California · Nonprofit
ANIMALSAVE
ANIMALSAVE (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,988 to it, the largest being THORNTON S JR AND KATRINA D GLIDE FOUNDATION ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $656k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Animalsave does
Mission
AnimalSave transforms the lives of cats and dogs by providing humane education, affordable spay and neuter services and finding loving homes. Programs are administered by 5 staff members and over 50 volunteers. In 2024 volunteer hours totaled over 20,000.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
AnimalSave's Low-Cost Spay Neuter Clinic is its proactive effort to solve the problem of dog and cat overpopulation. Operating one or two days per week, in 2024, 1,460 dogs and cats were altered using this service. Since the clinic began in March 2008, over 26,000 animals have been spayed or neutered. We estimate this has prevented the unwanted birth of over one million dogs and cats. Clinic revenues include fees for the low-cost surgery service, vaccinations, tests and donated funds received from individuals and foundations that support this work. Clinic expenses include veterinary and surgical costs, supplies, equipment, insurance, and other operating costs. A component of the Spay/Neuter Clinic is the Trap Neuter Return Program. The TNR program provides low-cost surgical fees, traps, trapping guidance and volunteer help to individuals wanting to trap and alter stray cats. This is an important part of AnimalSave's approach to preventing cat overpopulation and the resulting nuisance, health and safety issues that come with large feral cat colonies. Young kittens trapped in colonies are often taken into the Foster/Adoption program, placed in foster homes, socialized, and when old…
$106,775 spent$133,299 earned by the program44% of program spendingIn response to an unacceptable euthanasia rate at local shelters, AnimalSave's Foster/Adoption program was established in 1999. Since that time over 6,000 dogs and cats have been rescued. In 2024, 177 animals were rescued, put in foster homes where they received necessary veterinary care and rehabilitation, and then adopted into permanent homes. The Foster/Adoption Program is managed by one staff person and many volunteers including fosters, volunteers who clean and care for cats and kittens in the Cat Adoption Room, adoption counselors, volunteers who socialize cats and kittens, receptionists and others. Revenues are derived from adoption fees and donated funds from individuals and foundations. Expenses include food, medical, staff and other costs of operating this program.
$117,349 spent$29,221 earned by the program49% of program spendingHumane Education Program. By visiting schools, speaking at clubs, facilitating workshops and providing guidance and information about responsible pet guardianship, AnimalSave educates the community on animal welfare issues and the programs we offer to improve the lives of animals.
$16,152 spent7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $240,276.
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 $1.8M to $1.6M (−8%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 8% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of ANIMALSAVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Carolyn Niehaus
Executive Director, Director
Board chair
Diana Bailey
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $2k → $6k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 ANIMALSAVE’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
ANIMALSAVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
32% 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 ANIMALSAVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 88% · 2019 82% · 2020 62% · 2021 80% · 2022 82% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.
“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
99% of ANIMALSAVE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
ANIMALSAVE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ANIMALSAVE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ANIMALSAVE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ANIMALSAVE?
- ANIMALSAVE (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $105,988 to it, the largest being THORNTON S JR AND KATRINA D GLIDE FOUNDATION ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ANIMALSAVE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $105,988 in grants to ANIMALSAVE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ANIMALSAVE?
- THORNTON S JR AND KATRINA D GLIDE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ANIMALSAVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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