WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D200

Classification

4500

Street

71 OGLETHORPE ST NW

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 · 2024

• ANIMAL PROTECTION AND HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT -WHS'S ANIMAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT PROTECTS ANIMALS AND SUPPORTS PET OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THROUGH HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES. IN 2025, HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED 2,703 INVESTIGATIONS INTO SUSPECTED ANIMAL CRUELTY AND NEGLECT, WHILE THE ANIMAL SUPPORT CENTER RESPONDED TO 9,891 CALLS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEEKING ASSISTANCE OR REPORTING ANIMAL WELFARE CONCERNS.THE DEPARTMENT ALSO WORKS TO PREVENT ANIMALS FROM ENTERING THE SHELTER SYSTEM BY CONNECTING PET OWNERS WITH RESOURCES THAT HELP KEEP ANIMALS SAFE AND HEALTHY IN THEIR HOMES. IN 2025, WHS DISTRIBUTED 80,272 POUNDS OF PET FOOD TO PET OWNERS IN NEED. THROUGH ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION, AND DIRECT COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WHS WORKS TO PROTECT ANIMALS, REDUCE SUFFERING, AND STRENGTHEN THE BOND BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS.

  Expenses $2,044,550 · Revenue $2,012,042

• SHELTER AND COMMUNITY VETERINARY SERVICES - WHS PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR 18,837 ANIMALS IN OUR CARE, RANGING FROM ROUTINE CARE TO ADVANCED SURGICAL PROCEDURES. OUR VETERINARY PROGRAM SUPPORTS BOTH SHELTER ANIMALS AND COMMUNITY PETS, WITH SERVICES TAILORED TO SUPPORT POPULATION HEALTH, EMERGENCY CARE, PREVENTIVE CARE AND INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT PLANS. TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE, AFFORDABILITY IS MAINTAINED ACROSS SERVICES, ENSURING THAT COST IS NOT A BARRIER TO CRITICAL VETERINARY TREATMENT. WHS PRIORITIZES EARLY INTERVENTION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT AS A CORE STRATEGY TO MAINTAIN HIGH LIVE RELEASE RATES, MINIMIZE SUFFERING, AND HELP KEEP PETS AT HOME.

  Expenses $4,441,262 · Revenue $274,390

• ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTIONS - ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND ADOPTIONS INCLUDE THE INTAKE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS, COORDINATION FOR ANIMAL FOSTER CARE, PET ADOPTIONS, AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SUPPORT ACROSS WHS CAMPUSES IN WASHINGTON, DC AND MADISON, NJ. IN 2025, WHS ADMITTED 11,119 ANIMALS.TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED ANIMAL WELLBEING AND PREVENT OVERCROWDING AT THE ANIMAL SHELTER, OVER 1,600 ANIMALS WERE PLACED IN FOSTER HOMES WITH WHS'S BROAD, DEDICATED NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS IN 2025. IN TOTAL, WHS ENGAGED 45,063 VOLUNTEER HOURS ACROSS BOTH CAMPUSES TO SUPPORT DAILY ANIMAL CARE, FOSTER CARE, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.

  Expenses $7,127,045 · Revenue $1,401,967

• Expenses $2,851,645 · Revenue $1,031,341

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.

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

  $22,574,962

  Expenses

  $22,604,252

  Contributions

  $15,458,160

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $23,841,638

  Expenses

  $31,147,775

  Contributions

  $12,662,870

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $23,841,638

  Expenses

  $31,147,775

  Contributions

  $12,662,870

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $26,233,613

  Expenses

  $29,861,069

  Contributions

  $17,147,479

  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

• 2024 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2023 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,256,169

  Expenses

  $25,414,052

  Assets (EOY)

  $51,351,828

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,069,927

  Expenses

  $23,830,722

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,208,125

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,357,014

  Expenses

  $24,152,196

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,921,128

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $37,246,560

  Expenses

  $15,423,222

  Assets (EOY)

  $58,670,568

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,567,222

  Expenses

  $13,845,606

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,641,417

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

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $418,600

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $353,215

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $339,781

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PETSMART CHARITIES INC

  $200,750

  2022 · ADOPTIONS, PRESERVING FAMILIES, TRANSPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $195,599

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $164,195

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA

  $119,311

  2022 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $118,280

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• PETSMART CHARITIES INC

  $110,000

  2023 · ADOPTIONS, TRANSPORT

• UNITED WAY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA

  $106,479

  2023 · DESIGNATED AND/OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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