Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary

Analysis

Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1994, 32 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, Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary reported income of $494k and spending of $622k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $447k to $494k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orangutan Outreach Inc ($494k), Prevent Unwanted Pets ($494k) and Mitzvah Fund Inc ($493k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 8.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $132k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $45k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 5 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.