Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,628,908 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($1,422,283). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 106
- Grants received
- $6.6M
- Net assets
- $29M
What Brandywine Valley Spca does
Mission
Our mission is to put the "human" back in humane animal treatment and advocate on their behalf. Our vision is to be the recognized leader in animal welfare that empowers communities to treat life with respect and dignity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Animal shelter services- in 2025 the Brandywine Valley Spca cared for 27,392 animals, maintaining a no-kill rate of 94%. The bvspca strives to address the problem of animal homelessness and overpopulation. The bvscpa provides animal control services for the entire district of columbia and five counties in pennsylvania while also being the contracted animal care provider for the entire state of delaware. The bvspca not only houses, cares for, and seeks positive outcomes for these animals at our shelter locations but we also provide resoruces and services for those looking to keep their pets during difficult times through intake intervention and pet retention programs unique to the bvspca.
$26,742,495 spent$17,140,325 earned by the program79% of program spendingAnimal health centers - the Brandywine Valley Spca believes in providing high quality, affordable veterinary care for all pet owners regardless of income level or social status. Serving both owned pets and shelter animals, our full-service veterniary team offers preventive care, wellness exams, vaccinations, surgery, diagnostics, and treatment services. By making veterinary care more accessible, the animal health center helps ensure that cost is not a barrier to responsible pet ownership and supports the well-being of animals throughout our community. In 2025, the Brandywine Valley Spca performed 37,840 spay/neuter surgeries, provided 6,998 free pet vaccinations, and performed 40,489 pet exams through our animal health centers.
$6,595,306 spent$6,801,661 earned by the program20% of program spendingOther program services
$380,032 spent$335,628 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,717,833.
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 2023 to 2024, from $19M to $28M (+43%).
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: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Adam Lamb
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $310k → $590k.
21 of 106 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 106 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
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
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 BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 29% · 2019 30% · 2020 15% · 2021 68% · 2022 39% · 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.
How long its funders stay
39% of BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 26 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 5 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: 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 BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA?
- BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 106 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,628,908 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($1,422,283). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA have?
- IRS filings report 106 organizations giving $6,628,908 in grants to BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA?
- PETSMART CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,422,283 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 106 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