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Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc

Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,288 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($14,145). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$698k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$58k
Net assets
$764k
5/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc does

Mission

Providing for animal welfare through rescue, education, and adoption in Frederick County Maryland.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Foster programs provide medical treatment and temporary homes for cats and dogs with the intention of finding them permanent homes.

    $147,122 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Trap/Neuter/Release of feral cats to their colony for the control of the feral cat population.

  3. Welfare programs provide service to animals and their owners through spay/neuter clinics, food banks, and other financial assistance programs.

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $147,122.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($90k) Expenses 100 ($102k) Net assets 100 ($146k)2018 Revenue 82 ($74k) Expenses 98 ($100k) Net assets 82 ($120k)2019 Revenue 122 ($110k) Expenses 89 ($91k) Net assets 95 ($139k)2020 Revenue 124 ($112k) Expenses 103 ($105k) Net assets 96 ($140k)2021 Revenue 119 ($107k) Expenses 95 ($97k) Net assets 103 ($151k)2022 Revenue 92 ($83k) Expenses 89 ($90k) Net assets 98 ($143k)2023 Revenue 229 ($206k) Expenses 114 ($117k) Net assets 159 ($233k)2024 Revenue 224 ($203k) Expenses 144 ($147k) Net assets 197 ($288k)2025 Revenue 773 ($698k) Expenses 219 ($223k) Net assets 522 ($764k)
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Revenue (773)Expenses (219)Net assets (522)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $288k to $764k (+165%).

$146k
$120k
$139k
$140k
$151k
$143k
$233k
$288k
$764k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$12k
’17
−$26k
’18
$19k
’19
$7k
’20
$11k
’21
−$8k
’22
$90k
’23
$55k
’24
$475k
’25
38
months of
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.

202320242025
Listed101010
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $2k → $20k.

4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 Frederick County Inc’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 Welfare League of Frederick County Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

91% 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 Frederick County Inc.

24%
largest funder
65%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 100% · 2022 75% · 2023 37% — 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.

Where its funders are

74% of Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc'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 $15k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.

VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’20
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin68% · top quartile
Months of reserve37.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc

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 Maryland

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc?
Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,288 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($14,145). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% 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 Frederick County Inc have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $58,288 in grants to Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $14,145 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Animal Welfare League of Frederick County Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 6 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