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The Greater Birmingham Humane

Birmingham, Alabama · EIN 63-0288810 · Animal-Related · tax-exempt since 1943

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 65.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended September 2025.

Graded against 5,194 animal-related nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.33.8 months49
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.99% of practices99
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.22
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.53% from one source67
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.89.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.18not scored

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Year by year

2015201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Sep 2025Form 990$7.96M$8.07M−$113K$22.71M33.8125C
Sep 2024Form 990$10.02M$7.08M$2.95M$22.66M38.4119C
Sep 2023Form 990$7.35M$6.11M$1.23M$18.22M35.8111B
Sep 2022Form 990$5.95M$4.78M$1.17M$16.53M41.5106B
Sep 2021Form 990$5.11M$4.37M$737K$17.56M48.2107B
Sep 2020Form 990$4.68M$4.16M$523K$15.69M45.398B
Sep 2019Form 990$5.36M$4.66M$707K$14.65M37.8103B
Sep 2018Form 990$3.96M$3.85M$107K$13.72M42.896B
Sep 2017Form 990$4.08M$3.93M$157K$13.40M40.9111C
Dec 2015Form 990$3.66M$3.97M−$310K$12.44M37.6114C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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