Virginia · Nonprofit
Animal Welfare League of Arlington
Animal Welfare League of Arlington (Virginia) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,992,279 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FIRST - AMERICA'S CHARITIES ($325,925). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 73
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $7.8M
What Animal Welfare League of Arlington does
Mission
Improving the lives of animals and people by providing resources, care, and protection.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shelter Operations - the League serves as an animal shelter for Arlington County, VA and accepts any animal regardless of condition from within Arlington County. We also accept other animals from outside of Arlington County when we have the space to do so. The League has a contract with the City of Falls Church to provide the same services. Some of the animals we help are lost pets that are reunited with their owners; some are given up by owners who could no longer care for them; some are found abandoned and others were transferred to us by other rescue partners. We also take in wildlife that may be injured, orphaned or trapped and in many cases are rehabilitated and returned to the wild. The League adopts dogs, cats and small companion animals. In FY25, the League's positive outcome rate for companion animals is 95%.
$1,983,152 spent$1,614,746 earned by the program52% of program spendingCommunity Services - AWLA provides services at low or no cost to pet owners who are residents of Arlington County or the City of Falls Church. These include vaccinations, spay/neuter vouchers, supplies, and pet food at both the shelter and regular events hosted throughout the community. The League has an active volunteer program that supports its shelter and community-based work and a robust humane education program that hosts programming on site and at partner locations throughout the year. Additionally, the League provides temporary safe housing and care for animals whose owners have encountered a medical, housing, or other short term emergency.
$1,095,283 spent$165,910 earned by the program29% of program spendingAnimal Control - Operates Animal Control on behalf of Arlington and is responsible for enforcing both Arlington County and State of Virginia animal care and control regulations.
$743,140 spent$533,609 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,821,575.
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 $12M to $9.5M (−22%).
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: 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of Animal Welfare League of Arlington’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 1 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
Tim Denning
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $26k → $309k.
18 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 Arlington’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 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 Arlington has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% 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
89% 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 Arlington.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 65% · 2019 31% · 2020 34% · 2021 33% · 2022 21% · 2023 19% — 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
36% of Animal Welfare League of Arlington's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
51% of Animal Welfare League of Arlington'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 $982k that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 Arlington's revenue grew 57% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 Arlington?
- Animal Welfare League of Arlington (Virginia) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,992,279 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FIRST - AMERICA'S CHARITIES ($325,925). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Animal Welfare League of Arlington have?
- IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $1,992,279 in grants to Animal Welfare League of Arlington, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Animal Welfare League of Arlington?
- COMMUNITY FIRST - AMERICA'S CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $325,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Animal Welfare League of Arlington 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 73 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