Virginia · Nonprofit
MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION
MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,085,875 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,133,417). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $8.0M
What Middleburg Humane Foundation does
Mission
Provide all animals, both large and small, safe and sanitary living conditions, protection from abuse and neglect and environments free of pain and fear through community outreach programs of assistance, education and where necessary, intervention.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During 2023 Middleburg HUmane Foundation (MHF), a designated no-kill shelter, took in 650 cats, dogs, equines, livestock, pocket pets and reptiles. MHF also participated in an animal transport program which is a collaboration with other rescue groups to save pets from possible euthanasia. With MHF's operational full-service surgery and clinic, MHF was able to take in animals which require medical care our partners are not able to provide. This is a great benefit for our partners in rural areas who do not have the resources to provide these services. MHF was able to find homes for 493 animals in 2023, and transport another 112 animals to other approved rescue partners which have a larger demographic need for adoptable pets.
$829,748 spent$423,565 earned by the program60% of program spendingClinic: Our in-house veterinary clinic was fully operational during 2023 with a combination of paid staff and volunteer veterinarians, veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants. Volunteer vets were able to donate a total of 230 hours to help with the TNR program. This team was able to help 549 animals, including 254 shelter pets and 295 feral cats. The veterinarians performed routine services such as physical exams, spay/neuter surgeries and vaccinations, as well as more complex procedures like amputations, eye repair, polyp and mass removals.
$139,131 spent$26,610 earned by the program10% of program spendingCommunity Cat Program: MHF's community cat program directly impacted 651 cats during 2023. We provided Trap-Neuter-Return for 344 stray and feral cats from 82 sites in Fauquier and surrounding counties. Almost 168 of the TNR cats were female, which equates to approximately 2,016 kittens not being added to the community cat population in the years to come. There were 8 TNR clinics held during the year and 100% of the surgeries took place in the shelter clinic. 69 adult cats were adopted out as either indoor or working barn cats. MHF's Kitten College program continued to train fosters for nursing mothers and their kittens. Stray or feral kittens, were vetted at the shelter, placed into temporary homes for socialization and then adopted out or transported to other approved rescue partners.
$74,482 spent$29,895 earned by the program5% of program spendingAll other services provided b MHF
$350,708 spent$79,247 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,394,069.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.6M to $6.1M (+32%).
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 1% · 2021 15% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION’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. 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.
Board chair
Joshua A Muss
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $143k → $275k.
13 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 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
MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
63% 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 MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 76% · 2019 84% · 2020 31% · 2021 34% · 2022 40% · 2023 45% — growing more concentrated.
“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
53% of MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
61% of MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION'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, 77% of it comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION?
- MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION (Virginia) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,085,875 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,133,417). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $3,085,875 in grants to MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,133,417 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 62 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