Paws Across Pittsburgh

Analysis

Paws Across Pittsburgh is a registered charity in United States, based in Springdale, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 (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, Paws Across Pittsburgh reported income of $717k and spending of $495k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $243k to $717k (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws Across Pittsburgh 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 Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter Inc ($716k), Sauk County Humane Society ($718k) and Equine Rescue of Aiken ($716k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $525k against liabilities of $4,276, net assets of $520k.