Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary and Education Center

Analysis

Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary and Education Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Sebastopol, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2017, 9 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, Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary and Education Center reported income of $1.2m and spending of $830k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $260k to $1.2m (+345%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Goatlandia Farm Animal Sanctuary and Education Center 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 Stray Paws Animal Haven ($1.2m), Permian Basin Conservation Foundation ($1.2m) and Horsepower Sanctuaries ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $296k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $87k, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 13 employees.