Virginia · Nonprofit
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (Virginia) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,154,656 to it, the largest being ANNE M CABANISS CHARITABLE TRUST ($570,100). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.7M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Animal Welfare League of Alexandria does
Mission
The mission of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria is to inspire compassion for all living things, to provide shelter to animals in need, and to promote adoptions, animal welfare, and responsible pet ownership. Our belief that all animals deserve love and care, and that supporting people AND pets enriches our community, is the motivation that fuels our mission.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ANIMAL CARE: In FY25, we cared for 2,386 animals (1201 cats, 981 dogs, 204 small animals), and providing their daily care was our largest expense. Our team of shelter volunteers assisted AWLA staff to provide top-level care for every animal at the shelter. In FY25, shelter volunteers donated 23,094 hours to the AWLA, roughly equivalent to 11 full-time employees. These volunteers performed a range of tasks, including helping with laundry and dishes; walking dogs; staffing events; cleaning animal enclosures; maintaining the yards and landscaping; cleaning carriers; transporting animals to vet appointments; stocking supplies; socializing cats, feeding animals and helping at events. Volunteers also donated their time from home, helping our organization administratively as well as with enrichment activities for animals.To expand our sheltering capability and provide a unique, home-like environment for animals who might not thrive in the shelter (including newborn and sick or injured animals), we also coordinated a team of more than 100 volunteer foster providers to care for 369 animals in their homes in FY25. The AWLA strives to find placement for every animal that can safely and…
$1,507,871 spent47% of program spendingCOMMUNITY PROGRAMS: In FY25 we expanded our efforts to provide support to pet owners, so no one would need to make the heartbreaking decision to surrender a beloved pet for financial reasons. Through our Community Pet Pantry, we distributed over 65,000 pounds of pet food and supplies supporting more than 3,500 pets, and more than 51,000 meals were provided to the pets of senior/housebound pet owners through our AniMeals program. Our Spay and Neuter Assistance program 523 vouchers for this life-changing surgery, helping to control the population of homeless animals and prevent unexpected litters that might lead to animal surrender. Additionally, 1,742 vaccinations and 380 microchips were provided to pets across the community. And the AWLA's Crisis Care program continued to provide limited-term boarding for pets whose owners are undergoing emergencies like loss of housing or hospital stays. Through these programs, we help countless animals in our community stay where they belong -- in homes where they are loved.
$668,116 spent$1,326,648 earned by the program21% of program spendingADOPTIONS AND SUPPORT SERVICES: In FY25, the AWLA administered 1457 adoptions, including dogs and cats but also rabbits, birds, guinea pigs, hamsters, lizards, and even sugar gliders. We expanded our efforts to make sure all adopters are receiving the level of follow-up support they need in case they have any behavioral or medical questions about their new pet, and our Behavior Hotline has offered guidance to dozens of pet owners to help overcome issues that might otherwise lead to the surrender of a pet. In FY25, our total number of in shelter training sessions was more than 10,000. Additionally, we continued the Alexandria Animal Academy, a virtual training program assisting dog guardians with common training issues helping ~ 50 community members.
$507,251 spent$349,554 earned by the program16% of program spendingANIMAL SERVICES: Residents made 3251 calls for assistance for animal-related issues in the City of Alexandria in FY25, including 322 calls about animal bites, 172 calls about possible abuse and/or neglect, 1338 wildlife-related calls and 445 calls about stray animals, as well as others. As first responders, our Animal Services officers rescue animals, transport injured/sick animals for veterinary care, provide support to pet owners in need across Alexandria and educate the public about living humanely with wildlife and proper treatment of animals.
$537,924 spent17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,221,162.
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 2020 to 2021, from $7.0M to $8.8M (+26%).
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.
51% of Animal Welfare League of Alexandria’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 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.
Chief executive
Stella Hanly
Executive Director
Board chair
Suzanne Goulden
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $115k → $241k.
12 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 Welfare League of Alexandria’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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 Welfare League of Alexandria leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 Welfare League of Alexandria.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 49% · 2019 68% · 2020 29% · 2021 49% · 2022 21% · 2023 27% — 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
60% of Animal Welfare League of Alexandria's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 Welfare League of Alexandria draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $647k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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 Welfare League of Alexandria runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Animal Welfare League of Alexandria?
- Animal Welfare League of Alexandria (Virginia) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,154,656 to it, the largest being ANNE M CABANISS CHARITABLE TRUST ($570,100). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Animal Welfare League of Alexandria have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $2,154,656 in grants to Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Animal Welfare League of Alexandria?
- ANNE M CABANISS CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $570,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Animal Welfare League of Alexandria find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 48 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