Humane Society of West Alabama Inc

Analysis

Humane Society of West Alabama Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Tuscaloosa, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1972, 54 years ago. 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 September 2023, Humane Society of West Alabama Inc reported income of $702k and spending of $282k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $226k to $702k (+211%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Humane Society of West Alabama Inc sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PTA Texas Congress ($702k), Nebraska Coaches Association ($702k) and Bethlehem Economic Development Corp ($702k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 1.1% of the total. It paid $107k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $1,189, net assets of $1.8m.