Amber and Adam Tarshis Foundation

Analysis

Amber and Adam Tarshis Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2026. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a private operating foundation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Amber and Adam Tarshis Foundation reported income of $571k and spending of $584k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $202k to $571k (+182%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 254%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Amber and Adam Tarshis Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rerun Inc ($571k), Homer Animal Friends ($571k) and Mutt Misfits Society ($570k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $185k. At year end it held assets of $560k against liabilities of $144k, net assets of $416k. It reported 2 employees.