Humane Society of Alameda

Analysis

Humane Society of Alameda is a registered charity in United States, based in Alameda, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1977, 49 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, Humane Society of Alameda reported income of $73k and spending of $180k, spending 248% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $502k to $73k (-86%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Humane Society of Alameda sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Happidog Animal Rescue Inc ($73k), Trinity Rescue Incorporated ($73k) and Paws of Muskingum County ($73k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $524k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $524k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.