Paws and Claws Inc

Analysis

Paws and Claws Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Rochester, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1978, 48 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 July 2023, Paws and Claws Inc reported income of $2.0m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2019 to July 2023, income grew from $840k to $2.0m (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws and Claws Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Humane Society of Kent County Incorporated ($2.0m), Southside Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($2.0m) and Sr3 Sealife Response Rehabilitation and Research ($2.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $315k. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $60k, net assets of $5.8m. It reported 29 employees.