International Owl Center

Analysis

International Owl Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, International Owl Center reported income of $495k and spending of $418k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $307k to $495k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, International Owl Center sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forpaws Spay & Neuter Clinic ($495k), Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc ($496k) and Merwin Memorial Free Clinic for Animals Inc ($495k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $73k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $81k. It paid $56k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $801k against liabilities of $135k, net assets of $666k. It reported 7 employees.