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ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC

ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC (Florida) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,203,218 to it, the largest being DUGAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,375,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$7.8M
Funders on record
104
Grants received
$5.2M
Net assets
$14M
52/104 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Alaqua Animal Refuge Inc does

Mission

To be a leading advocate for all animals, to maximize the healing power animals have on the human spirit, and to provide shelter, safety, and second chances to animals in need.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Alaqua animal refuge is recognized as a premier no-kill refuge providing protection, shelter, and care to animals and is engaged in multiple national and international partnerships focused on the protection of animals in need. In 2024, alaqua rescued and provided shelter and medical care for 1592 domestic animals and championed over 1200 adoptions.

    $2,601,078 spent$80,133 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,601,078.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($2.0M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($2.8M)2018 Revenue 164 ($3.3M) Expenses 112 ($1.4M) Net assets 167 ($4.7M)2020 Revenue 185 ($3.7M) Expenses 142 ($1.8M) Net assets 304 ($8.5M)2021 Revenue 155 ($3.1M) Expenses 217 ($2.8M) Net assets 381 ($11M)2022 Revenue 117 ($2.4M) Expenses 256 ($3.3M) Net assets 349 ($9.8M)2023 Revenue 207 ($4.2M) Expenses 293 ($3.7M) Net assets 366 ($10M)2024 Revenue 386 ($7.8M) Expenses 304 ($3.9M) Net assets 489 ($14M)
2017201820202021202220232024
Revenue (386)Expenses (304)Net assets (489)Peer revenue range

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 $10M to $14M (+33%).

$2.9M
$4.7M
$8.6M
$11M
$10.0M
$10M
$14M
2017201820202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,665 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$738k
’17
$1.9M
’18
$1.9M
’20
$351k
’21
−$913k
’22
$430k
’23
$3.9M
’24
19
months of
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.

Board chair

Joe Capers

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2017201820202021202220232024
Listed18181818161414
Joined·+1·+2+1+0+0
No longer listed·1·2320
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $85k → $982k.

21 of 104 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 104 funders by total. 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

ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

44% 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 ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC.

26%
largest funder
48%
top three
~9
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 36% · 2019 28% · 2020 65% · 2021 20% · 2022 39% · 2023 18% — 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.

How long its funders stay

35% of ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 26 states in all.

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
DE
AZ
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin50% · top quartile
Months of reserve19.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.

State$5k
Top programs
  • REFUNDS - GENERAL $5k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 19%Fundraising 14%

Governance

14
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC?
ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC (Florida) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,203,218 to it, the largest being DUGAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,375,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC have?
IRS filings report 104 organizations giving $5,203,218 in grants to ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC?
DUGAS FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ALAQUA ANIMAL REFUGE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 104 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing