Shelter Friends

Analysis

Shelter Friends is a registered charity in United States, based in Grants Pass, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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, Shelter Friends reported income of $147k and spending of $151k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $240k to $147k (-39%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Shelter Friends sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wildside Rehabilitation and Education Center ($147k), Throw a Dog a Bone Dog Rescue ($147k) and Papayago Rescue House Inc ($147k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $203k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $203k.