California · Nonprofit
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $445,050 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($120,860). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $445k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Contra Costa Humane Society does
Mission
Improve the quality of life for dogs and cats in our community, find homes for animals in need and provide support for people who need assistance with care for their animals.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Providing animal wellness support (paws) fund:cchs operates an emergency and special needs fund as a standalone program. This program focuses on in-need cats with serious medical conditions or special needs and helps fund the specialty care they need to lead fulfilling, happy lives. 28 cats were the beneficiaries of the program in 2025, all of whom have since been adopted into loving homes. Total expenses for the program were $132,223 for the year ending 12/31/2025.today, we are proud to recognize this fund as providing animal wellness support (paws). The program has a new name and a new logo, but its core mission remains the same. As always, we will continue to support life-changing medical care for as many animals as possible. With your support, we pledge to continue this program and help more animals now and in the future.
$132,223 spent34% of program spendingContra Costa Humane Society cat program. See statement o for program focus.
$104,344 spent27% of program spendingAnimeals:cchss animeals program partners with local food pantries to provide supplementary dog and cat food and pet supplies to low-income residents of contra costa county. Animeals works with community groups, local businesses, and compassionate individuals to collect and distribute pet food and supplies each month to the communitys neediest pet owners. In 2025, animeals served 7,814 pet owners, providing 63,280 pounds of dog and cat food (dry and wet) for 10,347 dogs and cats at 95 scheduled distributions. The animeals program relies on donations and grants; total expenses for the program were $74,410 for the year ended 12/31/2025.
$74,410 spent19% of program spendingContra Costa Humane Society spay/neuter assistance program (snap). See statement 0.
$54,248 spent14% of program spendingDog programs:cchss dog programs transitioned in 2023 from a foster program to direct interaction with ccas dogs as part of the programs described below. Total dog program expenses were $21,243 for 2025, supported predominantly by donations. Enrichment (in-kennel)for 2025, kennel enrichment for ccas dogs consisted of soundproofing and treats; specifically, our team goes in mid-week and works on stuffing and distributing kong, providing in-kennel calming and enrichment whereby the soundproofing mitigates noise (dog and cat areas).sunday school (out-of-kennel)in 2025, we continued our journey to provide support to dogs who currently reside in the ccas martinez facility. Through our partnership with ccas, we recognized a need to support adoptable dogs that are susceptible to kennel stress. Based on that need, we developed programming designed to provide adoptable dogs with enrichment, exercise, and a break from their kennels, as well as basic manners training to strengthen adoption profiles with a goal to move as many dogs into successful outcomes as possible. Our teams of cchs volunteers meet every sunday at the martinez facility to provide multiple forms of enrichment. Dogs come…
$21,243 spent5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $386,468.
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 $849k to $1.6M (+89%).
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 4% · 2021 7% · 2022 19% · 2023 10% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $30k → $90k.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY’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
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
79% 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 CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 26% · 2019 50% · 2020 54% · 2021 41% · 2022 39% · 2023 27% — 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
33% of CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
75% of CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY'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 $110k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $335k 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
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CONTRA COSTA 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% 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 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY?
- CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $445,050 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($120,860). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $445,050 in grants to CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $120,860 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY 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 21 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