Michigan · Nonprofit
Lenawee Humane Society
Lenawee Humane Society (Michigan) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,432,069 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($945,810). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Lenawee Humane Society does
Mission
Our mission is to save the lives of animals while enriching the lives of humans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our shelter provides safe housing, daily care, socialization, enrichment, and medical treatment for homeless animals while they await adoption into loving homes. Every adoptable animal is vaccinated, tested, microchipped, spayed or neutered, and given necessary preventative care prior to placement.We serve our community by accepting strays and owner-surrendered pets, partnering with other rescues for animal transfers, reuniting lost pets with their families, and offering emergency boarding during crises such as natural disasters, temporary homelessness, or domestic violence situations. Additional community support services include a Pet Food Bank to assist families in need and low-cost nail trimming services to help pets remain healthy and in their homes.
$714,964 spent$148,117 earned by the program71% of program spendingThrough our Hope Clinic, we provide low-cost veterinary services designed to reduce pet homelessness and prevent the spread of disease through affordable, accessible care. Core services include spay and neuter surgeries for both shelter and community pets, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) for community cats, vaccinations, microchipping, and basic wellness services for shelter animals.
$217,518 spent$263,393 earned by the program22% of program spendingOur Re"tail" Store offers a variety of pet supplies to help families care for their current pets or prepare for a new adoption. The store also serves as the welcoming front door to our organization. Staff and volunteers assist guests with purchases, adoptions, clinic appointments, and questions, ensuring every visitor receives guidance and support.
$42,559 spent4% of program spendingThrough our Outreach Services, we offer educational and engagement opportunities for both children and adults that promote animal welfare while enriching the lives of our shelter animals. Programs include Meowzen (Cat Yoga), Reading Buddies, Running Buddies, birthday parties, and educational workshops. These initiatives create meaningful community connections while offering socialization and enrichment for animals in our care.We also host hands-on, week-long summer camps for young animal lovers. Guided by a structured curriculum, participants learn about animal welfare, health and wellness, and the inner workings of an animal shelter. Each camp features guest speakers, interactive presentations, and age-appropriate projects designed to educate, inspire, and engage.
$35,678 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,010,719.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.9M to $4.1M (+41%).
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 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of Lenawee Humane Society’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. 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
Marcie Cornell
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $60k → $865k.
9 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Lenawee Humane Society’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
Lenawee Humane Society leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 Lenawee Humane Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 40% · 2019 58% · 2020 50% · 2021 33% · 2022 54% · 2023 29% — 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
38% of Lenawee Humane Society's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
50% of Lenawee Humane Society'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 $1.2M that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Lenawee Humane Society holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Lenawee Humane Society
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Lenawee Humane Society: 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 Lenawee Humane Society?
- Lenawee Humane Society (Michigan) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,432,069 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($945,810). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lenawee Humane Society have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,432,069 in grants to Lenawee Humane Society, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Lenawee Humane Society?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $945,810 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lenawee Humane Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 24 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