Wags and Whiskers Animal Rescue of MN

Analysis

Wags and Whiskers Animal Rescue of MN is a registered charity in United States, based in Burnsville, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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, Wags and Whiskers Animal Rescue of MN reported income of $188k and spending of $271k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $393k to $188k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Wags and Whiskers Animal Rescue of MN sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mr Bones & Company Inc ($188k), Scraps Hope Foundation ($188k) and Just US Beagles and Friends Inc ($187k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $154k against liabilities of $1,321, net assets of $152k.

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.