Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,888,534 to it, the largest being FRANCES M HEUSCHER RES TRUST ($1,280,000). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $16M
What Bucks County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals does
Mission
The bucks county spca assists animals in need and prevents suffering through rescue, re-homing,cruelty investigation and prosecution, and community outreach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Animal sheltering, rescue, and re-homing: in 2025, there were 885 adoptions of cats, dogs, small and farm animals from bcspca's two shelters in lahaska and quakertown. Most of these animals were surrendered or lost pets who needed our help to find a new home. Some were injured stray animals rescued through our 24-hour emergency hotline, the rest were rescued through our humane law enforcement investigations or transferred in from other agencies. All of these animals received necessary food, shelter, and medical care, including neutering, vaccinations, and microchipping for dogs, cats, and rabbits prior to adoption. Some received specialized care or surgeries to recover from injury, illness, or abuse. Our shelters also provided services for hundreds of other bucks county animals through the free pet behavior helpline, dog training classes, lost and found pet assistance, and subsidized low-cost end of life services.
$2,365,281 spent$228,558 earned by the program76% of program spendingCommunity outreach: provides education and resources for the humane treatment of animals, and a variety of services to assist struggling pet owners who need help to care for and keep their pets. Hundreds of students received training last year about the humane treatment of animals through shelter tours, presentations, community events, and supervision of service projects. The surrender prevention program assisted 181 households and their animals. Over $76,000 in small grants was provided through partnership with local veterinary clinics, groomers, and landlords to enable pets to stay with their families. Countless other pets and their families were aided through in-kind donations of more than 14,000 pounds of pet food and pet supplies donated to local pantries across the county.
$435,181 spent14% of program spendingAnimal cruelty investigation and prosecution: bcspca employs a team of humane law enforcement officers. In 2025, they investigated 627complaints of suspected animal cruelty and neglect throughout the county. From these investigations, bcspca rescued 295 animals and provided them with the medical and other essential care they needed. In addition to enforcement of animal cruelty laws, humane law enforcement officers provide specialized assistance to local police forces, community education, and other efforts to prevent and resolve animal-related issues across bucks county. Our officers are funded solely through donor support.
$323,028 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,123,490.
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 $12M to $14M (+19%).
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% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 8% · 2022 10% · 2023 9% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS’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 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
Linda Reider
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $31k → $403k.
9 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 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
BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 32% · 2019 35% · 2020 56% · 2021 51% · 2022 57% · 2023 50% — 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.
How long its funders stay
49% of BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $555k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Paws in Upper Bucks LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,888,534 to it, the largest being FRANCES M HEUSCHER RES TRUST ($1,280,000). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $2,888,534 in grants to BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- FRANCES M HEUSCHER RES TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUCKS COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS 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 59 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