Stray Cat Alliance

Analysis

Stray Cat Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2000, 26 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, Stray Cat Alliance reported income of $3.9m and spending of $3.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.3m to $3.9m (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Stray Cat Alliance 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 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Animal Care TR ($3.8m), Humane Farm Animal Care ($3.9m) and Texas Animal Damage Control Association Cooperative Trapping F ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $397k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.5m. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $489k, net assets of $708k. It reported 47 employees.