Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Humane World for Animals International
Humane World for Animals International (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 241 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,835,110 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($4,407,550). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $35M
- Funders on record
- 241
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Humane World for Animals International does
Mission
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free testing and research, respond to natural disasters and confront cruelty to animals in all its forms.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
END THE CRUELEST PRACTICES END FACTORY FARMING: CAGE AND CRATE FREE & PLANT BASED EATING * HSI continued to lead the global movement to end the lifelong confinement of egg-laying hens in battery cages in 2023 by working with companies around the world to adopt cage-free egg procurement policies. HSI also continued to promote plant-based eating worldwide. Corporate and institutional commitments in South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, and across Southeast Asia continued to drive change in egg and pork producer companies, retailers and distributors, resulting in better conditions for hundreds of thousands of farmed chickens and pigs. (Continued to Schedule O)
$12,872,700 spentof which $7,449,289 as grants$439,192 earned by the program56% of program spendingCARE FOR ANIMALS IN CRISIS COMPANION ANIMALS: STREET DOGS & OTHER * HSI provided spay-neuter, vaccinations and veterinary care to hundreds of dogs and cats in South Africa, Romania, Bolivia, and Chile, including providing critical services for cats living in a prison yard and dogs living at a massive landfill. WILDLIFE: ELEPHANT IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION In South Africa in 2023, HSI expanded its work with reserves. HSI now works with 48 reserves to administer an immunocontraception vaccine to over 1,670 female elephants to humanely manage population sizes. (Continued on Schedule O)
$6,777,143 spentof which $4,696,286 as grants$231,223 earned by the program30% of program spendingBUILD A STRONGER ANIMAL PROTECTION MOVEMENT * HSI works to bolster the capacity of governments and animal protection organizations and advocates globally. For example, HSI trained veterinarians on quality spay-neuter techniques in Bolivia; and HSI provided dozens of trainings to over 2,000 professionals in Mexico, Central America, Europe, and elsewhere. Through these programs we trained law enforcement, government and NGO officers who deal with animal cruelty cases-including police, veterinarians, prosecutors, border control, 911 emergency services responders, and firefighters.
$3,157,463 spentof which $1,762,393 as grants$107,727 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,807,306.
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 $2.9M to $7.4M (+153%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of Humane World for Animals International’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 24 funders to 75 funders, grant income fell $3.1M → $2.8M.
35 of 241 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $52M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Humane World for Animals Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Humane World for Animals International raised.
From the IRS filings of Humane World for Animals International’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 241 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 World for Animals International has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
64% 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 World for Animals International.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 39% · 2019 28% · 2020 33% · 2021 32% · 2022 22% · 2023 31% — 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
32% of Humane World for Animals International's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
61% of Humane World for Animals International'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 $7.0M that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 35 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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 World for Animals International has grown faster than half of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like Humane World for Animals International
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, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 17 related entities
- Humane Society of the United States New Jersey Branch Inc · exempt
- Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association Inc · exempt
- Humane World for Animals Inc Fka the Humane Society of the United States · exempt
- Humane World for Animals Canada Fka Humane Society Internationalcanada · exempt
- Humane World for Animals India Foundation Fka Humane Society Internationali · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Humane World for Animals International?
- Humane World for Animals International (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 241 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,835,110 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($4,407,550). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Humane World for Animals International have?
- IRS filings report 241 organizations giving $17,835,110 in grants to Humane World for Animals International, 119 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Humane World for Animals International?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $4,407,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Humane World for Animals International find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 241 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