Massachusetts · Nonprofit
DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,365,015 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($844,855). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $6.8M
- Funders on record
- 78
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $8.2M
What Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Inc does
Mission
Dakin humane society delivers effective, innovative services that improve the lives of animals in need and the people who care about them. As a trusted community resource center for pets and their people, we offer a variety of programs that touch the (see sch o) lives of nearly 20,000 animals and people a year including adoptions, pet food assistance, low-cost spay/neuter surgery, affordable vaccine and medical clinics, and much more.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, dakin humane society provided shelter for 3821 cats, dogs, and small animals. 3,127 animals were adopted into new homes, 66 returned to their families, and 132 transferred to other agencies. All animals in the adoption program receive vaccinations, spay or neuter surgery, appropriate blood tests for common diseases, treatment for internal/external parasites, and microchip identification. Animals presenting with a treatable illness or injury receive treatment which ranges from care for common respiratory disease to various surgeries to address dental or orthopedic issues.
$2,306,217 spent$850,084 earned by the program52% of program spendingSince its opening in 2009, dakin's community spay/neuter clinic has protected and cared for over 190,000 animals throughout massachusetts and northern connecticut by providing affordable, high-quality spay/neuter surgeries in following the humane alliance model of high-quality, high-volume affordable spay and neuter surgery to under resourced clients, the general public, animal-control officers, and other rescue agencies. In 2025, 8,690 total spay/neuter surgeries were performed on cats and dogs of which 402 were for feral cats. Of that total, 6,110 were for owned pets, the others were adoption center animals.
$1,133,000 spent$1,206,241 earned by the program25% of program spendingIn july of 2022, dakin launched the pet health center, which is a non-emergency veterinary resource to better support the pets and people in our community and lessen the barriers to veterinary medical care. In 2025, 5,358 animals received services through the pet health center. Dakin's pet food aid program provides food assistance for pets whose people are facing temporary hardships. In 2025, our pet food aid program distributed over 50,000 pounds of pet food, which equals 444,000 meals for dogs and cats, providing peace of mind and maintaining lasting relationships between people and their pets while also partnering with our human-service partners such as survival centers, animal-control officers, and a number of local social-service agencies to dispense food directly to families in need. In 2020, dakin launched the kitten street team, a program to address critical need in our community. The goal of this team of specially-trained volunteers is to assist in controlling feral (wild) cat populations in the pioneer valley. Tnr (trap, neuter, return) is a humane and effective way to prevent unwanted litters of kittens born outside year after year. Cats and kittens trapped through this…
$1,022,324 spent$889,250 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,461,541.
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 $5.1M to $7.2M (+40%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 13% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC’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. 3 of the last 10 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
Megan Talbert
Exec. Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $107k → $290k.
17 of 78 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 DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 78 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
DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
78% 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 DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 25% · 2019 21% · 2020 21% · 2021 20% · 2022 51% · 2023 11% — 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
42% of DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY 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
DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $967k 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
DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 29 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,630 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2026
Organizations like DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 78 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,365,015 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($844,855). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 78 organizations giving $3,365,015 in grants to DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- PETSMART CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $844,855 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 78 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