Animal Protective Assn

Analysis

Animal Protective Assn is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 (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, Animal Protective Assn reported income of $521k and spending of $629k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $521k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Animal Protective Assn sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Promises Kept Horse Sanctuary ($521k), Foundation for the Advancement & Support of the Tennessee Walking ($522k) and Rare Species Conservatory Foundation Inc ($521k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 2.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $223k. At year end it held assets of $4.9m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 13 employees.

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.