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Name:	Humane Society of Missouri
Address:	1201 Macklind Avenue
	St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone:	314-647-8800
Web Address:	www.hsmo.org

Humane Society of Missouri (HSM) does not meet the following Standard for Charity Accountability.

Standard 4: Compensated Board Members - Not more than one or 10% (whichever is greater) directly or indirectly compensated person(s) serving as voting member(s) of the board. Compensated members shall not serve as the board's chair or treasurer. This organization does not meet this standard since three members out of the 24 member board of directors (13%) are directly compensated.

Humane Society of Missouri (HSM) meets the remaining 19 Standards for Charity Accountability.

A unique community resource, each year the Humane Society of Missouri provides life-saving and life-enriching programs and services to more than 90,000 animals and people throughout Missouri. The Humane Society’s list of community services includes: • Veterinary medical care performed by 23 resident veterinarians and veterinary technicians to 45,000 clients annually at our city and county veterinary medical centers. • Rescues and investigations that save thousands of animals from abuse and neglect, placing them into recovery and ultimately into permanent homes. In 2005, it performed 17,703 rescue and investigation operations both in St. Louis and throughout Missouri. This reflects a 10% increase over 2004. The Humane Society is the only organization in Missouri that rescues animals in distress throughout the state. • The Humane Society’s horse and farm animal rehabilitation center, Longmeadow Rescue Ranch, one of only a few in the nation, at which it rehabilitates mistreated horses and other farm animals, including horses, cows, pot bellied pigs, goats, fowl and other large animals. • Wide-ranging education programs that impact the lives of thousands of adults and children each year as they learn the elements of responsible pet ownership and kindness towards all living creatures, thereby enabling them to develop into more compassionate human beings. • Humane Society Adoption Centers and Mobile Adoptions offer life-enriching benefits of pet ownership to thousands of new pet owners annually. In addition, thousands of lost pets are reunited with their owners. • The Humane Society’s community service initiatives through which it unites forces with area law enforcement, family protection organizations and other social services agencies to fight abuse wherever it occurs. • The Humane Society is aggressively pursuing initiatives to reduce pet overpopulation, such as the Operation SNIP low-cost spay/neuter program. The Humane Society of Missouri is a not-for-profit organization. It does not receive any local, state or federal government funding, nor does it receive funding from the United Way. The Humane Society relies primarily on contributions for its support and fees from services.

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005, HSM's program expenses were:

City Medical & Hospital	3,605,088
City Adoption Center	1,999,134
County Medical Center	1,364,858
Adopt & Shop	1,064,714
County Adoption Center	890,495
Longmeadow Rescue Ranch	725,563
Statewide Investigation Unit	640,790
Rescue & Investigation Unit	603,170
Gift Shop	334,721
Disaster Relief	243,250
Education	172,471
Carol Gates Throop Park	88,720
Volunteer Programs	71,263
Total Program Expenses:	$11,804,237

Chief Executive : Kathy Warnick, President & CEO

Compensation*:

$196,953

Chair of the Board: Andrew Bresler
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: President & CEO Manna Pro

Board Size: 24

Paid Staff Size: 204

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, grant proposals, internet, planned giving arrangements

Fund raising costs were 23% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $5,953,315, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)

HSM incurred joint costs of $113,030 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $76,531 was allocated to program expenses, $36,499 was allocated to fund raising expenses, and $ was allocated to administrative expenses.

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on HSM's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005.

Source of Funds
Patient Fees	6,463,439
Public Support	3,333,938
Investment Income	2,744,576
Bequests	2,619,377
Rental Income	73,164
Other income	10,846
Total Income	$15,245,340

Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 83%  Fund Raising: 10%  Administrative: 7%

Total income		$15,245,340
Program expenses		$11,804,237
Fund raising expenses		1,350,363
Administrative expenses		946,937
Total expenses		$14,101,537
Income in Excess of Expenses		1,143,803
Beginning net assets		53,210,435
Ending net assets		54,354,238
Total liabilities		1,292,725
Total assets		$55,646,963