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MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY

MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,483 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($2,213). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$2k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$258k
3/4 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Mecklenburg County Humane Society does

Mission

Work with county animal control and various animal rescue organizations to spay and neuter domesticated cats, dogs and feral cat populations in mecklenburg county and surrounding areas

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Work with county animal control and various animal rescue organizations to spay and neuter domesticated cats, dogs and feral cat populations in mecklenburg and surrounding areas

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4k) Expenses 100 ($20k) Net assets 100 ($284k)2018 Revenue 116 ($5k) Expenses 21 ($4k) Net assets 100 ($285k)2019 Revenue 102 ($4k) Expenses 19 ($4k) Net assets 100 ($285k)2020 Revenue 72 ($3k) Expenses 47 ($9k) Net assets 98 ($279k)2021 Revenue 47 ($2k) Expenses 113 ($23k) Net assets 91 ($258k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (47)Expenses (113)Net assets (91)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $279k to $258k (−7%).

$284k
$285k
$285k
$279k
$258k
20172018201920202021
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$16k
’17
$599
’18
$425
’19
−$6k
’20
−$21k
’21
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $188.

From the IRS filings of MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

64%
largest funder
99%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

99% of MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.

ID
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
North Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY?
MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,483 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($2,213). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,483 in grants to MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY?
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $2,213 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MECKLENBURG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing