Benton-Franklin Co Humane Society Incorporated

Analysis

Benton-Franklin Co Humane Society Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Kennewick, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1967, 59 years ago. 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 2023, Benton-Franklin Co Humane Society Incorporated reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $780k to $1.1m (+38%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Benton-Franklin Co Humane Society Incorporated sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Humane Association of Wilson ($1.1m), Stilly-Snohomish Fisheries ($1.1m) and Wildlife Conservation Global Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $108k (8.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $645k. It paid $44k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.9m against liabilities of $50k, net assets of $5.9m. It reported 26 employees.