Delta Stockton Humane Society & Society for Prevention of Cruelty
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Only 15% of its spending went to programs.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
To protect and care for animals,adopt and maintain wellbeing especially those that are homeless or stray, to shelter homeless and stray animals and to educate the public to prevent crulty to animals
- Income
- $414,769
- Spending
- $674,798
- Spent on programs
- 15%
- Reserves
- -7.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 24
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 2 out of 100. Higher than 0% of charities in its peer group (animals, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
2 of 20It owes 86% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 63% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 36% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1515% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2026, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 91 out of 100. Higher than 87% of charities in its peer group (animals, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2026, 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 (1)
- $100,985 spent. ANIAML HEALTH AND WELFARE: Cleaning and maintaining animal facilities, bathing and grooming animals, treating animals with vaccinations, de-worming animals, walking dogs and socializing pets, taking in homeless stray animals and providing care including but not limited to adminestering medications, transporting animals to and from vet hospitals, bottle feeding abandoned kitten litters and preparing and maintaining animal health records. Microchiping and registering the microchips. Homeless vaccination and microchiping program, community outreach awareness, low income program, food bank for underprivileged and marginalized ANIMAL ADOPTION SERVICES: Matching pets with the right owner, showcasing pets to prospective owners, providing pet personality trait information to prospective adopters, maintaining pet health and background records, reviewing, approving and/or decling adoption applications.Adoption centers such as pet stores,fundraisers, outreach and events, offering adoption at reduced rates, participating events and media. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWERNESS: Educating the public about the need for spay/neutering, pet overpopulation crisis and responsible pet ownership, referring animal abuse calls to appropriate law enforcement, teachning owners about how to find bottle feed abandoned kittens, counseling customers on alternative ways taking and displaying lost pet information, handing out public educational materials and maintaining informational displays and giving shelter trours to groups. Outreach to county and local schools, pre-schools and univestities and to appropriately educate. Offering community service hours to the public.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending March 31, 2026, 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 October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on August 15, 2023 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on August 15, 2023.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending March 2026.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since January 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
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