Cowley County Humane Society Inc

Analysis

Cowley County Humane Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Winfield, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2001, 25 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, Cowley County Humane Society Inc reported income of $286k and spending of $366k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $268k to $286k (+6.9%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cowley County Humane Society Inc sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 61st percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surface Creek Animal Shelter ($286k), Friends of Butler County Animals Inc ($286k) and Operation Catnip Inc ($286k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $153k. At year end it held assets of $380k against liabilities of $4,758, net assets of $375k. It reported 28 employees.

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.