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HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MS

EIN 64-6034439 GULFPORT, MS

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Revenue 2024
$2,907,636
Expenses 2024
$3,050,630

Program services were 85.4% 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
2615 25TH AVE

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY IS TO SAVE AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF PETS THROUGH COOPERATIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO ADOPTION, SPAY/NEUTER, SHELTERING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SAVE AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF PETS THROUGH COOPERATIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES.

  • ANIMAL CONTROL CONTRACT:HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI (HSSM) IS AN OPEN ADMISSION SHELTER PROVIDING SHELTER AND CARE FOR THE HOMELESS ANIMALS OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. 5,310 ANIMALS WERE ADMITTED TO THE SHELTER IN 2024. IN 2024, 3,058 ABANDONED ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED THROUGH AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGNS TO RE-HOME THESE HOMELESS PETS. HSSM HOLDS CONTRACTS WITH LOCAL CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN WHICH HSSM WILL TAKE IN AND BOARD STRAY ANIMALS.

    Expenses $1,216,763 · Revenue $567,436

  • ADOPTION:THE SURRENDER DEPARTMENT OF HSSM IS COMMITTED TO REUNITING AS MANY LOST ANIMALS WITH THEIR CAREGIVERS AS POSSIBLE. THE ORGANIZATION IS PROACTIVE IN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY TO GET THEIR PETS MICRO-CHIPPED. THE ORGANIZATION HAS SEEN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF STRAY ANIMALS ENTERING THE SHELTER WITH MICRO-CHIPS. THE MICRO-CHIPS ALLOW STAFF TO QUICKLY AND EASILY LOCATE THE ANIMAL'S CAREGIVER, WHICH ALLOWS THE PET TO BE REUNITED WITH THAT CAREGIVER. IN 2024, 671 PETS WERE RETURNED WITH THEIR OWNERS.OTHER SERVICES STATISTICS:- 966 ORPHANED ANIMALS WERE PLACED INTO FOSTER CARE WITH WEEKLY MEDICAL CHECK-UPS.

    Expenses $427,753 · Revenue $199,482

  • CLINIC:HSSM IS AGGRESSIVELY ADDRESSING PET OVERPOPULATION IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI THROUGH A HIGH VOLUME, HIGH QUALITY SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAM. IN 2024, 5,582 FREE OR LOW COST SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED IN THE CLINIC, SERVICING BOTH THE SHELTER ANIMALS, AS WELL AS, THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. OTHER SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CLINIC ARE MICROCHIP, RABIES AND OTHER BREED SPECIFIC VACCINATIONS.409 PETS WERE SERVED THROUGH HSSM'S "POP-UP" PET RESOURCE WELLNESS FAIRS WITH FREE VACCINATIONS, CHECK-UPS, MICROCHIPS, FLEA/TICK PREVENTATIVE AND HEARTWORM TESTS/PREVENTATIVE.5,992 MICRO-CHIPS HAVE BEEN IMPLANTED INTO ANIMALS MAKING THEM 80% MORE LIKELY TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHEN/IF THEY SHOULD EVER GO MISSING.5,046 PUBLIC PETS WERE TREATED AT HSSM'S WELLNESS CLINIC AT A STEEPLY REDUCED COST TO ASSIST WITH PET RETENTION.

    Expenses $849,538 · Revenue $396,181

  • SURRENDER:248 ANIMALS WERE LOADED ABOARD HSSM'S LOVE TRAIN AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO OTHER SHELTERS WHERE THERE WAS A NEED FOR AN EXCESS OF ADOPTABLE PETS.15,947 POUNDS OF PET FOOD WAS COLLECTED AND DISTRIBUTED TO PET PARENTS IN NEED THROUGH HSSM'S COMMUNITY PET FOOD PANTRY.30 YOUNG ANIMAL ADVOCATES WENT THROUGH THE JUNIOR HUMANITARIAN CLUB PAWS SUMMER DAY CAMP.

    Expenses $110,860 · Revenue $51,700

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Rimmer Covington

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Smith

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet McCarroll

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Bertucci

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Jones

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Ladner

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pam Berdine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robyn Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Meister

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Boddie

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolyn Christovich

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori West

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $197,602
    From this org
    $191,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,500
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,102
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $197,602

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,907,636
    Expenses
    $3,050,630
    Contributions
    $1,632,719
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,813,891
    Expenses
    $3,099,908
    Contributions
    $1,720,829
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,303,584
    Expenses
    $2,699,752
    Contributions
    $2,217,526
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,623,695
    Expenses
    $2,226,201
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,943,587
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,788,834
    Expenses
    $2,279,520
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,477,637
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,322,969
    Expenses
    $2,415,433
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,905,992
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,095,534
    Expenses
    $2,138,788
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,836,878
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,899,965
    Expenses
    $2,148,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,040,044
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,128,694
    Expenses
    $2,116,028
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,160,448
  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,064,757
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,366,913

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.

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

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.