Westside Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles Inc

Analysis

Westside Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. 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, Westside Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles Inc reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.0m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $2.3m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Westside Shepherd Rescue of Los Angeles 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 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare ($2.3m), Frosted Faces Foundation Inc ($2.3m) and Trout Unlimited ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 8.0% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $928k. At year end it held assets of $5.1m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $5.1m. It reported 50 employees.