Stop the Suffering

Analysis

Stop the Suffering is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Stop the Suffering reported income of $720k and spending of $730k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $403k to $720k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Stop the Suffering sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Catcafe Lounge ($720k), Hand-In-Paw Inc ($720k) and South Dakota Discovery Center ($719k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $24k. At year end it held assets of $194k against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $171k. It reported 1 employees.