Operation Catnip Inc

Analysis

Operation Catnip Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Raleigh, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1998, 28 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, Operation Catnip Inc reported income of $286k and spending of $65k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $45k to $286k (+532%), an average of +152% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 248%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Operation Catnip Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oak Creek Zoological Conservatory ($286k), Surface Creek Animal Shelter ($286k) and Etowah Valley Humane Society Inc ($286k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 8.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $298k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $298k.