Prevent Cruelty to Animals

Analysis

Prevent Cruelty to Animals is a registered charity in United States, based in San Mateo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2009, 17 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, Prevent Cruelty to Animals reported income of $124k and spending of $114k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $167k to $124k (-26%), an average of -7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Prevent Cruelty to Animals 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 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include El Gato Charities ($124k), American Academy of Veterinary Acupuncture Inc ($124k) and Colorado Beagle Rescue ($124k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $346k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $346k.