Pets or Pensions? - ECCIE Worldwide

The Humane Society of the United States

In 2009 its budget was more than $121 million, and the HSUS network had more than $191 million in assets at the end of 2009.

We went through HSUS’s 12 most recent tax returns, covering the years 1998 through 2009. And we made a startling discovery: Overall, HSUS’s self-serving pensions got more money than pet shelters.
Here’s the data, year-by-year:
Year Pension contributions Shelter Donations
1998 $402,278.00 $109,854.48
1999 $1,036,834.00 $130,724.43
2000 $1,030,621.00 $387,414.90
2001 $1,403,310.00 $339,061.04
2002 $0.00 $284,745.55
2003 $1,292,077.00 $226,656.87
2004 $969,632.00 $251,324.39
2005 $975,647.00 $5,143,420.00
2006 $2,193,090.00 $3,514,942.00
2007 $1,887,592.00 $2,995,792.00
2008 $2,532,167.00 $461,996.00
2009 $2,592,272.00 $976,775.00
Total $16,315,520.00 $14,822,706.66