Paws for Life Rescue

Analysis

Paws for Life Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Troy, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2010, 16 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, Paws for Life Rescue reported income of $122k and spending of $150k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $209k to $122k (-42%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws for Life Rescue sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paws Squad ($122k), Chance Shelter ($122k) and Big Paws Canine Foundation Inc ($122k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $20k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $1,830.