Kitten Rescue of Mason County

Analysis

Kitten Rescue of Mason County is a registered charity in United States, based in Shelton, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2002, 24 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, Kitten Rescue of Mason County reported income of $296k and spending of $350k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $207k to $296k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 145%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Kitten Rescue of Mason County sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Erath County Humane Society Inc ($296k), Arrows Heart Animal Rescue ($297k) and Claiborne County Animal Control Board Inc ($296k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 24% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $22k (6.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $91k. At year end it held assets of $408k against liabilities of $24k, net assets of $383k. It reported 15 employees.