Metro Animal Shelter

Analysis

Metro Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Tuscaloosa, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1996, 30 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 June 2024, Metro Animal Shelter reported income of $1.9m and spending of $1.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.3m to $1.9m (+45%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 23%. 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, Metro Animal Shelter 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 85th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Santa Ana Zoo ($1.9m), Habitat for Horses Inc ($1.9m) and Eskies Online Ameican Eskimo Dog Rescue ($1.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 82% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $770k. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $572k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 58 employees.