Meriden Humane Society

Analysis

Meriden Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Meriden, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1976, 50 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, Meriden Humane Society reported income of $438k and spending of $412k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $320k to $438k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Meriden Humane Society sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ruff Love Foster Care and Dog Rescue ($438k), Chequamegon Humane Association Inc ($439k) and Romans PFR Dogs ($438k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $393k against liabilities of $202k, net assets of $191k. It reported 12 employees.