Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles

Analysis

Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles is a registered charity in United States, based in San Pedro, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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, Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles reported income of $3.6m and spending of $2.7m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $653k to $3.6m (+449%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 174%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Marine Mammal Care Center Los Angeles sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Zoo of Kansas City Foundation ($3.6m), Danny and Rons Rescue ($3.6m) and Tucson Audubon Society Inc ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $238k (8.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $139k, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 28 employees.