Fences for Fido

Analysis

Fences for Fido is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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, Fences for Fido reported income of $476k and spending of $396k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $308k to $476k (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Fences for Fido sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Take Me Home ($476k), Mzuri Wildlife Club Foundation ($476k) and Native Animal Rescue ($475k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 105% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $434k against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $417k. It reported 7 employees.