Smiling Dog Farms

Analysis

Smiling Dog Farms is a registered charity in United States, based in Wharton, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2008, 18 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, Smiling Dog Farms reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.4m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $957k to $1.5m (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Smiling Dog Farms 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 87th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Center for Aquatic Sciences Inc ($1.5m), No Dogs Left Behind Inc ($1.5m) and North Fork Animal Welfare League Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. It paid $133k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $867k against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $801k.