California · Nonprofit
LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (California) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,240,913 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($540,850). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 129
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $64M
What Los Angeles Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals does
Mission
Spcala is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals through education, law enforcement, intervention and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Companion animal services:spcala companion animal services provides safe shelter, nourishing food, veterinary care, and enrichment to thousands of homeless, abused, and otherwise in-need animals annually.to reduce the strain on spcala's shelters, and offer pets for adoption to a new community in los angeles, spcala re-opened the spcala pet adoption center in the historic west adams district of los angeles, late in fiscal year 2024.veterinary services:spcala veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians, and veterinary assistants performed thousands of intakes, pre/post surgery, foster, and re-check examinations of shelter animals. Further, veterinary staff performed 11,736 procedures and treatments, including spay/neuter surgeries, vaccinations, diagnostic testing, and microchipping. Additionally, spcala provied care for 370 community animals at public low-cost vaccine clinics.training & enrichment: enrichment and training activities help animals cope with the inevitable stress and anxiety inherent in shelter life - most strikingly important to survivors of animal cruelty. The spcala animal behavior & training department worked directly with shelter dogs and cats, managed…
$6,178,948 spent$1,359,744 earned by the program84% of program spendingAnimal protection service program (aps): spcala is the only animal welfare agency in the city of los angeles that is also law enforcement. Program areas include: animal cruelty investigations in which spcala humane officers investigate animal cruelty and assist in the prosecution of individuals or organizations who neglect or abuse animals anywhere in the state of california. In fiscal year 2024, aps staff fielded 4,490 calls which resulted in 44 formal complaints. In the course of their investigations, spcala humane officers checked on the health and welfare of over 660 animals. Most complaints were found to have no violation, or were resolved through education, prevention, or referral to another agency. No new criminal cases were submitted for prosecution consideration. Spcala humane officers frequently aid other law enforcement agencies in the execution of search warrants, when animals are known to be present or animal cruelty is suspected. Non-animal cruelty related warrants include narcotics raids and chop shops, among other crimes. In these cases, spcala humane officers will be attached to the entry team and tasked with the containment and confinement of any dogs on the…
$405,643 spent6% of program spendingViolence prevention humane education programs:spcala aims to support the development of healthy relationships and compassionate communities as one way to prevent animal cruelty and interpersonal violence. The program does this by:*engaging youth and children in empathy-based animal welfare education and social-emotional learning.*encouraging youth advocacy for animals, others, and themselves.*offering violence intervention and support services for adults and families.in fiscal year 2024, spcala extended concepts of empathy and compassion to over 1,320 youth, adults, and children through a host of offerings.teaching love & compassion (tlc) and the court diversion program for youth:tlc is a program for underserved youth that offers a small-group format which combines social-emotional learning with animal welfare lessons and hands-on positive reinforcement training with shelter dogs. Spcala developed tlc over twenty-five years ago and has such significant success with it we now also offer the spcala court diversion program for youth. The diversion program is an animal-assisted intervention program modeled after tlc but specifically made for justice system-involved youth referred by…
$538,614 spent$94,558 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther program servces: volunteers provide support to all aspects of spcala programs and services. In fiscal year 2024, spcala maintained its steadfast commitment to cultivating a robust volunteer base, recruiting 252 new volunteers. New and returing volunteers donated a total of 43,293 hours of their time in support of spcala programs and services, a 29% increase over the previous year.pets who needed temporary in-home care (including asn program pets and survivors of animal cruelty) were cared for by foster volunteers, who donated 18,298 hours of their time in fiscal year 2024.in the shelters, volunteers provide invaluable enrichment to shelter pets, reducing their stress and making them more desirable to potential adopters. Shelter dogs enjoyed 12,079 hours of training and socializing with volunteers, while shelter cats benefitted from 4,789 hours of volunteer time. In addition to working with specific types of animals and programs, volunteers assisted in the day-to-day care of shelter animals through cleaning, feeding, and grooming, assisted in office activities, did mountains of laundry, and assisted veterinary services.
$217,016 spent$2,773 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,340,221.
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 2020 to 2021, from $45M to $57M (+28%).
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: 2021 6% · 2022 7% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Rollin Ransom Esq
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 45 funders, grant income rose $174k → $377k.
17 of 129 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 129 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
LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
66% 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 LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 49% · 2019 29% · 2020 12% · 2021 13% · 2022 13% · 2023 14% — 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
45% of LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
59% of LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS'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 $1.3M that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside California, across 20 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 119 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
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 LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (California) receives grants from 129 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,240,913 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($540,850). 71 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS have?
- IRS filings report 129 organizations giving $3,240,913 in grants to LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 71 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $540,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOS ANGELES SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 129 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