Paws Lee County Inc

Analysis

Paws Lee County Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Myers, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2009, 17 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, Paws Lee County Inc reported income of $906k and spending of $550k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $400k to $906k (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Paws Lee County Inc sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Catnip of Gainesville Inc ($905k), Friends of the Desert Mountains ($907k) and Building Better Partnerships Inc ($904k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 56% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $50k (9.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $120k. At year end it held assets of $623k against liabilities of $28k, net assets of $595k. It reported 10 employees.