Animal Care League

Analysis

Animal Care League is a registered charity in United States, based in Oak Park, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1975, 51 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, Animal Care League reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.7m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $983k to $1.7m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Animal Care League sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humane Society of Fairfax County Inc ($1.6m), Institute of Range & the American Mustang ($1.7m) and The Nonhuman Rights Project Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 17% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $107k (6.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $695k. At year end it held assets of $7.9m against liabilities of $3.6m, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 40 employees.