Southern Animal Foundation

Analysis

Southern Animal Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Southern Animal Foundation reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.8m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.6m to $1.8m (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Southern Animal Foundation 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 84th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Retirement Management Account Inc ($1.8m), Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County Inc ($1.8m) and Homeless Animals Rescue Team Inc ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.6% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $439k. At year end it held assets of $689k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $689k.

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.