Vermont · Nonprofit
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY (Vermont) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,790,746 to it, the largest being LOCONTI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ($465,200). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Humane Society of Chittenden County does
Mission
We at the Humane Society of Chittenden County believe that supporting, strengthening and sustaining the bonds between people and pets improves the well-being of individuals, families and communities. Our mission is to ensure that every pet has a loving home and that every pet owner has access to the resources they need to give those pets happy,healthy lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The humane society continues to serve thousands of people and animals through our programs and services. The demand for companion animals and their care is at an all time high. Our low cost community pet medical clinic, with an additional satellite facility in burlington, continues to be very popular and the only option for many people seeking medical care for their pets. We re-homed over 1,278 animals, administered 500 vaccinations, completed 500 spay and neuter and minor medical procedures, and offered free pet food to over 1,000 families in need. We rescued over 350 animals from high-volume shelters down south and provided humane education to 150+ students ages 5-15. Feral cats were trapped, neutered and returned to the outdoors and our spay the mom program spayed and neutered 50+ cats and kittens at no cost to their owners. We administered rabies shots to 100+ community pets through our annual rabies clinic. Our loyal volunteers collectively gave well over 1,000 hours of their precious time so that we could conduct our daily business. Our good neighbor program assisted 42 families that needed temporary housing and care for their animals during times of transition in their…
$1,323,471 spent$603,526 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,323,471.
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 $4.9M to $5.4M (+12%).
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: 2020 12% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY’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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $35k → $651k.
11 of 44 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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY’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
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
52% 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 HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 56% · 2019 39% · 2020 40% · 2021 28% · 2022 28% · 2023 42% — 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
45% of HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
71% of HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $874k 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
HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 21 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $34k on record.
- Grants$29k
- ChildCare COVID RestartStipend$3k
- Other Purchased Services$1k
- Other Gr, Awds, Schlshps&Loans$250
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY?
- HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY (Vermont) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,790,746 to it, the largest being LOCONTI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST ($465,200). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $1,790,746 in grants to HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY?
- LOCONTI FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $465,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUMANE SOCIETY OF CHITTENDEN COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing