Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter Inc

Analysis

Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Toledo, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1998, 28 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, Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter Inc reported income of $457k and spending of $598k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $273k to $457k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter Inc 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 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary Inc ($457k), Make a Difference Rescue Inc ($458k) and Mickaboo Companion Bird Rescue ($457k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $236k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $13k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 23 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.