Cat House

Analysis

Cat House is a registered charity in United States, based in Lincoln, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2000, 26 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 October 2023, Cat House reported income of $660k and spending of $278k, leaving 58% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2019 to October 2023, income fell from $685k to $660k (-3.7%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cat House sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brigadoon Service Dogs ($658k), Sabine Humane Society Inc ($660k) and Reach Rescue Inc ($658k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending October 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% and program service revenue 4.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $669, net assets of $2.7m.