Minnesota · Nonprofit
Animal Humane Society
Animal Humane Society (Minnesota) receives grants from 211 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,714,922 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($3,834,140). 142 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 211
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $49M
What Animal Humane Society does
Mission
Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and responsibly create a more humane world for animals. Three core values guide AHS as an organization: be good to animals, partner with people, and lead responsibly with compassion. AHS is primarily supported through donations, fees for adoption and other services to the community, and sales of pet care supplies. AHS has locations in Golden Valley, Coon Rapids, St. Paul, and Woodbury, Minnesota.AHS maintains two wholly owned subsidiaries: Animal Humane Society Veterinary Centers, P.C., a nonprofit subsidiary that provides high-quality, low-cost veterinary services to the public. Kasota Holdings, LLC, a nonprofit single-member limited liability company that maintains rental units in St. Paul, Minnesota. AHS is the single-member owner of Kasota
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Adoption and SurrenderAHS helps thousands of dogs, cats, and critters in need find loving homes each year. AHS's commitment to open admission guarantees safe refuge to every animal that comes to us for help. Innovations and investments in medical treatment and behavioral rehabilitation ensure that we can help animals with even the most significant challenges. As a result, AHS now places almost 90 percent of the animals entrusted to its care, up from 59 percent in 2008. The success of AHS's shelter program is reflected in three key measures: the total number of animals admitted for rehoming, the percentage of animals with live placements (placement rate), and the average length of stay in shelter. In the year ended June 30, 2025: 12,331 companion animals came into AHS facilities. 10,814 of those animals more than 78% were placed in homes, reunited with owners, or released to other organizations. The average length of stay for animals in shelter was 12.7 days.Overall placements included 9,332 animals adopted, 793 animals reunited with owners, 569 cats returned to field, and 158 animals transferred to partner organizations. Robust medical and behavioral programs contribute to this…
$11,748,960 spent$3,810,997 earned by the program82% of program spendingCommunity EngagementAHS works with individuals and organizations across Minnesota to create a more humane world for animals, including: Outreach to under-engaged communities, including education programs and free or low-cost services that empower low-income pet owners and improve the lives of pets. A pet food pantry that distributed more than 22 tons of cat and dog food and 4 tons of cat litter to Minnesota families in need. Temporary pet housing that provided foster care for 91 animals from 72 families experiencing temporary hardship. Education programs that foster humane values and compassion for animals, including day camps, a youth club, and other activities for kids and families serving 5,264 participants. A Community Cats program focused on reducing euthanasia and providing alternative solutions for feral and free-roaming cats through return-to-field and trap-neuter-return programs. This program served 569 cats. A robust volunteer program that enlists 1,018 active volunteers in providing animal enrichment, foster care, shelter support, and other assistance. In addition, 264 volunteers provided foster care for 1,170 animals before adoption.
$1,920,259 spent$429,516 earned by the program13% of program spendingPet ServicesAHS offers programs to serve all stages of an animal's life, including: A free Pet Helpline (952-HELP-PET) that handled 72,508 incoming calls, providing caring, compassionate advice and resources to help with everything from solving behavior problems to finding pet-friendly housing. Compassionate end-of-life services, including owner-requested euthanasia for 969 pets and a weekly pet loss support group. Online resources for pet owners, including a pet resource library at animalhumanesociety.org.
$391,015 spent$213,858 earned by the program3% of program spendingRescueAiding animals in critical situations is core to AHS's work. AHS's humane agents respond to reports of possible animal cruelty or neglect throughout Minnesota. They receive reports about animals that are lacking proper food, water, and shelter. They also participate in larger, more complex cases involving cruelty, with on-site investigations, forensics, and seizures aiding law enforcement agencies that seek AHS assistance. During the year ended June 30, 2025, AHS's Humane Investigations unit received 1,210 requests for assistance and opened 1,031 formal cases. Follow-up investigation and forensics of these cases took AHS agents into 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties. Those investigations impacted the lives of 7,700 animals.AHS took in 2,011 animals from other animal welfare organizations throughout Minnesota and other states, finding homes for animals that would otherwise face euthanasia in overcrowded facilities.
$320,346 spent2% of program spendingAffordable Veterinary CareAHS's Veterinary Centers in St. Paul and Golden Valley provide low-cost spay/neuter surgeries and full-service veterinary care on a sliding fee scale, expanding care to animals whose options would otherwise be limited.In the year ended June 30, 2025, AHS's vet centers provided 18,502 services to the public, including 8,964 medical and wellness appointments, 1,083 dental and specialty surgeries, and 8,455 spay/neuter surgeries.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,380,580.
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 2017 to 2018, from $30M to $39M (+33%).
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 19% · 2022 20% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of Animal Humane Society’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Marianne Barnett
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 58 funders to 108 funders, grant income rose $869k → $5.3M.
32 of 211 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 Humane Society’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 211 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 Humane Society has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
65% 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 Animal Humane Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 49% · 2019 17% · 2020 18% · 2021 25% · 2022 11% · 2023 24% — 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
52% of Animal Humane Society's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
52% of Animal 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 $13M that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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 Humane Society runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Animal Humane Society
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Kasota Holdings LLC · disregarded
- Animal Humane Society Veterinary Centers PC · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Animal Humane Society?
- Animal Humane Society (Minnesota) receives grants from 211 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,714,922 to it, the largest being THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ($3,834,140). 142 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Animal Humane Society have?
- IRS filings report 211 organizations giving $27,714,922 in grants to Animal Humane Society, 142 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Animal Humane Society?
- THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,834,140 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Animal Humane Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 211 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