Columbia County Humane Society

Analysis

Columbia County Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Portage, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1975, 51 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, Columbia County Humane Society reported income of $483k and spending of $493k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $625k to $483k (-23%), an average of -6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Columbia County Humane Society sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rescue a Golden of Arizona ($483k), Golden Retriever Rescue & Adoption of Needy Dogs Inc ($484k) and Merlin Tuttles Bat Conservation Inc ($483k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $224k. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 13 employees.