The Hermitage Cat Shelter

Analysis

The Hermitage Cat Shelter is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1965, 61 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, The Hermitage Cat Shelter reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.4m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $821k to $1.4m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, The Hermitage Cat Shelter sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 80th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Border Tails Rescue ($1.4m), Jerusalem Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($1.4m) and Mazies Mission ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 8.8% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $63k (4.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $473k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $56k, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 27 employees.