P a W S Animal Adoption Center

Analysis

P a W S Animal Adoption Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Rockport, ME. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 (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, P a W S Animal Adoption Center reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.1m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $742k to $1.3m (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, P a W S Animal Adoption Center sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within ME. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bunnys Buddies ($1.3m), Indraloka Animal Sanctuary ($1.3m) and Rosies Southside Animal Shelter Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (7.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $568k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $135k, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 34 employees.