Making a Difference Now

Analysis

Making a Difference Now is a registered charity in United States, based in Lexington, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 (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, Making a Difference Now reported income of $63k and spending of $61k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $29k to $63k (+120%), an average of +120% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 120%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Making a Difference Now sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 25th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Category 5 K9 ($63k), Friends of Felines Inc ($63k) and Arkansans Assisting Homeless Animals ($63k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. At year end it held assets of $53k against liabilities of $2,000, net assets of $51k.