Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control

Analysis

Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control is a registered charity in United States, based in Norton Shores, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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, Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control reported income of $1.2m and spending of $892k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $637k to $1.2m (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 81st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Second Chance Wildlife Center Inc ($1.2m), Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Southwest Mi ($1.2m) and Pixies and Paws Rescue Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 33% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $361k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $1.3m, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 53 employees.