Mary C Schanz Foundation

Analysis

Mary C Schanz Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 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, Mary C Schanz Foundation reported income of $3.1m and spending of $3.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $3.1m (+96%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Mary C Schanz Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Return to Freedom Inc ($3.1m), Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ($3.1m) and Coulee Region Humane Society Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $2.8m. It reported 94 employees.