Alachua County Humane Society Inc

Analysis

Alachua County Humane Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gainesville, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1974, 52 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, Alachua County Humane Society Inc reported income of $3.9m and spending of $2.5m, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.3m to $3.9m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 43%. 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, Alachua County Humane Society Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abilene Zoological Society ($3.9m), Toledo Zoological Society Foundation ($3.9m) and In Defense of Animals ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 74% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $92k (3.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.3m. It paid $41k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $6.3m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $4.7m. It reported 93 employees.