Texas · Nonprofit
LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY
LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,657 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($84,350). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $396k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $230k
- Net assets
- $-2084
What Lifeline of Galveston County does
Mission
We envision a future where our municipal animal shelters do not have to euthanize pets due to a lack of kennel space & our community members have access to resources needed to keep their pets healthy, happy and home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The programs from 2023 -Spay/Neuter, Veterinary Care & Lifesaving, were combined into 2 programs- The Adoption Center Program and the Community Outreach Program.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Adoption Center: In 2024, we operated a high-volume pet adoption center focused on saving the lives of homeless pets from the public and local shelters. We took in 934 pets through public surrenders, Good Samaritan stray in- takes, and shelter transfers. At any given time, we housed and cared for 40-80 pets on site, in addition 40-80 more in foster care. Our small, specially trained staff provided daily care, behavior support, medical treatment and matchmaking services to ensure every pet had the best chance to a forever home. We maintained a 97% live release rate. We provided Veterinary care, including routine and emergency treatment, surgeries, etc. We also provided Spay/Neuter services to pets in our care. Staff also supported foster families by coordinating vaccines, deworming, microchipping, sick visits, supplies and other services during scheduled appointments at our center.
$299,131 spent$97,634 earned by the program80% of program spendingIn 2024, we focused on reducing shelter in-take by helping pets stay healthy and safe in their homes. We hosted four free or low-cost vaccine and microchip clinics across Galveston County and offered free vaccination service hours at our adoption center, providing services to 319 pets from under-resourced households. In one impactful outreach initiative, we organized a community cat spay/neuter day on the Bolivar Peninsula, an area with no local veterinary care. Partnering with a mobile clinic, we provided spay/neuter and vaccines to 63 community cats in a single day, improving animal welfare and preventing future litters. In December 2024 we distributed 30 pallets of pet food and supplies donated by Chewy to Galveston County pet owners and maintained a pet food bank at our facility throughout the year. These outreach efforts helped ensure that struggling pet owners could access the care and resources they needed, keeping pets with their families and out of the shelter system.
$74,027 spent$1,913 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $373,158.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $11k to $9k (−21%).
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.
75% of LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 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
Caroline McKenna
Executive Director & Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $21k → $73k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 OF GALVESTON COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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 OF GALVESTON COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 OF GALVESTON COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 95% · 2023 35% — 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.
Where its funders are
LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 OF GALVESTON COUNTY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LIFELINE OF GALVESTON 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 Texas
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY: 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 LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY?
- LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $229,657 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($84,350). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $229,657 in grants to LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $84,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFELINE OF GALVESTON COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 11 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