Little Guild of St Francis for the Welfare of Animals Inc

Analysis

Little Guild of St Francis for the Welfare of Animals Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in West Cornwall, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1972, 54 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, Little Guild of St Francis for the Welfare of Animals Inc reported income of $2.8m and spending of $781k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $659k to $2.8m (+328%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 277%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Little Guild of St Francis for the Welfare of Animals Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humane Society of South Ms ($2.8m), The Institute for Bird Populations ($2.8m) and Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga Tenn ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 1.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $468k. At year end it held assets of $7.7m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $7.7m. It reported 15 employees.