- Revenue 2023
- $1,453,793
- Expenses 2023
- $1,039,858
Program services were 91.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- D200
- Classification
- 4000
- Street
- PO BOX 4455
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
THE LEWIS & CLARK HUMANE SOCIETY IS A PRIVATE, COMMUNITY-BASED, NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SHELTER FOR UNWANTED AND STRAY ANIMALS (PRIMARILY DOGS AND CATS), WHILE WORKING TO END PET OVERPOPULATION, REDUCE THE NEED FOR EUTHENASIA, AND IMPROVE THE HUMANE TREATMENT AND WELL BEING OF COMPANION ANIMALS. IT SERVES A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 80,000 RESIDENTS IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA AND A SERVICE AREA COVERING ROUGHLY 5500 SQUARE MILES.
Activities or mission (Part I)
ESTABLISHED IN 1964 FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
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The shelter provides a safe, clean, and comfortable shelter for abandoned or stray pets. The organization contracts with the cities of Helena, East Helena, and Townsend, Lewis & Clark County, Jefferson County, and Broadwater County to house the animals brought in by animal control, officers, and private citizens. It also provides shelter for the dogs and cats of families in emergencies, safekeeping, and housing for cruelty cases going to trial. LCHS works to provide permanent homes for all animals in the shelter. Adopted animals leave the shelter spayed and neutered, fully vaccinated, with a microchip implant, identification tag, and one free vet visit to a local veterinary clinic. Staff and volunteers ensure suitability between pets and owners, work with animals that have behavior problems, and provide support while animals adjust to their new homes.
Expenses $952,159 · Revenue $348,878
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Pam GosinkPAM GOSINK
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tj StrandbergTJ STRANDBERG
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joyce WalbornJOYCE WALBORN
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Elizabeth SamsonELIZABETH SAMSON
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michelle HarbosenMICHELLE HARBOSEN
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Deborah ButlerDEBORAH BUTLER
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nick LockridgeNICK LOCKRIDGE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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Kelsee Dalton-WattsKELSEE DALTON-WATTS
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,453,793
- Expenses
- $1,039,858
- Contributions
- $692,080
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,325,765
- Expenses
- $1,032,787
- Contributions
- $868,858
- Grants paid
- $0
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,161,395
- Expenses
- $918,533
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,826,435
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,045,965
- Expenses
- $817,827
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,571,390
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,142,059
- Expenses
- $829,824
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,427,943
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,548,539
- Expenses
- $787,878
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,392,557
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,075,542
- Expenses
- $780,801
- Assets (EOY)
- $826,555
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,075,542
- Expenses
- $780,801
- Assets (EOY)
- $826,555
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $892,857
- Expenses
- $976,755
- Assets (EOY)
- $667,645
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,066,997
- Expenses
- $971,569
- Assets (EOY)
- $712,372
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,041,159
- Expenses
- $941,006
- Assets (EOY)
- $706,419
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $817,419
- Expenses
- $811,195
- Assets (EOY)
- $658,618
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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2024 SEE PART IV
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2023 SEE PART IV
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$29,619
2022 General funding and designated
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$28,289
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$20,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$20,000
2024 SAFE HOUSING
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$13,490
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$11,900
2024 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
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2022 UNRESTRICTED
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HELENA AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$10,000
2022 TO HELP NONPROFITS RECOVER FINANCIALLY FROM THE COVID PANDEMIC
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.