Humane Society - Lake County Area

Analysis

Humane Society - Lake County Area is a registered charity in United States, based in Polson, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 (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, Humane Society - Lake County Area reported income of $2.6m and spending of $545k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $485k to $2.6m (+444%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 424%. Over the whole period it spent 55% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Humane Society - Lake County Area sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bakersfield Society for the Prevention Cruelty to Animals Corp ($2.6m), Racine Zoological Society ($2.6m) and Western Arizona Humane Society Inc ($2.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $64k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $202k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 27 employees.