Friends of the Animal Shelter Inc

Analysis

Friends of the Animal Shelter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Aiken, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Friends of the Animal Shelter Inc reported income of $972k and spending of $277k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $447k to $972k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of the Animal Shelter Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Downtown Dog Rescue ($971k), Last Chance Animal Rescue Fund ($973k) and Longhopes Donkey Shelter Inc ($970k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 7.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $67k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 1 employees.