Virginia · Nonprofit
CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC
CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,488,687 to it, the largest being HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($830,750). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Chesapeake Humane Society Inc does
Mission
To cultivate a humane community that fosters compassion and strengthens the human-animal bond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Low-cost veterinary clinic. There were 4,202 spay/neuter surgeries, 151 dental procedures, 1,806 wellness and illness exams, and 2,658 parasite prevention prescriptions filled during the year.
$1,037,943 spent51% of program spendingShelter program for cats, dogs, and small animals. Majority of pets in the shelter program are transferred in from local shelter partners. In 2025, chesapeake humane society cared for 1,043 pets and had a live release rate of 94.8%.
$399,047 spent20% of program spendingCrisis boarding program to provide temporary boarding for people facing temporary hardship. In 2025, 375 families received counseling and connection to resources. The average length of stay for pets fostered through the crisis boarding program was 53 days for 101 pets with an 80% reunification rate for families with their pets. Through the chesapeake humane society pet pantry, 10,646 pounds of dog and cat food were distributed to help an average of 62 pets per month.
$508,189 spent25% of program spendingOutreach: in 2025, volunteers provided 5,369 hours at an estimated value of 184,993.
$93,267 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,038,446.
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 $2.3M to $3.6M (+57%).
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 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $66k → $135k.
6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY 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
CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 74% · 2019 67% · 2020 91% · 2021 49% · 2022 80% · 2023 78% — 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
40% of CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC'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
61% of CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY 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 $574k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $915k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC's revenue grew 113% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,488,687 to it, the largest being HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($830,750). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $1,488,687 in grants to CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- HAMPTON ROADS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $830,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHESAPEAKE HUMANE SOCIETY INC 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 26 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