Paws and Stripes

Analysis

Paws and Stripes is a registered charity in United States, based in Albuquerque, NM. 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 September 2023, Paws and Stripes reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $867k to $1.2m (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws and Stripes sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Utah Wild Sheep Foundation ($1.2m), Alabama Wildlife Center ($1.2m) and Humane Society of Southeast Mo ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $80k (6.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $571k. At year end it held assets of $3.3m against liabilities of $60k, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 25 employees.