $922k (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Leatherback Trust Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World Vets ($922k), Jefferson Co SPCA ($923k) and Bird Rescue Center ($921k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $31k, net assets of $3.0m.