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Asheville animal organizations

There are 129 animal-focused nonprofit organizations in the greater Asheville metro area. Combined, these Asheville metro animal organizations employ 408 people, earn more than $37 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $48 million.
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Types of animal organizations in Asheville

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations
 
87
 
$31,504,069
Wildlife conservation and protection organizations
 
19
 
$1,844,953
Animal services organizations
 
9
 
$191,422
Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges
 
5
 
$572,500
Animal alliances and advocates
 
3
 
$95,899
Veterinary organizations
 
3
 
$205,271
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits
 
2
 
$0
Zoos and acquariums
 
1
 
$0
Animal professional societies
 
1
 
$3,613,101
Endangered species protection organizations
 
1
 
$359,588
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Job trends for Asheville animal organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
12
1-10
 
9
11-25
 
6
26-100
 
4
101 to 1,000
 
1
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of animal organizations in Asheville

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
28
$250k to $1M
 
15
$1M to $5M
 
1
$5M to $25M
 
2
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of animal organizations in Asheville

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Brother Wolf Animal Rescue (BWAR)

Brother Wolf Animal Rescue was founded in 2007 to provide the resources and life-saving programs to build a No-Kill community.
Revenue
$14.7m
Assets
$15.5m
Employees
63
EIN
20-8787719
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Asheville Humane Society

Rescues, reunites, rehabilitates, and rehomes thousands of homeless animals each year, supports and provides community solutions to help keep pets healthy and in their homes, and operates the animal care campus, an adoption and education center, and anima....
Revenue
$8.8m
Assets
$7.1m
Employees
114
EIN
56-1444098
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Blue Ridge Humane Society (BRHS)

BRHS is dedicated to ensuring a safe environment for homeless, injured and abused domestic animals awaiting adoption and to educating our community regarding proper animal care and the need for responsible spay/neuter to control pet populations.
Revenue
$3.6m
Assets
$7.7m
Employees
50
EIN
56-6048726
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Mountain Pet Rescue Asheville

Mountain Pet Rescue Asheville places 1204 animals in loving homes forever through their animal protection and welfare organization, with a mission to prevent cruelty to animals.
Revenue
$971.7k
Assets
$919.0k
Employees
29
EIN
82-3039637
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Yancey County Humane Society

Yancey County Humane Society shelters and adopts pets while offering spay/neuter programs and rabies clinics for the community.
Revenue
$973.6k
Assets
$1.3m
Employees
48
EIN
58-1615767
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Help Asheville Bears

Help Asheville Bears maintains a Facebook page for information on injured bears and uses billboards to raise awareness.
Revenue
$849.5k
Assets
$18.0k
Employees
0
EIN
85-1149858
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Spark Companions

Spark Companions is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Cullowhee, NC that was founded in 2011.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
27-3406071
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Quality Deer Management Association / Southern Appalachian

Quality Deer Management Association / Southern Appalachian is a wildlife conservation or protection organization in Leicester, NC that was founded in 2002.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
90-0795381
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Quality Deer Management Association / Blue Ridge Branch

Quality Deer Management Association / Blue Ridge Branch is a wildlife sanctuary or refuge in Mills River, NC that was founded in 2002.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
90-1260638
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Animal Rescue of Western North Carolina

Animal Rescue of Western North Carolina is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Asheville, NC that was founded in 2016.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
81-2839645
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sister Kitten Animal Rescue

Sister Kitten Animal Rescue rescues animals with the mission to improve their lives. The organization offers programs like Foster for Adoption and provides veterinary care for animals.
Revenue
$403.3k
Assets
$317.8k
Employees
4
EIN
84-3522446
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Save the Animals / Spay Neuter Clinic

Spay Neuter Clinic offers low cost spay/neuter and wellness services for companion animals to various organizations and the public in Weaverville, NC.
Revenue
$0
Assets
$1,227
Employees
10
EIN
56-2226902
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Link Coalition

National Link Coalition promotes the prevention of cruelty to the vulnerable through collaboration and writing materials for 42 other organizations. It also publishes a monthly newsletter that reaches 5,750 readers.
Revenue
$95.9k
Assets
$123.9k
Employees
N/A
EIN
92-2607909
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Binxs Home for Black Cats

Binxs Home for Black Cats rescues black cats and kittens from neglect, rehabilitates them, supports municipal shelters, and places them in adoptive homes.
Revenue
$121.7k
Assets
$4,693
Employees
N/A
EIN
85-4212611
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wands for Wildlife

Wands for Wildlife is an animal-focused nonprofit organization in Skyland, NC that was founded in 2020.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
85-1653855
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Diamond Dogs LLC

Diamond Dogs LLC is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Zirconia, NC that was founded in 2017.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
81-5181602
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sunshine Aid & Rescue Alliance

Sunshine Aid & Rescue Alliance supports animal rescue through grants for spay-neuter services and post-Hurricane Helene recovery, rebuilding facilities and restocking supplies.
Revenue
$6,000
Assets
$1,845
Employees
N/A
EIN
99-0837980
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Beautiful Chaos Animal Sanctuary

Beautiful Chaos Animal Sanctuary is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Leicester, NC that was founded in 2024.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
99-2439024
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Love and Purrs Sanctuary

Love and Purrs Sanctuary rescues and adopts cats with a mission focused on animal protection and welfare. Kimberly Dolan runs the organization in Clyde, NC.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
83-3500252
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wild Heart Farm and Sanctuary

Wild Heart Farm and Sanctuary is an animal alliances or advocate in Mars Hill, NC that was founded in 2020.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
84-2548623
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "D00: Animal Related: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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