Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY
ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,451,964 to it, the largest being MANNHEIMER CHARITABLE TRUST XXX-XX-XXXX ($5,201,313). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $6.8M
What Animal Care Sanctuary does
Mission
Animal Care Sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the human-animal bond through outreach, education and advocacy. 3.) spaying and neutering to end the suffering and overpopulation of unwanted animals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
1) cattery - resident acs cats are provided wth multiple types of enrichment designed to stimulate the personality and drive of each cat. Communal living spaces provide the cats with the companionship and stimulation of other cats, enabling the opportunity for play, interaction, mutual grooming, and other normal cat behaviors. These environments are also furnished with shelves, tunnels, bookshelves, chairs, and other items designed to allow cats to climb, hide, and sleep as they would in a household environment. They also have access during morning hours to a "catio" that is open seasonally; a screened-in porch provides access to fresh air, bird and bug watching, and new and interesting smells. Acs provide toys, scratching posts and cat towers for additional enrichment, and several times each month, catnip is distributed for their enjoyment. We also dispense treats once weekly in a scattering method intended to stimulate the cats' hunting instincts. In 2023, acs continuted our barn cat program which has become increasingly popular. The intention of the barn cat program is to provide a life-saving avenue for those cats that are at risk of death in the environment or euthanasia in a…
$557,631 spent33% of program spending2) kennel - dogs in our care receive daily enrichment activities to improve their quality of life. Acs staff and volunteers provide toys, treats, exercise and love to make the temporary stay at the shelter less stressful. On a daily basis acs provides dogs with 20 minutes of leash walking, off leash yard play or play group interaction, daily scents, blankets & toys, lights out and music therapy either live or via classical music played over the stereo system, treat dispensing toys, puzzles, or kongs, & daily positive reinforcement training. Acs was approved to be a partner with hsus to bring dogs up from the south. They are vetted and brought to st. Hubert's in nj for final health screening and then brought to acs. We also are working with rescues in tennessee and arranging transports to bring to acs.
$478,440 spent29% of program spending3) veterinary care - animal care sancuary is one of the few shelters in the nation that has its own veterinary staff. It has adopted the standards of the american association of shelter veterinarians and participates in maddie's shelter medicine program at cornell's college or veterinary medicine. All animals at acs are evaluated by the veterinary team upon intake and a treatment plan is established. The veterinarian performs weekly rounds and adjusts treatment plans as necessary. Prior to adoption, a pre-adoption physical is completed and, if necessary, the veterinarian meets the adopter to explain any outstanding medical condition, how to care for it, signs and symptoms of ailments, and any required follow up. Having resident vets ensure that all acs animals are vaccinated, checked for parasites and disease, spayed or neutered, and microchipped for identification so that they are healthy and ready for adoption. Acs recognized the need in our rural area for a transport program to go to the rural communities and bring cats and dogs to the clinics to be spayed and neutered and then returned to their owners. Grants provided acs with a transport van that brings dogs and cats to the…
$554,243 spent$653,277 earned by the program33% of program spendingAdoptions
$87,489 spent$62,641 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,677,803.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $6.4M to $7.1M (+10%).
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 12% · 2021 9% · 2022 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Terri Mckendry
Executive director
Board chair
Ellen Feldman
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $331k → $967k.
10 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 86% · 2019 83% · 2020 80% · 2021 81% · 2022 84% · 2023 78% — 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
38% of ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
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
ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $343k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY's funding base is broadening — from 7 funders to 15 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $82k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$82k
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.
Organizations like ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% 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 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY?
- ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,451,964 to it, the largest being MANNHEIMER CHARITABLE TRUST XXX-XX-XXXX ($5,201,313). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $6,451,964 in grants to ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY?
- MANNHEIMER CHARITABLE TRUST XXX-XX-XXXX is the largest funder on record, with $5,201,313 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 42 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