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Mission and Programs

Mission

The HSUS seeks a humane and sustainable world for all animals; a world that will also benefit people. We are America''s mainstream force against cruelty, exploitation, and neglect, and also the nation''s most trusted voice extolling the human-animal bond.
Our mission statement: Celebrating Animals, Confronting Cruelty.

Programs

The HSUS pursues education, advocacy, public policy reform, and the empowerment of our supporters and partners. We do not engage in or tolerate violence, or actions that run counter to the basic principles of compassion and respect for others.
A non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, The HSUS maintains regional and state offices across the country as well as global affiliates. We seek to be inclusive and to develop partnerships with a broad array of society?s institutions.
We celebrate pets as well as wildlife and habitat protection. We confront cruelties inflicted on animals used in research, those raised in inhumane confinement on factory farms, those bred for the barbaric sport of animal fighting, and those exploited in the fur trade. We provide quick response emergency and disaster services on behalf of animals. We maintain an animal protection litigation team to enforce the growing number of laws that protect animals. We assist law enforcement in undercover investigations, and provide the world with video evidence of cruelties that would otherwise pass unnoticed. We campaign against the most inhumane and unsporting forms of wildlife abuse and work to stop puppy mills.
The HSUS, through its affiliate, The Fund for Animals, operates one of the nation?s largest systems of animal sanctuaries ? including the 1,300-acre Black Beauty Ranch in Texas, which provides home to exotic animals like chimpanzees as well as large herds of horses and donkeys. We provide broad assistance to local animal shelters and also operate a veterinary training program that provides medical care to animals in impoverished communities around the world. We celebrate the entertainment industry?s contributions to protecting animals through the Genesis Awards and teach a million schoolchildren to be compassionate to animals. The HSUS publishes a membership magazine, All Animals, and Animal Sheltering, a bi-monthly magazine for animal sheltering professionals.

Program / Activities (NTEE Code)

Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs)
Management & Technical Assistance
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending 12/31/2007

1. The HSUS rescued more than 12,000 animals from disasters, puppy mills, animal fighting operations, animal hoarders. In the field, in the courtroom and in the halls of Congress, The HSUS, along with millions of supporters, pressed forward toward a humane society.
2. The HSUS and Maddie's Fund launched "After Katrina: Improving the Lives of Gulf Coast Dogs and Cats" to fight pet overpopulation and rebuild the humane infrastructure of Louisiana and Mississippi.
3. The HSUS helped pass 82 new state laws protecting animals, including laws protecting furbearing animals, a ban in Oregon on housing breeding pigs in crates so small they can't turn around, and increased penalties for animal cruelty and animal fighting. The HSUS worked with law enforcement agencies and lawmakers to eradicate animal fighting. New laws now ban cockfighting in Louisiana and New Mexico and strenghtened federal penalties have animal fighters on the run.
   

1. Building a humane society by focusing on several major campaigns - combating animal cruelty and fighting; exposing the cruelty in factory farming; combating wildlife abuse, such as canned shoots, bear baiting, pheasant stocking, and similar inhumane practices; ending the killing of animals for their fur; and engaging in campaigns to end puppy mills and the use of chimpanzees in research.
2. Providing care for animals in need, including victims of disasters and cruelty. Through our affiliate The Fund for Animals, we also operate an extensive system of animal sanctuaries. We also provide veterinary services in impoverished areas in the U.S. and abroad.
3. Celebrating animals by strenghtening the human-animal bond.

Each division of the organization is charged with establishing a set of annual goals rooted in outcome assessment with definable metrics. The CEO and executive vice president of operations consider these goals and measurements in evaluating the success of the organization as a whole and each division specifically.

Chief Executive Profile

Wayne Pacelle is the president and chief executive officer of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Pacelle took office June 1, 2004 after serving for nearly 10 years as the organization's chief lobbyist and spokesperson.

During his tenure as HSUS president and CEO, Pacelle has spurred major growth for the organization, which is now the nation?s largest animal protection organization with more than 10.5 million members and constituents, annual revenue of $120 million, and assets of more than $200 million. The growth has partly been achieved through successful mergers with other animal protection organizations. In 2004, Pacelle and Michael Markarian (president of The Fund for Animals and now an executive vice president of HSUS) helped engineer the corporate combination of The HSUS and The Fund for Animals, the national organization founded by Cleveland Amory. In 2006, he was the architect of a combination with the Doris Day Animal League, founded nearly 20 years ago by iconic actress Doris Day, and also one of the major American animal protection organizations.

Since 1990, Pacelle and Markarian have directed more than 15 successful statewide ballot measure campaigns.

He and HSUS have worked for the passage of more than 225 new state laws from 2006 to 2008, and he has helped to pass more than 15 federal statutes to protect animals in the last decade ? including laws to protect the great apes in their native habitats (2000), to halt any interstate transport of fighting animals (2002) and to make interstate transport of fighting animals a felony (2007), to halt commerce in big cats for the pet trade (2003), to establish federal standards to include pets in disaster planning and response (2006), and to ban the import of puppy mills from foreign countries (2008).

Pacelle?s work on animal issues has been featured in thousands of newspapers and magazines across the country. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times, and has appeared on almost all of the major network television programs ? including The Today Show, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Good Morning America, and ABC's Primetime Live.

In 2008, The Los Angeles Times reported, ?Pacelle has retooled a venerable organization seen as a mild-mannered protector of dogs and cats into an aggressive interest group flexing muscle in state legislatures and courtrooms.? In 2007, The New York Times reported, ?The arrival of Wayne Pacelle as head of the Humane Society in 2004 both turbo-charged the farm animal welfare movement and gave it a sheen of respectability.? In 2008, Supermarket News included Pacelle on its annual Power 50 list of influential individuals in food marketing, writing that ?there?s no denying his growing influence on how animal agriculture is practiced in the United States.?
Pacelle was named NonProfit Times' ?Executive of the Year? in 2005 for his leadership in responding to the needs of animals affected by the Gulf hurricanes. In 2008, NonProfit Times named Pacelle to its annual Power and Influence Top 50 nonprofit executives.

Pacelle received his B.A. in History and Studies in the Environment from Yale University in 1987.

Additional Comments

For several consecutive years, the Maryland Work-Life Alliance has awarded The HSUS with their "Excellent Place To Work" award.

Financial Data
From the organization's FORM 990

Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007

Revenue			Expenses
Contributions $85,224,988 Government Grants $0 Program Services $1,962,127 Investments $12,746,924 Special Events $0 Sales $0 Other $1,892,151			Program Services $75,745,400 Administration $4,116,251 Other $11,656,561 Total Expenditures $91,518,212
Total Revenue	$101,826,190		NET GAIN/LOSS	$10,307,978

Balance Sheet: Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007

Notes
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot long survive, but the types of assets and liabilities also must be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.

Assets	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 31, 2007	Change
Cash & Equivalent	$43,631,327	$50,483,861	$6,852,534
Accounts Receivable	$4,186,021	$2,684,354	$(1,501,667)
Pledges & Grants Receivable	$13,693,008	$10,648,707	$(3,044,301)
Receivables/Other	$0	$0	$0
Inventories for Sale or Use	$0	$0	$0
Investments/Securities	$127,843,027	$137,388,654	$9,545,627
Investments/Other	$0	$0	$0
Fixed Assets	$12,745,598	$12,333,315	$(412,283)
Other	$43,777,375	$17,667,190	$(26,110,185)
Total Assets	$245,876,356	$231,206,081	$(14,670,275)
Liabilities	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 31, 2007	Change
Accounts Payable	$10,552,520	$14,463,901	$3,911,381
Grants Payable	$0	$0	$0
Deferred Revenue	$0	$0	$0
Loans and Notes	$0	$0	$0
Tax-Exempt Bond Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Other	$9,588,119	$11,873,416	$2,285,297
Total Liabilities	$20,140,639	$26,337,317	$6,196,678
FUND BALANCE	$225,735,717	$204,868,764	$(20,866,953)

Comments from the organization
The Humane Society of the United States relies primarily on the regular support of individuals who give generously to our programs. We are seeking to diversify our fundraising efforts, focusing more of our efforts on attracting major donors and foundations to support our efforts.

Ranked at 164 in the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Philanthropy 400, The Humane Society of the United States is the top animal protection organization in terms of budget. The organization is on firm financial ground, allowing us to commit to long-term projects and program goals. The support of our existing donors and our ability to reach out to new supporters are crucial to meeting the many needs that we find in all corners of the world.

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