Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society

Analysis

Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Cruz, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1968, 58 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 June 2023, Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.6m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.3m to $1.5m (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Santa Cruz SPCA and Humane Society sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helping Animals Live and Overcomeinc ($1.5m), Robert E Ahlf Preserve Fund NFP P ($1.5m) and Brazoria County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $173k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $554k. It paid $95k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $10.9m against liabilities of $148k, net assets of $10.8m. It reported 23 employees.