Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and SPCA Inc

Analysis

Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and SPCA Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Athens, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1992, 34 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 2022, Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and SPCA Inc reported income of $1.5m and spending of $2.1m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $1.2m to $1.5m (+21%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and SPCA Inc sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pets Alive Inc ($1.5m), Humane Society of the Piedmont Inc ($1.5m) and Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 65% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $940k. At year end it held assets of $7.6m against liabilities of $3.5m, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 56 employees.