Philadoptables
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our primary exempt purpose is animal welfare; to improve the lives of unhoused animals is the greater Philadelphia area and work towards helping Philadelphia become a no-kill city.
- Income
- $50,645
- Spending
- $60,792
- Reserves
- 7.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- other income, 56%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 69 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (animals, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 7.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 20% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $36,147 spent. Provide financial assistance to various animal rescues in the Greater Philadelphia Area. This was primarily in the form of direct cash donations, with a small amount as payments to vets to cover medical expenses or gifting goods directly. The primary goal was to encourage rescues to pull animals with medical needs from shelters.
- $9,939 spent. Provide financial support for the benefit of community cats. This includes payments for spay and neuter surgeries for TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) Programs, other medical needs, trapping supplies, and purchasing food.
- $2,902 spent. Community Outreach - Provide funds to members of the public who need financial assistance to keep their pets. By providing financial support for medical needs or providing pet food assistance, it helps keep these pets in their homes and out of the shelters where they risk euthanasia.
- $1,226 spent. Provide funding specifically for animal undergoing caner treatment $357 and money spent for supplies and dog beds for the local ACCT shelter clean up of $869
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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