Operation Paws for Homes

Analysis

Operation Paws for Homes is a registered charity in United States, based in Vienna, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 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 Paws for Homes reported income of $949k and spending of $772k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $720k to $949k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Operation Paws for Homes sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Longneck Manor Conservation Foundation ($948k), Eastgate Equine Sanctuary Inc ($949k) and Humane Society of South Central Michigan ($947k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% and program service revenue 45% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $199k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $3,576, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 9 employees.