Auction for a Kaws

Analysis

Auction for a Kaws is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 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 2022, Auction for a Kaws reported income of $89k and spending of $133k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2022, income fell from $155k to $89k (-42%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Auction for a Kaws sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile, and in the 40th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bella Vista Farms Animal Sanctuary ($89k), Hummingbird Farm ($89k) and Barking Holler Animal Sanctuary Inc ($89k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 169% of the total. At year end it held assets of $95k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $95k.