South Carolina · Nonprofit
ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (South Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $289,709 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($222,145). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $290k
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What Animal Protection League of South Carolina does
Mission
APL of SC's mission is to provide a safe home for homeless,abused or abandoned pets in the Columbia, SC area. These pets are given a chance of living a normal happy life through our various adoption programs. If the pet is not adoptable, since we are a no kill shelter,the pet will remain with us until the end of it's natural life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
APL of SC pays to provide a safe shelter for homeless,abused or abandoned pets in the Columbia, SC area. These animals are housed at our local shelter for both dogs and cats. These animals are then given a chance at a normal happy life yhrough our various adoption programs. The animals are kept out of the local shelters, saving their lives in some cases and help to reduce the cost to the local shelters.
$139,826 spent$586,236 earned by the program63% of program spendingBefore adoption, all animals are spayed or neutered,microchipped and all shots are updated. All other health care is furnished as needed.
$73,242 spent33% of program spendingAPL of SC adoption programs adopts animals from our shelter to forever homes. In addition, APL of SC partners with local business for adoptions off site, thus allowing to increase our overall number of adoptons. 2022 offsite adoptions were limited due to continuing Covid 19 restrictions.
$8,878 spent4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,946.
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 $1.3M to $3.2M (+143%).
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.
96% of ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $29k → $40k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA’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
ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 71% · 2019 75% · 2020 55% · 2021 96% · 2022 81% · 2023 68% — 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
57% of ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 88% 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
89% of ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA'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 $33k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $257k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA?
- ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA (South Carolina) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $289,709 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($222,145). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $289,709 in grants to ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA?
- CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $222,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE OF SOUTH CAROLINA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 8 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