Operation Spot Inc

Analysis

Operation Spot Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 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, Operation Spot Inc reported income of $152k and spending of $153k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $209k to $152k (-27%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Operation Spot Inc sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Small Breed Rescue of East Tennessee ($152k), Eden Animal Haven ($152k) and Cat Network of Stanislaus ($152k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 38% of the total. At year end it held assets of $331k against liabilities of $226, net assets of $331k.