Iowa · Nonprofit
MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY
MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,068,398 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($357,416). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $6.6M
What Midlands Humane Society does
Mission
To protect and nurture companion animals and enrich the lives of people who love them.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Animal care and adoption preparation - as the only humane society serving pottawattamie county, we provide shelter, food, vaccinations, and medical care to thousands of stray, unwanted, and abandoned animals each year. Every animal adopted from our facility is spayed or neutered, microchipped, dewormed, vaccinated, and treated for any medical needs prior to adoption. Our adoption team conducts open conversations with potential adopters to ensure each animal is matched with a home that fits the adopter's lifestyle and preferences. Key outcomes for the reporting year:- 2,847 stray and relinquished animals admitted to our care- 391 animals reclaimed by their owners- 1,754 animals adopted into new homes- 1,285 cats and dogs and 22 rabbits spayed or neutered, reducing the impact of pet overpopulation- 491 animals placed in foster care while awaiting adoption- 87 animals transferred to rescue partners to support lifesaving efforts- 170 community-owned animals received free parvo/distemper vaccinations, ensuring pet owners had access to essential annual preventive care- 85.5% live release rate achieved, reflecting our ongoing commitment to saving lives
$1,208,695 spent$542,920 earned by the program95% of program spendingVolunteerism, public education, and youth programs: as a humane society, we feel it is important to educate the public on companion animals and ownership responsibilities, and allow for connections to animals through our volunteer opportunities. Through weekly articles and daily social media posts we can educate and engage the public on animal care, adoptable animals, and heartwarming stories of the human/animal bond. We have created ways for volunteers to impact our mission by assisting in off-site events, animal care and enrichment, daily cleaning, fostering, and many other areas of opportunity for volunteers to get involved. We often get requests to tour our facility and volunteer opportunities for the youth in our community. We are always excited to engage our younger community members in what mhs represents and how they can help make a difference in animal welfare.
$58,090 spent$1,525 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,266,785.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.5M to $6.8M (+52%).
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 11% · 2019 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Nikki Cruickshank
Executive director
Board chair
Cheryl Morris
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $31k → $175k.
10 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY’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
MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
97% 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 MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 44% · 2019 37% · 2020 35% · 2021 33% · 2022 36% · 2023 41% — 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
50% of MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
54% of MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY'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 $494k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from funders outside Iowa, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $574k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves 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 MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY
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 Iowa
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
98%
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 MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY: 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 MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY?
- MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY (Iowa) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,068,398 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($357,416). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $1,068,398 in grants to MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY?
- PETSMART CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $357,416 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MIDLANDS HUMANE SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 22 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