Indiana · Nonprofit
DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC
DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,499 to it, the largest being DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($284,847). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $703k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $547k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Dekalb Humane Society Inc does
Mission
The organization provides a safe shelter for animals until they can be adopted into a lifelong home. The organization supports local law enforcement departments in animal abuse and neglect cases, works with animal rescue groups and educates the public about basic pet needs, animal care and safety. The organization exists to provide animal welfare activities and services primarily in dekalb county, indiana. These activities and services include animal acquisition, evaluation, veterinary care, fostering and housing, rehab and training, and adoption into an appropriate home or setting. Adoption includes screening of potential adopters and follow-up evaluations of placements. The organization seeks to raise awareness of, and respond to, animal neglect and abuse situations, as well as educate the public regarding responsible animal ownership and animal welfare issues.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization took in 841 animals during the year. There were 614 completed adoptions for an adoption rate of 73%. 43 animals were euthanized. The remainder of the animals were reclaimed by their owners or went into foster care where they are then adopted out. 799 animals were spayed or neutered by the shelter prior to adoption.
$182,346 spent$62,547 earned by the program63% of program spendingThe organization provides a lost and found center that requires entensive man-hours to follow-up on reports of missing animals with phone call of found animals. It is the desire of the shelter to return the lost animal to their proper owner or assist the owner in locating their missing animal.
$47,807 spent$4,132 earned by the program16% of program spendingThe organization works with local city and county government offices to provide a safe haven for animals that have been abused and/or neglected by their owners. They are available on an on call basis to pick up the animal. It is the intent when picking up the animals to restore them to a healthy life and potentially have them adopted into a better environment where they will receive the proper care and attention.
$61,566 spent$53,690 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $291,719.
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 2019 to 2020, from $679k to $1.6M (+141%).
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.
78% of DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% 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 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $12k → $50k.
5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 DEKALB 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
DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
65% 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 DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 93% · 2020 51% · 2021 36% · 2022 58% · 2023 24% — 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 DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 32% 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 DEKALB 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 $199k that is directly attributable, 50% of it comes from funders outside Indiana, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $349k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC
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In Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,499 to it, the largest being DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($284,847). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $547,499 in grants to DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- DEKALB COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $284,847 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEKALB HUMANE SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 25 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