Connecticut · Nonprofit
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY (Connecticut) receives grants from 196 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,575,760 to it, the largest being CORNING JOHN J EST TR ($2,046,916). 118 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 196
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $123M
What Connecticut Humane Society does
Mission
The Connecticut Humane Society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, the Connecticut Humane Society (chs) ran three animal care and adoption centers, successfully finding homes for 1,451 animals. These pets came from various sources: owner surrenders, law enforcement, and partner shelters. Each animal received comprehensive care: food, exercise, shelter, medical treatment, enrichment, and adoption services. Our dedicated staff veterinarians conducted 11,070 medical exams, administered 4,223 vaccines, and performed 1,138 spay/neuter surgeries. Additionally, 415 pets received extra behavior support. On average, each animal stayed in care for 40.3 days before being adopted. 670 pets who were not yet ready for adoption received foster care. Notably, chs never euthanizes animals due to space, breed, age or time constraints.
$5,476,163 spent$421,532 earned by the program74% of program spendingThe public clinic program offers low-cost, donor-subsidized veterinary care to pets who lack access to traditional veterinary services. The fox memorial clinic supports pet owners facing financial difficulties, providing both treatment for injuries and illnesses as well as wellness and preventive care. The goal is to relieve pain, extend life, and keep pets in their homes rather than in shelters. In 2024, the fox memorial clinic served 1,302 animals, administering 1,716 vaccines and performing 1 spay/neuter surgery. Additionally, 10 mobile clinics across the state provided care to 319 pets, delivering a total of 526 vaccines.
$1,195,099 spent$402,227 earned by the program16% of program spendingChs fights animal cruelty and neglect by educating the public on proper animal care and humane treatment. We also extend our impact through animal welfare university, where thousands of animals benefit from training provided to animal control officers and human services professionals. Additionally, we offer one-on-one consultations with pet owners and work with government agencies on animal related policies. Our crisis fostering and emergency resources play a crucial role in keeping pets in their homes. In 2024, we distributed 230,849 meals through our pet food pantry. Additionally, chs impacted 4,903 children and 7,904 adults through 325 educational programs via schools, camps, libraries, shelter tours and online enrichment classes.
$778,613 spent$58,598 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,449,875.
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 $103M to $118M (+15%).
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 8% · 2021 4% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
James Bias
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 95 funders, grant income rose $726k → $1.4M.
24 of 196 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 196 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
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
34% 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 CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 19% · 2019 22% · 2020 19% · 2021 18% · 2022 19% · 2023 14% — 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
58% of CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 24 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- Veterinary Services$3k
- Educational Services$75
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: 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 CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY?
- CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY (Connecticut) receives grants from 196 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,575,760 to it, the largest being CORNING JOHN J EST TR ($2,046,916). 118 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 196 organizations giving $11,575,760 in grants to CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY, 118 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY?
- CORNING JOHN J EST TR is the largest funder on record, with $2,046,916 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 196 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