California · Nonprofit
EAST BAY SPCA
EAST BAY SPCA (California) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,687,137 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($1,153,526). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 93
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $42M
What East Bay Spca does
Mission
The East Bay Spca founded in 1874, is proud to be one of the oldest shelters in the country and one of the most innovative in our region. Our mission is to transform the lives of cats and dogs by enriching the human-animal bond through respected and accessible expertise.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The East Bay Spca operates two shelters and adoption centers for homeless dogs and cats. These pets are transferred from overcrowded municipal shelters, surrendered by owners who can no longer care for them, or brought into the shelter as strays by good samaritans. All incoming animals receive medical and behavioral evaluations; we provide comprehensive medical support (spay/neuter, vaccinations, short and long term treatments, soft tissue and orthopedic surgeries) and behavioral support to prepare them for adoption. Our skilled adoption counselors work with the public to best match families with pets. Animals that arrive at our shelters too young, too weak or too sick go into our foster care program for individual care prior to adoption.in 2025, 3,246 animals were sheltered by the East Bay Spca. Of the animals sheltered, 1,985 received surgical care including spay/neuter prior to adoption. More than 1,300 animals benefitted from foster care; our foster volunteers provided more than 28,900 hours of foster service.
$5,076,519 spent$931,446 earned by the program44% of program spendingThe theodore b. Travers family veterinary clinic offers full-service, high-quality veterinary care to pet owners, shelter animals and other local rescues and shelters as well as low-cost and free vaccinations and spay and neuter surgeries. In 2014, we received certification from the american association of veterinary hospitals placing us among the top 12% of veterinary clinics nationwide. Additionally, we operate our oakland spay and neuter clinic which provides low cost procedures to members of our community.in 2025 we held 17,478 appointments at our full service and oakland spay and neuter clinics combined. More than 12,116 vaccines were administered via the theodore b. Travers family clinic and the oakland spay and neuter clinic. More then 5,254 animals were spayed/neutered at our full-service clinic and oakland spay and neuter clinics.
$4,613,104 spent$3,130,672 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe East Bay Spca humane education department employs educators to lead youth programs in alameda and contra costa counties. Programs include behind-the-scenes shelter tours, scout workshops, youth volunteer programs, in-school presentations, birthday parties and camps. Curricula are tailored to specific age and grade levels, state content standards, and individual groups' needs. The largest and most popular program, animal camp, offers k-8th grade students activities focused on animal empathy and advocacy, including interactive lessons, pet-themed games, assisting with shelter needs, crafts, and shelter animal socialization. In 2025, 6,184 people were touched by East Bay Spca community based programs reaching 3,255 people. There were 621 participants in summer, winter & spring animal camps.the humane education department facilitated youth volunteering and other onsite programming for 2,029 students.
$480,211 spent$282,008 earned by the program4% of program spendingWe believe that protecting the human-animal bond requires preventive strategies that supports pets and their owners so we offer a variety of accessible education and outreach programs.humane advocacy: the first program of its kind in the us, our humane advocacy program employs social workers to match qualifying families and their companion animals with local services including monthly pet food pantries, subsidized veterinary care, and discounted spay/neuter and vaccinations. We provide wrap around case management services and help refer clients to human social service providers to assist in stabilizing their situations. In 2019, a hold for home program was added to provide temporary shelter to pets of families in crisis. The goal is to keep pets and their people together in healthy, happy homes and avoid people needing to surrender their beloved animals. Partnering with our community, we provided more than 380 discounted spay/neuter surgeries, and $450,000 in financial assistance to almost 850 pets in need and 55,203 lbs. Of free pet food.behavior & training: behavior issues are a primary reason that families surrender a pet to shelters and are a barrier to adopting pets to new…
$1,303,429 spent$374,013 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,473,263.
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 $38M to $43M (+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: 2021 15% · 2024 0% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of EAST BAY SPCA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Allison Lindquist
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $111k → $640k.
19 of 93 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 EAST BAY SPCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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
EAST BAY SPCA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
73% 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 EAST BAY SPCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 15% · 2019 16% · 2020 26% · 2021 25% · 2022 26% · 2023 28% — 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
45% of EAST BAY SPCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
EAST BAY SPCA draws 59% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M 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
EAST BAY SPCA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like EAST BAY SPCA
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST BAY SPCA: 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 EAST BAY SPCA?
- EAST BAY SPCA (California) receives grants from 93 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,687,137 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($1,153,526). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST BAY SPCA have?
- IRS filings report 93 organizations giving $5,687,137 in grants to EAST BAY SPCA, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST BAY SPCA?
- PETSMART CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,153,526 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST BAY SPCA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 93 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