Columbia Animal Shelter

Analysis

Columbia Animal Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbia, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2019, 7 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, Columbia Animal Shelter reported income of $667k and spending of $744k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.8m to $667k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Columbia Animal Shelter sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fond du Lac Humane Society Inc ($666k), Animalkind Inc ($667k) and W O L F ($665k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $371k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $5,476, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 9 employees.