Pender County Humane Society

Analysis

Pender County Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Burgaw, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1997, 29 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, Pender County Humane Society reported income of $679k and spending of $359k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $284k to $679k (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Pender County Humane Society sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary ($679k), Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals & Humane ($680k) and Flat Rock Brook Nature Association ($679k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.8% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $139k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $242k, net assets of $887k. It reported 18 employees.