Animal Recovery Mission

Analysis

Animal Recovery Mission is a registered charity in United States, based in Port St Lucie, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Animal Recovery Mission reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.4m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.4m to $1.6m (-32%), an average of -9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 38%. 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, Animal Recovery Mission sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Michigan Anti Cruelty Society ($1.6m), Carolina Tiger Rescue ($1.6m) and Roanoke Valley SPCA ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $124k (9.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $49k. It paid $25k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $115k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 13 employees.