Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$36,567,566

Total expenses

$32,582,875

Contributions and grants received

$24,613,561

Grants paid

$926,397

Program service revenue

$3,647,920

Investment income

$5,114,786

Other revenue

$3,191,299

Total assets, end of year

$46,222,941

Total liabilities, end of year

$15,454,382

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$30,768,559

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$24,304,759

Management and general expenses

$2,922,190

Fundraising expenses

$5,355,926

Program service expenses (Part III)

$24,304,759

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED NO ANIMALS WERE HARMEDAMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" CERTIFICATION PROGRAM WAS AND IS THE FIRST TO PROTECT ANIMALS IN FILM AND TELEVISION, SAFEGUARDING MILLIONS OF ANIMALS ON TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PRODUCTIONS WORLDWIDE FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS. SINCE 1940, OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANIMAL WELFARE IN FILMED ENTERTAINMENT. WE ARE THE LEADING INDUSTRY-SANCTIONED ORGANIZATION WITH OVERSIGHT OF ANIMALS IN FILMED PRODUCTION AND THE SOLE ENTITY TO AWARD THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED END-CREDIT CERTIFICATION TO PRODUCTIONS THAT MEET OUR RIGOROUS STANDARD OF CARE.THE PURPOSE OF THE NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS TO HELP ENSURE THAT FILM PRODUCTIONS MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" KEEPING ANIMALS SAFE ON SETS, WHICH ALSO RESULTS IN GREATER SAFETY FOR HUMAN ACTORS. THE PROGRAM FUNDAMENTALLY: WORKS TO PROTECT ANIMALS USED IN FILM, TELEVISION AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION, NO MATTER WHERE FILMING OCCURS, DURING THE PRODUCTION AND ON SET. EDUCATES AND INFORMS FILM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMAL ACTORS IN THE GLOBAL MEDIA COMMUNITY. VERIFIES AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE USE OF ANIMALS IN FILMED MEDIA WITH SPECIALLY TRAINED CERTIFIED ANIMAL SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES, MANY OF WHOM ARE VETERINARIANS.

  Expenses $7,719,359 · Grants $3,596 · Revenue $123,733

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $4,531,023 · Grants $560,553 · Revenue $448,089

• AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED FARM PROGRAMAMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY BELIEVES PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THEIR FOOD PREFERENCE AND FIND HUMANELY RAISED DAIRY, MEAT, AND EGG PRODUCTS.THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED FARM PROGRAM IS THE FIRST WELFARE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES TO HELP ENSURE THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS. THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED FARM PROGRAM IS THE OLDEST, LARGEST, AND FASTEST-GROWING AUDITING AND CERTIFICATION EFFORT IN THE COUNTRY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS VITAL PROGRAM IS TO HELP IMPROVE AND VERIFY THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS ON FARMS AND RANCHES UTILIZING EVIDENCE AND SCIENCE-BASED WELFARE STANDARDS, AND TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS AND PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE AND BENEFITS OF THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS.THIS PROGRAM CERTIFIES THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF MORE ANIMALS IN FOOD PRODUCTION THAN ANY OTHER AND HAS EXPANDED INTO SOUTH AMERICA. FARM ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS ARE FREQUENTLY REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM'S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF ANIMAL SCIENCE EXPERTS, VETERINARIANS, AND ETHICISTS. THIRD-PARTY AUDITS ARE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY BY INDEPENDENT AUDITORS, AND ARE BASED ON THE SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE-BASED AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED STANDARDS. THE PROGRAM COVERS THOUSANDS OF FARMS AND RANCHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED SEAL IS NOW FOUND ON MANY PRODUCTS IN GROCERY STORES, INCLUDING DAIRY, CHICKEN, TURKEY, PORK, DUCKS, AND EGGS.

  Expenses $3,533,822 · Grants $5,636 · Revenue $1,045,727

• AMERICAN HUMANE RESCUEFOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS, AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S RESCUE TEAMS HAVE HELPED ANIMALS SUFFERING IN NATURAL DISASTERS AS WELL AS HUMAN-MADE CASES OF CRUELTY, NEGLECT, OR HOARDING. AMERICAN HUMANE RESCUE TEAMS SAVE, FEED, AND SHELTER ANIMALS IN CRISIS, AND PROVIDE LIFESAVING TIPS AND DISASTER PREPARATION TRAINING BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER DISASTERS. FIRST RESPONDERS TRAVEL THE NATION WITH A FLEET OF SPECIALLY EQUIPPED RESCUE VEHICLES.AMERICAN HUMANE RESCUE SERVES THE ANIMAL VICTIMS OF UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY AND ABUSE. OUR EMERGENCY RESCUE TEAM COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ON LARGE-SCALE ANIMAL CRUELTY INVESTIGATIONS, INVOLVING EVERYTHING FROM HOARDING CASES TO PUPPY MILLS AND DOGFIGHTING OPERATIONS. WHENEVER AND WHEREVER TRAGEDY STRIKES, WHETHER A NATURAL DISASTER OR AN INCIDENT OF DEPLORABLE ABUSE, AMERICAN HUMANE RESCUE IS THERE FOR ANIMALS. THE PROGRAM'S PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION FOR COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS AND TO BUILD MORE HUMANE COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE THROUGH TRAINING, GRANTS, SHELTER SUPPORT, AND HUMANE EDUCATION.IN JANUARY 2025, THE RESCUE TEAM DEPLOYED TO LOS ANGELES IN RESPONSE TO MASSIVE AND DEVASTATING WILDFIRES. IN ADDITION TO IN-FIELD RESCUE OPERATIONS, OUR TEAM TRANSPORTED MORE THAN 300 LONG-TERM SHELTER ANIMALS TO OTHER STATES, PROVIDED VETERINARY CARE TO MORE THAN 100 DISPLACED PETS IN SHELTERS AND THE COMMUNITY, AND DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 10,000 POUNDS OF CAT AND DOG FOOD TO ANIMALS IN NEED.TRAINED MORE RESCUERS: AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY PROVIDED A SERIES OF FIRST RESPONDER RESCUE TRAININGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CLASS PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED HANDS-ON EDUCATION ABOUT DOG AND CAT BEHAVIOR AND PROPER HANDLING TECHNIQUES, HOW TO PREPARE THEIR PETS AND COMMUNITY FOR A DISASTER, AND ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF DEPLOYING AS AN AMERICAN HUMANE RESCUE FIRST RESPONDER.

  Expenses $2,425,667 · Grants $22,568

• AMERICAN HUMANE MILITARY WORKING DOG REUNIFICATIONAMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY IS COMMITTED TO HELPING AMERICA'S VETERANS AND RECOGNIZING THEIR HEROIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES BOTH ON AND OFF THE BATTLEFIELD. AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY HAS WORKED WITH THE U.S. MILITARY FOR OVER A CENTURY: THE ANIMAL RESCUE PROGRAM WAS BORN ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF WORLD WAR I EUROPE, WHERE, AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR, VOLUNTEERS WITH AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY DEPLOYED TO RESCUE AND CARE FOR 68,000 WOUNDED WAR HORSES EACH MONTH.WE CONTINUE TO PROUDLY HONOR THIS LEGACY TODAY THROUGH OUR PROGRAM THAT REUNITES RETIRED MILITARY WORKING DOGS WITH THEIR FORMER HANDLERS. AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY RAISES FUNDS TO COVER THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION AND COORDINATES THE REUNIFICATION PROCESS. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDE LIFETIME VETERINARY CARE FOR THE DOGS WE REUNITE WITH THEIR HANDLERS, SUPPORTING THEIR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS FOR YEARS TO COME.AMERICAN HUMANE PUPS4PATRIOTS PROGRAMAMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY HELPS PROVIDE LIFESAVING SERVICE DOGS TO VETERANS AND RETIRED FIRST RESPONDERS SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS (PTS) AND/OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI). RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SPECIALLY TRAINED SERVICE DOGS CAN REDUCE STRESS AND ANXIETY LEVELS, MITIGATE DEPRESSION, EASE SOCIAL REINTEGRATION, PROVIDE COMFORT AND RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN AFFECTED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. HOWEVER, MANY OBSTACLES OFTEN PREVENT THESE HEROES FROM GAINING ACCESS TO SERVICE DOGS. AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY BRIDGES A CRITICAL GAP OF CARE AND COMPANIONSHIP. PUPS4PATRIOTS DOGS ARE TRAINED ACCORDING TO AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S SERVICE DOG GUIDELINES AN APPROACH INFORMED BY A SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF VETERAN EXPERTS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SCIENTISTS, ANIMAL WELFARE SPECIALISTS, VETERINARIANS, DOG TRAINERS AND OTHER KEY ADVOCATES.

  Expenses $2,250,421 · Grants $55,798

• OTHERAMERICAN HUMANE HERO DOG AWARDS THE AMERICAN HUMANE HERO DOG AWARDS IS AN ANNUAL, NATIONWIDE COMPETITION THAT SEARCHES OUT AND RECOGNIZES AMERICA'S HERO DOGS OFTEN ORDINARY DOGS WHO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS, WHETHER IT'S SAVING LIVES ON THE BATTLEFIELD, LENDING SIGHT OR HEARING TO A HUMAN COMPANION, OR HELPING PEOPLE ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS. DOGS ARE HONORED IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES FOR THE HERO DOG AWARDS: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDER DOGS THIS CATEGORY BROADLY INCLUDES DOGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC, AND THAT FIND THE MISSING AND VICTIMS OF DISASTERS. LAW ENFORCEMENT DOGS' ABILITY TO HELP PROTECT THEIR HUMAN HANDLERS, THWART LAWBREAKERS, AND FIND EVIDENCE MAKES THEM TRUE PARTNERS TO FIRST RESPONDERS. SCENT DETECTION DOGS CAN ACCURATELY DETECT A VARIETY OF TARGETS, INCLUDING CORRECTLY IDENTIFYING A MULTITUDE OF DISEASES AND FLORA AND FAUNA, AND ARE USED TO DETECT ILLICIT SUBSTANCES, DRUGS, FIRE ACCELERANTS, FIREARMS, OR EXPLOSIVES. SEARCH AND RESCUE DOGS ARE TRAINED TO FIND THE MISSING, FROM THOSE LOST IN THE WILDERNESS OR CITY TO VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS AND NATURAL DISASTERS. SERVICE AND GUIDE/HEARING DOGS SERVICE DOGS ARE TRAINED TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS DEFINED BY THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA). THEY CAN BE TRAINED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL MOBILITY NEEDS OR LIMITATIONS, OR PEOPLE WHO NEED ALERTS TO MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THEY CAN ALSO SERVE AS THE "EYES AND EARS" FOR THE BLIND AND/OR DEAF OR PERFORM TASKS FOR THOSE WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES SUCH AS POST TRAUMATIC STRESS OR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.THESE SPECIALLY TRAINED DOGS CAN EVEN HELP BY RETRIEVING OR MANIPULATING OBJECTS THAT ARE OUT OF THEIR PERSON'S REACH, ALERTING BYSTANDERS AND RETRIEVING HELP FOR THEIR HANDLER, LEADING WHILE AVOIDING DISTRACTIONS AND OBSTACLES, AND MANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL TASKS AS NEEDED BY A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. THESE HEROES NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM THEY WORK, BUT ALSO KEEP THEM SAFE EVERY DAY. THERAPY DOGS CREDENTIALED ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY (AAT) DOGS ARE PART OF A THERAPEUTIC PLAN TO AID WITH PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND COGNITIVE CHALLENGES FOR PERSONS OTHER THAN THE DOG'S OWNER/HANDLER. AAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HELP ENHANCE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN NEED SUCH AS CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED ABUSE OR NEGLECT, PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY OR OTHER DIFFICULT MEDICAL TREATMENTS, AND MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH THE EFFECTS OF WARTIME MILITARY SERVICE. STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT AAT LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCES STRESS AND ENHANCES A PATIENT'S ABILITY TO ACHIEVE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLNESS. MILITARY DOGS MILITARY WORKING DOGS FIRST ENTERED THE SERVICE IN 1942 TO SERVE IN THE ARMY'S K-9 CORPS. TODAY, THESE DOGS ARE STILL PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SEARCHING FOR EXPLOSIVES AND SEIZING ENEMIES. MILITARY WORKING DOGS HAVE BEEN USED BY THE U.S. ARMED FORCES SINCE WORLD WAR I. IN WORLD WAR II, 436 SCOUT DOGS WALKED COMBAT PATROLS OVERSEAS, OFTEN DETECTING THE ENEMY AT 1,000 YARDS, LONG BEFORE THE ENEMY BECAME AWARE OF THEM. DOGS CONTINUED TO SERVE WITH DISTINCTION IN OTHER CONFLICTS, SUCH AS KOREA, WHERE THE ARMY USED ABOUT 1,500 DOGS, PRIMARILY FOR GUARD DUTY. DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, NEARLY 4,000 DOGS WERE EMPLOYED AND, OFFICIALLY, 281 WERE KILLED IN ACTION. TODAY'S CONFLICTS INCLUDE DOGS AT EVERY LEVEL, STILL SERVING OUR COUNTRY, HELPING TO PROTECT OUR TROOPS. EMERGING HERO AND SHELTER DOGS JUST AS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND SCIENCE IS EVER EXPANDING, SO TOO DO THE AMAZING STORIES OF THE HUMAN ANIMAL BOND IN ACTION. DOGS IN THIS CATEGORY CAN BE NOMINATED FOR DOING HEROIC DEEDS, LARGE OR SMALL; FOR OVERCOMING DIFFICULT ODDS; OR BY HAVING A REMARKABLE RESCUE STORY LIKE THE MILLIONS OF HOMELESS DOGS IN SHELTERS, ON THE STREETS, OR NEEDING HELP FROM UNFAVORABLE SITUATIONS. WHETHER IT WAS A SECOND CHANCE AND A NEW "LEASH" ON LIFE OR JUST A PERFECT FIT THAT WAS MEANT TO BE, THESE DOGS HIGHLIGHT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MAN'S BEST FRIEND.AFTER VOTING BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY ARE HONORED AT THE STAR-STUDDED AMERICAN HUMANE HERO DOG AWARDS GALA IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.THIS POPULAR, YEARLY NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DRAWS HUNDREDS OF COURAGEOUS CANINES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MORE THAN A MILLION VOTES BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, AND FOUR BILLION MEDIA IMPRESSIONS, INCLUDING FEATURES BY NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT KID'S EDITION, TODAY SHOW AND PEOPLE MAGAZINE.AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY SANCTUARY DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024, AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY PURCHASED A 14.2-ACRE PROPERTY IN PALM CITY, FLORIDA, AS THE NEW HOME OF THE AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY SANCTUARY. FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE ORIGINAL WEST PALM BEACH PROPERTY, ALL OPERATIONS TRANSITIONED TO THE NEW LOCATION.STRATEGICALLY LOCATED IN PALM CITY, THE SANCTUARY IS HOME TO SEVERAL KEY PROGRAMS: PUPS4PATRIOTS: THE NEW FACILITY WILL HOST OUR FIRST RESIDENTIAL TRAINING PROGRAM, HELPING VETERANS RECEIVE SERVICE DOGS FASTER. GRADUATES WILL ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCED TRAINING IN THIS THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT. ANIMAL RESCUE: THE SANCTUARY WILL TRAIN AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY FIRST RESPONDERS TO DEPLOY TO NATURAL DISASTERS WORLDWIDE. RESCUE VEHICLES WILL BE STATIONED ON-SITE FOR TOURS AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. BETTY WHITE HEALING GARDEN: A LIFE-SIZED BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BETTY WHITE WILL WELCOME VISITORS, HONORING HER LEGACY AS A SUPPORTER OF AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY.IN ADDITION, THE SANCTUARY FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITIES CURRENTLY UNDER RENOVATION, INCLUDING: MULTI-SPECIES BARN AND FARM PADDOCKS: RESCUE ANIMALS, INCLUDING DOGS, CATS, RABBITS, COWS, DUCKS, AND MORE, WILL BE CARED FOR IN A MULTI-SPECIES FARM SETTING. VETERINARY TRIAGE CENTER: LOCATED IN THE 9,000 SQ. FT. MULTI-SPECIES BARN, THE CENTER WILL PROVIDE FIRST AID AND CRITICAL CARE FOR ANIMALS.THE SANCTUARY SERVES AS A RETREAT FOR WOUNDED VETERANS, WHERE THEY WILL BE PAIRED WITH SERVICE DOGS, AND A RESCUE CENTER OFFERING HOPE, HEALING, AND TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES. THIS INNOVATIVE HUMANE HOME WILL BENEFIT ANIMALS, VETERANS, AND ADVOCATES FOR GENERATIONS, SHOWCASING AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S COMMITMENT TO LIFESAVING SERVICES AND EDUCATION.AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED PET PROVIDERS PETS HAVE ALWAYS HELD A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR LIVES, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY WHERE THEY COME FROM BUT ALSO WHO CARES FOR THEM BEFORE THEY JOIN OUR FAMILIES. PET PROVIDERS WHO MEET AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY'S RIGOROUS CERTIFICATION STANDARDS SET THEMSELVES APART, GIVING PET OWNERS CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR PETS WERE TREATED HUMANELY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF ALL ANIMALS IS A CORE PRINCIPLE AT AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY. WHEN CONSUMERS SEE THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED SEAL, THEY CAN TRUST THEIR PETS HAVE RECEIVED HIGH LEVELS OF CARE AND ATTENTION.FOLLOWING RIGOROUS AUDITS ADMINISTERED BY AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY AUDITORS, CERTIFIED PET PROVIDERS ARE AWARDED THE COVETED AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED SEAL OF APPROVAL. ANIMAL WELFARE STANDARDS ARE REGULARLY REVIEWED BY THE PROGRAM'S SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF ANIMAL SCIENCE EXPERTS, VETERINARIANS, AND ETHICISTS. CERTIFIED PROVIDERS SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR PROACTIVELY TAKING THE NEXT STEP TO ENSURE ANIMALS IN THEIR CARE ARE TREATED HUMANELY AND ETHICALLY.AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED WORKING ANIMALS THE AMERICAN HUMANE CERTIFIED WORKING ANIMALS PROGRAM HELPS VERIFY THE WELFARE AND HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS WHEREVER THEY LIVE AND WORK. AMERICAN HUMANE'S WORKING ANIMALS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AUDIT ASSESSES THE CONDITION, WELL-BEING, AND WELFARE OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS TRAINED TO PERFORM CERTAIN SPECIALIZED TASKS, WHICH MAY APPEAR AT PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS, PERFORMANCES AND/OR APPEARANCES.THE PROGRAM ENFORCES RIGOROUS, SCIENCE-BASED, AND COMPREHENSIVE CRITERIA FOR ANIMAL WELFARE, REVIEWED BY AN INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF WORLD-RENOWNED LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, VETERINARY MEDICINE, AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOR.AREAS OF CERTIFICATION EVALUATION INCLUDE - BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO - HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT, ANIMAL HEALTH, APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR, NUTRITION, VETERINARY CARE, AND CLEANLINESS/SANITATION. IN ADDITION TO PERMANENT HOUSING FACILITIES, AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY ASSESSES TRANSPORT, PUBLIC PERFORMANCES, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, SAFE AND STIMULATING TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTS, AND EVIDENCE OF THOROUGH PREPARATION AND PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED TO HANDLE MEDICAL CARE.PUBLIC EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND OUTREACHAS THE LEADER ON ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES SINCE 1877, NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ARE CONSTANTLY SEEKING OUR EXPERTISE AND COMMENTARY. WE WORK WITH THOUSANDS OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL NEWS GROUPS TO GET OUT LIFESAVING INFORMATION AND SPREAD OUR MESSAGE OF COMPASSION, CARING AND HOPE. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

  Expenses $3,844,467 · Grants $278,246 · Revenue $2,030,371

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER

  $54,000

  SERVICE DOGS FOR VETERANS

• PALM BEACH FREEDOM INSTITUTE

  $25,000

  ETHIOPIAN OUTREACH

• ANIMAL AID INC

  $6,000

  GRANT AFTER HURRICANE HELENE

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• GLOBAL HUMANE CONSERVATION FUND OF AFRICA

  CONSERVING, REWILDING, AND SAFEGUARDING AFRICA'S DIVERSE, ECOSYSTEMS AND WIL · SF · controlled entity

  Directly controlled by AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION

Provenance

Return type

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Tax year

2024

Filed

23 February 2026

IRS schema version

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