Kern Humane Society Inc

Analysis

Kern Humane Society Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bakersfield, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1979, 47 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 May 2024, Kern Humane Society Inc reported income of $55k and spending of $67k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2020 to May 2024, income fell from $65k to $55k (-15%), an average of -3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Kern Humane Society Inc sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Please Inc ($55k), California Hawking Club ($55k) and Mississippi Animal Project ($55k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.1% and program service revenue 65% of the total. At year end it held assets of $845k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $845k.