Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA
HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA (Hawaii) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,299,857 to it, the largest being The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation ($1,510,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $4.3M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Hawaii Island Humane Society Spca does
Mission
The mission of the hawaii island humane society is to prevent cruelty to animals, eliminate pet over population, and enhance the bond between humans and animals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To maintain, support and operate animal shelters on the island of hawaii.
$3,058,873 spent$127,383 earned by the program99% of program spendingTo provide the general public with the ability to adopt animals.
$26,335 spent$52,242 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,085,208.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $19M (+43%).
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: 2017 63% · 2018 35% · 2019 60% · 2020 25% · 2021 19% · 2022 4% · 2023 9% · 2024 5% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA’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. 1 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
Lauren Nickerson
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $141k → $547k.
11 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 42% · 2019 65% · 2020 42% · 2021 35% · 2022 82% · 2023 78% — 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
30% of HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M 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
HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA is better cushioned than half of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY 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 Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY 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 HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA?
- HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA (Hawaii) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,299,857 to it, the largest being The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation ($1,510,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $4,299,857 in grants to HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA?
- The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,510,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. 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 52 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