Wounded Paw Project

Analysis

Wounded Paw Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Clifton, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2016, 10 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, Wounded Paw Project reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.5m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $762k to $1.4m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Wounded Paw Project sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sweet Virginia Barn Cats ($1.4m), The Orianne Society ($1.4m) and Wolf Trap Animal Rescue ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $603k against liabilities of $311k, net assets of $292k.