Washington · Nonprofit
HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY
HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $458,870 to it, the largest being EVANS VENTURE FOUNDATION ($198,366). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $459k
- Net assets
- $0
What Humane Society of Cowlitz County does
Mission
We will promote the humane treatment of people and animals through education, advocacy, and services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Articles of dissolution filed with the washington secretary of state and assets donated to the vancouver humane society & spca (dba humane society of southwest washington) 12/31/2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
To provide a shelter where unwanted animals can be brought for adoption, foster-to-adopt, or transport.
$683,555 spent$382,694 earned by the program50% of program spendingTo provide animal control and licensing for 14,000 square miles and service the population of 105,000 in cowlitz county including the five incorporated cities within that county.
$410,133 spent$38,393 earned by the program30% of program spendingTo provide a crematory where deceased animals can be disposed.
$68,356 spent$37,055 earned by the program5% of program spendingMedical services - spay and neuter of impounded pets, and for cats this service is provided to the public. Vaccines and identification microchips for adopted pets. Care of shelter animals. Public education - provide schools and public education programs for humane treatment and kindness to animals, pet responsibility and the importance of spay and neuter of pets to help reduce the population of unaltered animals.
$205,064 spent$395,898 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,367,108.
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.
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 $3.2M to $0 (−100%).
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 49% · 2018 51% · 2019 50% · 2020 50% · 2021 51% · 2022 32% · 2023 41% · 2024 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Darren Ullmann
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $17k → $39k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 COWLITZ COUNTY’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
HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
41% 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 COWLITZ COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 30% · 2019 55% · 2020 47% · 2021 89% · 2022 77% · 2023 51% — 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
40% of HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
55% of HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k 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.
Organizations like HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 COWLITZ COUNTY?
- HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY (Washington) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $458,870 to it, the largest being EVANS VENTURE FOUNDATION ($198,366). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $458,870 in grants to HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY?
- EVANS VENTURE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $198,366 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUMANE SOCIETY OF COWLITZ COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 16 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