Animal Shelter Assistance Program of Santa Barbara

Analysis

Animal Shelter Assistance Program of Santa Barbara is a registered charity in United States, based in Goleta, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1992, 34 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, Animal Shelter Assistance Program of Santa Barbara reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $501k to $1.1m (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Animal Shelter Assistance Program of Santa Barbara sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chew Animal Clinic ($1.1m), Viva Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals ($1.1m) and Prairie Paws Animal Shelter Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $108k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $488k. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $2.2m. It reported 14 employees.