Paws Atlanta Incorporated

Analysis

Paws Atlanta Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Decatur, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1968, 58 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, Paws Atlanta Incorporated reported income of $1.9m and spending of $2.2m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $1.9m (+1.6%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws Atlanta Incorporated sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Labelle Foundation Inc ($1.9m), Greater Ogden Community Nature Ctr ($1.9m) and Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and Sanctuary ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $123k (5.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $93k, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 39 employees.