Georgia · Nonprofit
LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC
LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC (Georgia) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,591,052 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($896,802). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 121
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Lifeline Animal Project Inc does
Mission
Implementing lifesaving programs to end shelter euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats in metropolitan atlanta.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Lifeline is the managing vendor of fulton county animal services and oversees both the shelter and animal control services in fulton county, georgia. With a strong commitment to implementing a fundamental philosophical shift toward lifesaving, lifeline has lowered the euthanasia rate in fulton county by over 90% since taking over in 2013. In 2024, lifeline's shelter staff adopted out 4,154 new pets, transferred 2,280 animals to rescue groups, and returned 1,228 cats and dogs to their owners. In 2024, lifeline achieved an 89.3% save rate for all animals entering this open-admission animal control facility.
$8,152,839 spent$9,020,783 earned by the program35% of program spendingIn 2013, lifeline took over management of dekalb county animal services. As the county's first outside managing vendor, lifeline operates dekalb's animal shelter, while the county maintains animal control enforcement officers. Lifeline has successfully lowered the euthanasia rate by 70%, increased pet adoptions by more than 300%, and in 2024, saved 88.3% of all animals entering the shelter. In 2023, lifeline's shelter staff adopted out 4,681 pets, transferred 1,843 animals to rescue groups, and returned 1,061 cats and dogs to their owners.
$7,590,950 spent$6,124,267 earned by the program32% of program spendingLifeline operates its own no-kill private shelter. We also operate the first and largest community cat program in atlanta, having sterilized and vaccinated over 65,000 community cats. Our pets for life outreach effort provides free vaccines and spay/neuter assistance to low-income residents of fulton county, georgia. We also host healthy pets events four times a year for the public, during which over 1,000 pets are vaccinated in a single day at no-cost to the pet owners.
$4,317,284 spent$852,443 earned by the program18% of program spendingLifeline operates three low-cost and no-cost veterinary clinics. Our two spay and neuter clinics are vital to reducing the number of unwanted animals entering atlanta's shelters. Located in atlanta and college park, georgia, the clinics have performed over 200,000 sterilization surgeries to date. In 2024, our clinics performed 14,037 surgeries, making lifeline the largest low-cost spay/neuter resource in the area. Our third veterinary clinic provides low-cost, full-service veterinary care in atlanta, with the goal of making affordable, quality veterinary care more accessible to pet owners. In 2024, over 9,500 animals received care in our full-service clinic.
$3,553,205 spent$2,696,918 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: $23,614,278.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2018 to 2019, from $4.0M to $6.6M (+66%).
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 10% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 5 of the last 7 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
Rebecca Guinn
CEO
Board chair
Anisa Telwar Kaicker
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 60 funders, grant income rose $358k → $1.8M.
21 of 121 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 121 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
LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 9% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
79% 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 LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 22% · 2019 28% · 2020 18% · 2021 17% · 2022 13% · 2023 10% — 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
56% of LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
57% of LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC'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 $4.2M that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 22 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC?
- LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC (Georgia) receives grants from 121 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,591,052 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($896,802). 70 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 121 organizations giving $9,591,052 in grants to LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC, 70 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $896,802 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 121 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