Arizona · Nonprofit
FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE
FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE (Arizona) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,269,355 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($695,937). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Foothills Animal Rescue does
Mission
Foothills Animal Rescue is committed to the compassionate and humane treatment of dogs and cats in need through rescue, shelter, fostering, adoption and support of and in cooperation with like-minded community partners.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Foothills Animal Rescue sheltered and cared for 798 animals in 2024. 670 animals were adopted. 8,795 hours of animal enrichment were provided to the animals in our care. 61 animals were sent to foster care. 4 dogs were provided extensive behavior training at an offsite board and train facility. 159 animals needed additional medical care beyond spay/neuter, microchip and vaccines; that included dental cleanings and procedures, amputations, enucleation, emergency medical stays, mass removals, ringworm treatments and diagnostic tests.
$922,498 spent$1,915,305 earned by the program63% of program spendingFoothills Animal Rescue operates two resale stores located in scottsdale and carefree, arizona. All goods are donated and sold to benefit Foothills Animal Rescue's mission to rescue, care and adopt cats and dogs in our community. Items from women's clothing and accessories, to home goods and furniture are donated to the store.
$408,850 spent$934,934 earned by the program28% of program spendingFoothills Animal Rescue guarantees medical care for all animals in our care. Intake evaluations are also performed with not only a physical and social exam, but diagnostic tests are also performed before an animal in transferred into our care, which also accounts for the medical supplies needed at our shelter. All adopted animals are up to date on vaccines, have a microchip and are spayed or neutered before leaving our care. 159 animals needed additional medical care beyond spay/neuter, microchip and vaccines; that included dental cleanings and procedures, amputations, enuleation, emergency medical stays, mass removals, ringworm treatments and diagnostic tests. In 2024 Foothills Animal Rescue received a grant from the arizona companion animal spay and neuter committee for $6,000 to spay and neuter shelter pets.
$121,897 spentof which $6,000 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,453,245.
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 $4.5M to $5.5M (+22%).
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.
59% of FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE’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. 2 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.
Chief executive
Shannon Valenzuela
CEO
Board chair
Dr Nick Tex
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $694k → $58k.
10 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
85% 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 FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 35% · 2019 32% · 2020 47% · 2021 57% · 2022 33% · 2023 33% — 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
39% of FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
82% of FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE'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 $230k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from Arizona funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE 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 FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE
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 Arizona
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE?
- FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE (Arizona) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,269,355 to it, the largest being ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($695,937). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $1,269,355 in grants to FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE?
- ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $695,937 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOOTHILLS ANIMAL RESCUE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 44 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