Friends of Fido

Analysis

Friends of Fido is a registered charity in United States, based in Youngstown, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2012, 14 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friends of Fido reported income of $347k and spending of $337k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $206k to $347k (+69%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Friends of Fido sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Windsor Historical Society of Windsor Conn Inc ($347k), Leased Housing Corporation of Secaucus New Jersey ($347k) and Volunteers of America Inc ($347k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 45% of the total. At year end it held assets of $62k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $62k.