Austin Wildlife Rescue

Analysis

Austin Wildlife Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1978, 48 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 December 2023, Austin Wildlife Rescue reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.2m, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $798k to $1.7m (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Austin Wildlife Rescue 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 88th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include First State Animal Center and SPCA Inc ($1.7m), No Nonsense Neutering Inc ($1.7m) and Ohio Alleycat Resource & Spay Neuter Clinic Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $59k (4.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $555k. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $56k, net assets of $3.2m. It reported 47 employees.