Lancaster SPCA

Analysis

Lancaster SPCA is a registered charity in United States, based in Lancaster, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Lancaster SPCA reported income of $484k and spending of $463k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $378k to $484k (+28%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Lancaster SPCA 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 74th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Big Dog Rescue Project Inc ($484k), The Cloud Foundation ($484k) and Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs Inc ($484k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% and program service revenue 50% of the total. At year end it held assets of $187k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $187k.