Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,094,003 to it, the largest being FIRST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP OF PENNSYLVANIA ($277,654). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Lycoming County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals does
Mission
Full-service animal shelter, animal care, adoptive services, humane investigaation services and humane education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Animal care - the shelter is the focal point of all lycoming county spca services for animal sheltering, care, and adoptions.795 animals were adopted to new homes. 91 animals were returned to their owners after being lost. 1,521 animals were spayed or neutered through the spca's programs which includes providing 428 financial vouchers for spaying and neutering services that were issued to assist low-income owners. 128 animals were vaccinated from the shelter's first low-cost vaccine clinics.519 feral cats were trapped, spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and returned via the tnr program.the joyce hershberger medical fund loan program provided zero-interest loans for urgent veterinary care for pets of low-income individuals. 6 loans totaling more than $1,200 were granted in 2024.
$993,468 spent$92,961 earned by the program89% of program spendingInvestigative services - investigation reports of animal abuse / neglect and enforcement of pennsylvania animal cruelty laws. The shelter ambulance responded to numerous calls. 386 new and check back investigations were completed in 2024. 80 animals were seized by the humane society police officer due to cruelty and neglect by their owners.
$102,124 spent$5,998 earned by the program9% of program spendingEducation and community outreach - educated people in the methods of caring for and protecting animals, as well as safe animal interaction behaviors. Community outreach provided schools, clubs, and other community organizations with learning opportunities. Employees made presentations at schools and shelter tours were conducted throughout the year for humane education. Volunteers contributed more than 3,000 hours for the benefit of community outreach and animal care.
$26,425 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,122,017.
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 $5.8M to $4.6M (−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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 6% · 2019 5% · 2020 10% · 2022 4% · 2023 5% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $107k → $122k.
3 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS’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
LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
39% 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 LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 29% · 2019 23% · 2020 26% · 2021 26% · 2022 25% · 2023 21% — 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
54% of LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $293k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 9 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
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 LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,094,003 to it, the largest being FIRST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP OF PENNSYLVANIA ($277,654). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,094,003 in grants to LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS?
- FIRST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP OF PENNSYLVANIA is the largest funder on record, with $277,654 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LYCOMING COUNTY SOCIETY FOR 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 Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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