Animals in Distress Inc

Analysis

Animals in Distress Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hamilton, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Animals in Distress Inc reported income of $69k and spending of $126k, spending 184% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $33k to $69k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 157% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Animals in Distress Inc sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 27th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Another Chance Ranch Domestic Animal Sanctuary Inc ($69k), People United for Animals ($69k) and Wyandot County Equine Rescue Inc ($69k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 9.5% of the total. At year end it held assets of $760k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $760k.

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.