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United Spay Alliance

Promote public awareness of animal welfare, develop educational and cultural products about animal welfare rights, to popularize and facilitate altering of pets in response to acute population issues in the USA.

$331k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
18
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 29 grants below total $206,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $331,418 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $125,418 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$8,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Animal Birth Control Clinic$8,000
Pounce De Leon Inc$8,000
The Fix Is In$8,000
Purrfect Partners of Mobile$8,000
TippedEars$8,000
Operation Catnip of Richmond$8,000
Protectors of Animals Inc$8,000
Athens-Clarke Co Animal Serv$8,000
Catsnip Etc$8,000
Halifax Humane Society$8,000
Operation Kindness$8,000
CPAW NJ$8,000
Pet Community Center$8,000
Branson Humane Society$8,000
T-Town TNR Inc$8,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%City of Tempe Animal Welfare: $6k → 11%We Care for Animals: $6k → 17%TippedEars: $8k → 10%Bronx Community Cats: $6k → 28%Operation Kindness: $8k → 14%San Antonio Feral Cat Co: $6k → 16%Animal Birth Control Clinic: $8k → 16%Houston Cares Animal Rescue: $6k → 16%Milam Touch of Love: $6k → 17%T-Town TNR Inc: $8k → 15%Halifax Humane Society: $8k → 12%Polk No Kill Coailition: $6k → 16%Purrfect Partners of Mobile: $8k → 19%Branson Humane Society: $8k → 14%The Fix Is In: $8k → 12%Protectors of Animals Inc: $8k → 11%Luckys Cat House: $6k → 11%Pet Community Center: $8k → 14%The Pet Compassion Centers: $6k → 17%Zoomies Funny Farm: $6k → 16%Pounce De Leon Inc: $8k → 8%Athens-Clarke Co Animal Serv: $8k → 27%Catsnip Etc: $8k → 13%Animal Outreach of Shelby Co: $8k → 14%CPAW NJ: $8k → 16%Operation Catnip of Richmond: $8k → 9%Montgomery Cat Coalition: $6k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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OK
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FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cats At the Studios Inc

Cat rescue spay/ nueter

Animals
2
Feline Urban Rescue and Rehab Inc

To reduce the number of cats taken to shelters by promoting the importance of spaying/neutering and cat adoptions.

Animals
3
Peggys Paws

Very small operation, we do T/N/R in the local area

Animals
4
Community Pet Rescue

Caring for strays through pure fundraising

Animals
5
Operation Pawpulation

The mission of Operation Pawpulation is to offer support and resources, including low-cost and no-cost spay/neuter, vaccinations and microchips in order to save lives by reducing the number of homeless pets in our community. Spaying and…

Animals
6
For Every Rescue a Life Saved

To manage feral and stray cat populations. The process involves trapping the cats in a humane manner, getting them spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies, and then returning them to their original location.

Animals
7
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
8
Community Cat Advocates and Rescue

TNR feral colonies; rescue & find homes for rescued cats.

Animals
9
Tampa Bay Strays Inc

Animal rescue and adoption facilitator to permanent homes.

Animals
10
Sos Lost Pet Rescue Nw Inc

Decrease over population of feral cats by trapping and doing spay or neuter. Provide veterinarian care to kittens. Take owner relinquishments of pets they can no longer care for. Taking in abandoned animals and providing veterinary care.…

Animals
11
Fluff Buddies

Feline rescue & adoption

Animals
12
Purple Cat People Inc

To provide spay and neuter services

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition; the most unlike its peers is Branson Humane Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
6/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION CATNIP OF RICHMOND INC: $8,000 · AnimalsOPERATION KINDNESS: $8,000 · AnimalsPURRFECT PARTNERS OF MOBILE INC: $8,000 · AnimalsPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC: $8,000 · AnimalsBranson Humane Society: $8,000 · AnimalsCATSNIP ETC: $8,000 · AnimalsTHE FIX IS IN INC: $8,000 · AnimalsPOUNCE DE LEON INC: $8,000 · AnimalsT-TOWN TNR INC: $8,000 · AnimalsANIMAL BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC: $8,000 · AnimalsHALIFAX HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $8,000 · AnimalsTIPPEDEARS: $8,000 · AnimalsPET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,000 · AnimalsCommunities Promoting Animal Welfare NJ: $8,000 · AnimalsMILAM TOUCH OF LOVE: $6,000 · AnimalsZoomies Funny Farm: $6,000 · AnimalsHouston Cares Animal Rescue: $6,000 · AnimalsPolk No Kill Coalition Inc: $6,000 · AnimalsTHE PET COMPASSION CENTERS: $6,000 · AnimalsLUCKY'S CAT HOUSE: $6,000 · AnimalsFriends of Feral Felines: $6,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of St Thomas: $6,000 · AnimalsANIMAL OUTREACH OF SHELBY COUNTY: $8,000 · OtherANIMAL OUTREACH OF SHELBY…UNIFIED GOV OF ATHENS-CLARKE: $8,000 · OtherUNIFIED GOV OF ATHENS-CLA…BRONX COMMUNITY CATS INC: $6,000 · OtherBRONX COMMUNITY CATS INCCity of Tempe: $6,000 · OtherCity of TempeMontgomery Cat Coalition: $6,000 · OtherMontgomery Cat CoalitionWE CARE FOR ANIMALS: $6,000 · OtherWE CARE FOR ANIMALSSAN ANTONIO FERAL CAT COALITION: $6,000 · OtherSAN ANTONIO FERAL CAT COA…
Animals$160,000Other$46,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPERATION CATNIP OF RICHMOND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURRFECT PARTNERS OF MOBILE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCATSNIP ETC: $8,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE FIX IS IN INC: $8,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetPOUNCE DE LEON INC: $8,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetT-TOWN TNR INC: $8,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHALIFAX HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTIPPEDEARS: $8,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetPET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCommunities Promoting Animal Welfare NJ: $8,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMILAM TOUCH OF LOVE: $6,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetZoomies Funny Farm: $6,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetFriends of Feral Felines: $6,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetSAN ANTONIO FERAL CAT COALITION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Summerlee Foundat…BISSELL Pet FoundationThe American Society …Best Friends Animal S…Petco LoveThe Duffield Family F…Greater Good CharitiesPetsmart Charities IncNetwork for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…
The Summerlee FoundationTX19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Summerlee Foundation · BISSELL Pet Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Best Friends Animal Society · Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Greater Good Charities · Petsmart Charities Inc · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization United Spay Alliance funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United Spay Alliance. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Halifax Humane Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to United Spay Alliance?

Find your warmest path to United Spay Alliance through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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