Humane Society of Cherokee County

Analysis

Humane Society of Cherokee County is a registered charity in United States, based in Gaffney, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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, Humane Society of Cherokee County reported income of $229k and spending of $288k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $265k to $229k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Humane Society of Cherokee County sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Pathway to Hope Inc ($229k), Data for Indigenous Justice ($229k) and Brighter Days Dog Rescue ($229k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 35% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $133k. At year end it held assets of $21k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $21k. It reported 8 employees.