Smoky Mountain Service Dogs

Analysis

Smoky Mountain Service Dogs is a registered charity in United States, based in Lenoir City, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Smoky Mountain Service Dogs reported income of $1.4m and spending of $526k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.4m (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Smoky Mountain Service Dogs sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake County Agricultural Society Inc ($1.4m), Roots & Wings Foundation a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation ($1.4m) and Sacred Pipe Resource Center ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $262k. At year end it held assets of $7.2m against liabilities of $4,485, net assets of $7.2m. It reported 7 employees.