Saving the Survivors

Analysis

Saving the Survivors is a registered charity in United States, based in Basalt, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 (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, Saving the Survivors reported income of $111k and spending of $98k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $214k to $111k (-48%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Saving the Survivors sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary ($111k), Central Indiana Lab Rescue and Adoption Inc ($111k) and Inky Blue Sea Companion Animal Rescue ($111k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. It paid $49k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $24k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $24k.