Bedford Cares

Analysis

Bedford Cares is a registered charity in United States, based in Huddleston, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 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, Bedford Cares reported income of $92k and spending of $94k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $52k to $92k (+77%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Bedford Cares sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include For Every Rescue a Life Saved Inc ($92k), Berkshire Farm Sanctuary Inc ($92k) and Lake Superior Steel Head Association Inc ($92k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% of the total. At year end it held assets of $26k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $26k.

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.