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THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,259,908 to it, the largest being ELSIE SEEGER BARTON TRUST ($497,807). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.2M
Funders on record
73
Grants received
$2.3M
Net assets
$12M
47/73 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%
01What it does

What The Humane Society of Baltimore County Inc does

Mission

Provide a temporary home, safe refuge and care for homeless animals. Work aggressively to place each animal in a loving, permanent home. Strive to end the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable animals by offering affordable spay, neuter and wellness services, and by addressing the issues that cause people to surrender animals. Educate the community regarding the humane treatment of animals and increase awareness of animal issues. Ensure a peaceful final resting place for beloved pets through the operation of a beautiful and well-maintained cemetery for companion animals.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Adoption - provide a temporary home, safe refuge and care for homeless animals. The organization works aggressively to place each animal that comes to the shelter in a loving, permanent home.

    $1,002,729 spent$102,332 earned by the program
    44% of program spending
  2. Spay/neuter and medical services - to strive to end the euthanasia of healthy adoptable animals by offering affordable spay, neuter and wellness services to control the population of unwanted animals.

    $1,024,750 spent$503,380 earned by the program
    45% of program spending
  3. Cemetery and memorial park offers full cremation, funeral and burial services on the grounds of our wildlife sanctuary. The baltimore humane society also provides bereavement support services and tributes.

    $235,377 spent$164,530 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,262,856.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.8M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($8.5M)2021 Revenue 128 ($2.3M) Expenses 98 ($1.8M) Net assets 113 ($9.6M)2022 Revenue 164 ($2.9M) Expenses 112 ($2.0M) Net assets 126 ($11M)2023 Revenue 145 ($2.6M) Expenses 119 ($2.2M) Net assets 133 ($11M)2024 Revenue 135 ($2.4M) Expenses 133 ($2.4M) Net assets 134 ($11M)2025 Revenue 178 ($3.2M) Expenses 147 ($2.7M) Net assets 146 ($12M)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (178)Expenses (147)Net assets (146)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $9.7M to $11M (+12%).

$8.6M
$9.7M
$11M
$11M
$12M
$13M
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

68% of THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,665 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$36k
’20
$506k
’21
$889k
’22
$414k
’23
−$15k
’24
$498k
’25
5.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Christine Decorse

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202020212022202320242025
Listed181518131315
Joined·+0+4+0+2+2
No longer listed·31520
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $68k → $516k.

13 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 funders by total. 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

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left

32% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC.

22%
largest funder
34%
top three
~14
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 39% · 2019 22% · 2020 14% · 2021 15% · 2022 39% · 2023 32% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

50% of THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

NH
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
RI
CA
VA
MD
DE
NC
GA
TX
FL

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $475k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

Against its field

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin16% · above the median
Months of reserve5.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 5%Fundraising 10%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC?
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,259,908 to it, the largest being ELSIE SEEGER BARTON TRUST ($497,807). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC have?
IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $2,259,908 in grants to THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC?
ELSIE SEEGER BARTON TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $497,807 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 73 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing