Stone County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Analysis

Stone County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a registered charity in United States, based in Wiggins, MS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 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, Stone County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reported income of $146k and spending of $156k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $241k to $146k (-39%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Stone County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within MS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nokota Horse Conservancy Inc ($146k), El Dorado Humane Society ($146k) and Homes Fur Hounds Inc ($146k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $280k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $280k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.