LA Plata County Humane Society

Analysis

LA Plata County Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Durango, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1973, 53 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, LA Plata County Humane Society reported income of $3.2m and spending of $3.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $3.2m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, LA Plata County Humane Society 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 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One of a Kind Pet Rescue Inc ($3.1m), Save the Rhino International Inc ($3.2m) and Norfolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% and program service revenue 34% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $175k, net assets of $3.9m. It reported 90 employees.