Delta Animal Shelter

Analysis

Delta Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Escanaba, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 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, Delta Animal Shelter reported income of $370k and spending of $412k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $408k to $370k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Delta Animal Shelter sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trout Unlimited ($370k), Save Rescue Coalition ($370k) and Fayette County Animal Rescue ($369k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $68k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $105k. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 13 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.