Safe Humane
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Create safe and humane communities by inspiring positive relationships between people and animals.
- Income
- $110,881
- Spending
- $95,279
- Reserves
- 21.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 86% of charities in its peer group (animals, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 21.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 14% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $15,058 spent. Chicago Animal Care & Control Program Services: Program services at Chicago Animal Care & Control included dog manners and skills classes, in-kennel enrichment, out-of-kennel enrichment, dog walking, and training for volunteer dog handlers. Dog equipment and supplies as well as facility maintenance costs are also included. More than 750 training sessions were completed by more than 300 participants. In-kennel enrichment included close to 500 people and some 4,000 engagements with dogs and cats.
- $13,309 spent. Other Program Services: Other Program Services included (1) Outreach/Engagement & Education, including Community Collaboration with corporate and group volunteer days with 60 corporations and groups comprising more than 500 volunteers from these groups working with several hundred individual CACC dogs as well as special events such as Christmas Eve for the Animals, and (2) Collaborative Justice, which continued Court Advocacy efforts both virtually and in-person in courtrooms with 15 active volunteers for four to five hearings per week and paying for nercopsies for deceased animals brought to CACC who were abused. All populations served are diverse in species, race or ethnicity, income, education, employment and age, and they live throughout Cook County and its collar Illinois counties.
- $18,315 spent. Individual dog programs: Individual dog programs included (1) our legacy Court Case Dogs aka CCDs programs, supporting previously approved CCDs, conducting dog behavioral consultations in person or virtually, free of charge, to CCD families, conducting interviews and disseminating success stories on social media, documenting procedures for application to new abused shelter dog programming and sharing with other organizations for implementing their own CCD programs, and (2) Program Dogs: CACC shelter dogs were assessed for participating in our Lifetime Bonds programs, manners and skills classes, and corporate / group volunteer events. These Program Dogs became part of a broader program, PALs, which also incorporates our existing Ambassador Dogs. 150 hours of assessments amd 75 hours in classes resulted in approving 135 Program Dogs and helping many others.
- $24,819 spent. Lifetime Bonds: Lifetime Bonds programming continued with 7 organizational / institutional partners. They were Alternative Schools Network in collaboration with Chicago Animal Care & Control, Illinois Youth Center - St Charles, DeKalb School District 428, Northern Illinois University in collaboration with animal shelters Tails Humane Society and Animal Care League. These programs served some 100 youth and young adult program participants and 100 dogs from the partner shelters. 75 volunteers and 10 Safe Humane staff members organized and held close to 100 Lifetime Bonds classes with our partners
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2001.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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