Knox County Humane Society

Analysis

Knox County Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Mount Vernon, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1988, 38 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, Knox County Humane Society reported income of $423k and spending of $317k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $596k to $423k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Knox County 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 67th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hudson Valley Humane SPCA ($423k), Luv2howl Animal Rescue ($423k) and Lewis County Humane Society ($422k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 46% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $150k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 13 employees.