Association of the Friends of the Wichitas

Analysis

Association of the Friends of the Wichitas is a registered charity in United States, based in Cache, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2000, 26 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 September 2024, Association of the Friends of the Wichitas reported income of $273k and spending of $255k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2024, income grew from $234k to $273k (+17%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Association of the Friends of the Wichitas sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists ($272k), Joshuas House for Golden Retriever Rescue Inc ($273k) and White Mountain Wildlife and Nature Center Inc ($272k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 7.6% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $134k. At year end it held assets of $380k against liabilities of $7,375, net assets of $372k. It reported 10 employees.