Tails of Joy

Analysis

Tails of Joy is a registered charity in United States, based in Studio City, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2003, 23 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, Tails of Joy reported income of $123k and spending of $168k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $123k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 243%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Tails of Joy sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural Animal Rescue Effort ($123k), Nike Animal Rescue Foundation ($123k) and Friends of Ferdinand Indiana Inc ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $873k against liabilities of $116, net assets of $872k.