Humane Society of Dickson County

Analysis

Humane Society of Dickson County is a registered charity in United States, based in Dickson, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2026. 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 2021, Humane Society of Dickson County reported income of $707k and spending of $653k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2021, income grew from $507k to $707k (+40%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Humane Society of Dickson County 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 77th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Louis Aquarium at Union Station Foundation ($707k), Food Animal Concerns Trust ($708k) and LC Nature Park Inc ($707k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $318k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $50k, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 12 employees.