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LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY INC

EIN 48-0641821 LAWRENCE, KS

Largest nonprofits in Kansas

Revenue 2024
$3,335,252
Expenses 2024
$3,226,165

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
D200
Classification
1000
Street
1805 E 19TH ST

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

Mission

THE LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY NURTURES THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND BY PROVIDING SHELTER, CARE AND ADVOCACY FOR HOMELESS AND ABUSED ANIMALS, AS WELL AS RESOURCE FOR THE PETS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY NURTURES THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND BY PROVIDING SHELTER, CARE, AND ADVOCACY TO HOMELESS AND ABUSED ANIMALS, AS WELL AS RESOURCES FOR THE PEOPLE AND PETS IN THE DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS COMMUNITY.

  • SHELTER OPERATIONS: THE LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY ACCEPTS AND PROVIDES TEMPORARY CARE FOR STRAY ANIMALS FOUND WITHIN THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KS AND DOUGLAS COUNTY; ANIMALS SEIZED BY ANIMAL CONTROL; PETS RELINQUISHED BY THEIR OWNERS; AND ANIMALS TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER ANIMAL WELFARE AGENCIES LACKING TIME, SPACE, AND RESOURCES TO FIND POSITIVE PLACEMENT FOR THEIR ANIMALS. DURING THEIR STAY, ANIMALS RECEIVE DAILY ESSENTIAL FEEDING AND CLEANING, AND EXERCISE AND ENRICHMENT. OF THE 3,816 ANIMALS HOUSED AT THE SHELTER IN 2024, 561 ANIMALS WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR OWNERS, 2,962 ANIMALS WERE ADOPTED TO NEW HOMES, AND 25 ANIMALS WERE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER AGENCIES FOR PLACEMENT. LAWRENCE HUMANE ACHIEVED AN OVERALL LIVE RELEASE RATE OF 95% FOR 2024 MEANING THAT 95% OF ANIMALS WHO ENTERED LAWRENCE HUMANE HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME. ANIMALS ARE NEVER EUTHANIZED FOR SPACE OR LENGTH OF TIME IN THE SHELTER, AND ONLY DOES SO WHEN IT IS ABSOLUTELY MEDICALLY OR BEHAVIORALLY NECESSARY. IN 2024, THE ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION OF THE LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY CONTINUED TO PROVIDE FIELD SERVICES TO THE UNINCORPORATED DOUGLAS COUNTY. OUR TEAM OF TWO ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICERS (ASOS) RESPOND TO ANIMAL-RELATED CALLS PREVIOUSLY HANDLED BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING CALLS FOR ANIMALS-AT-LARGE, ANIMAL ATTACKS, NUISANCE ANIMALS, STRAY ANIMALS CONFINED, ILL OR INJURED ANIMALS, AND ANIMAL WELFARE CHECKS. ASOS ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ON CRUELTY CASES AND VICIOUS ANIMAL CASES THAT REQUIRE AFFIDAVIT TO DISTRICT COURT. LAWRENCE HUMANE ASOS LEAD WITH A SUPPORT-BASED APPROACH AND SEEK TO FIND NON- PUNITIVE APPROACHES TO ENFORCEMENT WHENEVER APPROPRIATE BY PROVIDING EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND FOLLOW-UP.

    Expenses $2,144,914 · Revenue $568,764

  • VETERINARY CARE: THE LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY EMPLOYS A VETERINARY TEAM TO EVALUATE AND TREAT ANIMALS IN OUR CARE, AS WELL AS READY ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION. IN 2024, THE LAWRENCE HUMANE VETERINARY TEAM PERFORMED 2,087 SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES ON SHELTER ANIMALS TO READY THEM FOR ADOPTION. THE VETERINARY TEAM ALSO COMPLETED 219 SPECIALTY SURGERIES ON SHELTER ANIMALS SUCH AS DENTALS, AMPUTATIONS, MASS REMOVALS, WOUND REPAIR, ETC. ADDITIONALLY, THE VETERINARY TEAM PERFORMED 1,508 LOW-COST SPAY AND NEUTER SURGERIES FOR PUBLICLY OWNED PETS, ALONG WITH 171 SPECIALTY SURGERIES AND DENTALS, AND 123 OWNER-REQUESTED EUTHANASIA PROCEDURES FOR SENIOR, ILL, AND INJURED PETS. IN 2024, LAWRENCE HUMANE CONTINUED TO OFFER MONTHLY LOW-COST PET VACCINE CLINICS FOR PUBLICLY OWNED PETS. IN TOTAL IN 2024, LAWRENCE HUMANE HOSTED 17 LOW-COST AND SUBSIDIZED PET VACCINE CLINICS, SERVING 732 ANIMALS FROM 418 UNIQUE HOUSEHOLDS.

    Expenses $300,307

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: THE LAWRENCE HUMANE SOCIETY HAS MADE ENORMOUS STRIDES TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN MORE HOLISTIC WAYS OUTSIDE OF JUST BEING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO EITHER SURRENDER OR ADOPT ANIMALS. WE BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE OF ANIMAL SHELTERING IS THE WORK THAT HAPPENS IN - AND FOR - A COMMUNITY AND WE ACTIVELY PARTNER WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES TO SERVE OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN 2024, LAWRENCE HUMANE RECEIVED 954 APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE THROUGH OUR CRISIS PET RETENTION (CPR) FUND, WHICH ASSISTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH PET DEPOSITS/PET RENT; ESSENTIAL PET SUPPLIES (PET FOOD, LITTER, CRATES, ETC.); BASIC, ESSENTIAL VETERINARY CARE (SPAY/NEUTER, VACCINES, MICROCHIPS, ETC.); EMERGENCY AND SPECIALTY VETERINARY CARE; BEHAVIOR CONSULTING; AND TEMPORARY BOARDING FOR PETS WHOSE OWNERS ARE IN CRISIS, ALL IN ORDER TO KEEP PEOPLE AND PETS TOGETHER THROUGH POVERTY, JOB LOSS, LOSS OF HOUSING, AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISES. IN TOTAL, 961 ANIMALS FROM 651 INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS WERE TREATED AT LAWRENCE HUMANE FOR ESSENTIAL, PREVENTATIVE CARE (SPAYS/NEUTERS, VACCINES, MICROCHIPS, FLEA/TICK TREATMENT, DENTALS) FOR A TOTAL OF 67,241 IN CARE PROVIDED. FOURTEEN FAMILIES WHO COLLECTIVELY OWNED 20 PETS WERE ASSISTED WITH PET DEPOSITS, PET RENT, AND/OR PET FEES FOR A TOTAL OF 3,519. AND 83 ANIMALS UTILIZED TEMPORARY CRISIS BOARDING, 83% OF WHOM WERE REUNITED WITH THEIR OWNERS. LAWRENCE HUMANE ALSO ACTS AS THE COMMUNITY'S PRIMARY PET FOOD PANTRY. IN 2024, LAWRENCE HUMANE DISTRIBUTED 105,630 LBS OF PET FOOD, ENSURING THAT PETS WERE NEVER SURRENDERED DUE TO A PET OWNER STRUGGLING TO AFFORD FOOD OR PET SUPPLIES

    Expenses $8,088

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.

  • Shannon Wells

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $113,993
    From this org
    $107,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,697
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amanda Jay

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Charlotte Tritch

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lindsay Roesler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Hagner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hailey Drescher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kirk Putman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Harmon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anne Johnson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dale Slusser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheree Miller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,335,252
    Expenses
    $3,226,165
    Contributions
    $2,322,599
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,146,605
    Expenses
    $2,892,977
    Contributions
    $3,261,947
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,296,106
    Expenses
    $2,574,720
    Contributions
    $1,906,393
    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
    $3,067,305
    Expenses
    $2,246,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,453,188

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,193,829
    Expenses
    $2,357,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,845,845

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,391,053
    Expenses
    $2,088,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,731,823

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,709,516
    Expenses
    $1,798,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,063,855

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,119,977
    Expenses
    $1,897,431
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,182,945

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,166,718
    Expenses
    $1,792,508
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,906,199

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,003,577
    Expenses
    $1,480,392
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,511,562

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $995,672
    Expenses
    $649,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,977,204

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,189,900
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,737,881

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,181,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,854,962

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.