Bailing Out Benji

Analysis

Bailing Out Benji is a registered charity in United States, based in Ames, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2015, 11 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, Bailing Out Benji reported income of $401k and spending of $417k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $280k to $401k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Bailing Out Benji sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Classroom Canines ($400k), Wildlife in Crisis Inc ($401k) and Franklin County Humane Society ($400k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $60k (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $87k. At year end it held assets of $544k against liabilities of $5,738, net assets of $539k.