Spot

Analysis

Spot is a registered charity in United States, based in Oceanside, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Spot reported income of $255k and spending of $209k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $215k to $255k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Spot sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wise Animal Rescue ($255k), Best Friends for Life Inc ($255k) and East Norwalk Blue Inc ($255k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% and program service revenue 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $570k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $540k.