Friends of Strays Inc

Analysis

Friends of Strays Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Princeton, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1995, 31 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, Friends of Strays Inc reported income of $613k and spending of $538k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $726k to $613k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Friends of Strays Inc sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chicago Canine Rescue Foundation ($613k), Southern Colorado Spay & Neuter Association ($613k) and National Animal Control Association ($613k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $215k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 26 employees.