The Longears Safehouse

Analysis

The Longears Safehouse is a registered charity in United States, based in Estanica, NM. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2024, 2 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, The Longears Safehouse reported income of $55k and spending of $74k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $29k to $55k (+89%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 550%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Longears Safehouse sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 17th percentile within NM. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Colyer Institute ($55k), Modjeska Ranch Rescue ($55k) and For the Love of Cats ($55k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 9.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $20k against liabilities of -$20k, net assets of $40k.

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.