Berkeley County Humane Society

Analysis

Berkeley County Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Martinsburg, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1977, 49 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, Berkeley County Humane Society reported income of $696k and spending of $768k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $427k to $696k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Berkeley County Humane Society sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pawsitive Teams Inc ($695k), Ashtabula County Animal Protective League ($697k) and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of the Triad ($694k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 31% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $203k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 12 employees.