Happy Tails No Kill Animal Shelter

Analysis

Happy Tails No Kill Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Towanda, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2004, 22 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, Happy Tails No Kill Animal Shelter reported income of $726k and spending of $325k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $49k to $726k (+1386%), an average of +96% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 267%. Over the whole period it spent 46% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Happy Tails No Kill Animal Shelter sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wolf Sanctuary of Pa Inc ($725k), Joyride Center Inc ($726k) and Vintage Pet Rescue ($725k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $119k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $230k, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 21 employees.