Wiregrass Humane Society

Analysis

Wiregrass Humane Society is a registered charity in United States, based in Dothan, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1975, 51 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, Wiregrass Humane Society reported income of $598k and spending of $500k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $410k to $598k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Wiregrass Humane Society sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 76th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control ($597k), Assisi Animal Foundation ($598k) and Operation Delta Dog Inc ($597k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 74% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $312k. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $7,511, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 34 employees.