California · Nonprofit
A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY
A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,961 to it, the largest being AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($377,628). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $280k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $418k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What A-Pal Humane Society does
Mission
Welfare of needy companion animals in Amador County California.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Kittens and adult cats are taken from the Amador County Shelter spay neutered provided medical care and vaccinations and fostered as needed. They are then adopted to loving homes for a nominal fee In 2025 836 kittens and cats went thru the program and were adopted. A-PAL also takes a limited number of dogs provides training medical care and vaccinations as needed and adopts out.
$228,924 spent$45,093 earned by the program54% of program spendingFeral cats are taken from the county shelter and from individual colonies spay neutered given rabies vaccinations medical care as needed and allowed then released back into their colonies or adopted out to a barn type home where they will be provided shelter food and water. In 2025 366 cats benefited from this program. A small adoption fee is charged for the barn cat placement. A-PAL also provides free spay neuter to Amador County residents to spay neuter feral cats in their area and return them to their home area. Thereby reducing feral colonies in the county. In 2025 274 feral cats were spay neutered and given a rabies vaccination.
$87,963 spent$3,821 earned by the program21% of program spendingWe provide financial assistance to county residence to spay or neuter their pets. We also offer free spay or neuter for the pets of Low Income residents. Thereby reducing the number of unwanted pets released to the county shelter. In 2025. 344 cats and dogs were spay neutered through this program.
$83,748 spent$17,985 earned by the program20% of program spendingSanta Fund Medical assistance is provided to pets of county residence who could not otherwise pay for necessary veterinary care. 24 cats dogs and a rabbit received medical care through this program in 2025.
$21,995 spent$12,031 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $422,630.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $852k to $1.2M (+45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Cooper Steely
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $21k → $81k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 89% · 2023 89% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $500 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $417k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY's revenue grew 34% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY?
- A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $417,961 to it, the largest being AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($377,628). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $417,961 in grants to A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY?
- AMADOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $377,628 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A-PAL HUMANE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing