Maryland · Nonprofit
DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC
DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $927,543 to it, the largest being ARTHUR H KORN CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST ($221,300). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 55
- Grants received
- $928k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Defenders of Animal Rights Inc does
Mission
Animal rescues. Pet adoption center. Shelter cruelty victims. Farm animals. Wildlife refuge. Spay/neuter. Humane education. Youth work. Grief counseling. Human health via pets.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide animal rescue, shelter and care for approximately 400 animals annually. These animals are given extensive veterinary treatment and rehabilitation. The organization works to find "forever families" for all its orphans.
$1,228,067 spent$29,230 earned by the program85% of program spendingProvide humane education through phonecalls, public visits to the shelter, youth education programs, seven newsletters, etc. As part of the education, the organization promotes responsible pet ownership, and it helps pets who have problems.
$224,034 spent15% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,452,101.
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 2022 to 2023, from $13M to $14M (+13%).
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.
81% of DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Elizabeth Brooks
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $69k → $210k.
9 of 55 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 55 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
DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
48% 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 DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 27% · 2019 24% · 2020 17% · 2021 17% · 2022 17% · 2023 66% — 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
47% of DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
64% of DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $327k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 20 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC: 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 DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC?
- DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 55 organizations whose IRS filings report $927,543 to it, the largest being ARTHUR H KORN CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST ($221,300). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 55 organizations giving $927,543 in grants to DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC?
- ARTHUR H KORN CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST is the largest funder on record, with $221,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEFENDERS OF ANIMAL RIGHTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 55 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