Stafford Animal Shelter

Analysis

Stafford Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Livingston, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1986, 40 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, Stafford Animal Shelter reported income of $1.4m and spending of $915k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $623k to $1.4m (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Stafford Animal Shelter sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neenah Animal Shelter Inc ($1.4m), Franklin County Humane Society Inc ($1.4m) and Armstrong-Keta Incorporated ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 6.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $88k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $367k. At year end it held assets of $6.2m against liabilities of $17k, net assets of $6.1m. It reported 30 employees.