Dr Walter J Ernst Jr Veterinary Memorial Foundation

Analysis

Dr Walter J Ernst Jr Veterinary Memorial Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Baton Rouge, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2026. 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 August 2021, Dr Walter J Ernst Jr Veterinary Memorial Foundation reported income of $173k and spending of $135k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2021, income grew from $59k to $173k (+191%), an average of +71% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2021, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Dr Walter J Ernst Jr Veterinary Memorial Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Angels of God Inc ($173k), SFDR San Felipe Dog Rescue ($173k) and For the Fishes ($173k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $760, net assets of $2.4m.