New York · Nonprofit
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 409 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,618,248 to it, the largest being THE RACHAEL RAY FOUNDATION ($17,421,233). 227 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $46M
- Funders on record
- 409
- Grants received
- $32M
- Net assets
- $54M
What North Shore Animal League America Inc does
Mission
Since 1944, the north shore animal league america's mission has been to save the lives of pets through adoption, rescue, education, medical care, spay/neuter and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Veterinary care and spay neuter: the on site medical center is staffed by veterinarians, technicians, volunteers and administrative personnel. This full service hospital provides 24 hour care for all pets who are sheltered by the league each year. Low cost veterinary services are provided for pets in need of such care. Spay usa, a program of the league, is a nationwide network and referral services for affordable spay/neuter procedures.
$17,073,817 spentof which $5,750 as grants$7,005,500 earned by the program41% of program spendingPet rescue and adoption: north shore animal league america operates the largest "no kill" animal adoption center in the world. We are a world leader in setting best practices for adoption. We adopt dogs, cats, puppies and kittens from our port washinton, ny headquarters and facilitate tens of thousands of adoptions each year working with our network of over 2,000 shelter partners. The league conducts an international pet adoptathon where shelters across the world join us in staying open for 36 consecutive hours to adopt as many animals as possible and a tour for life where mobile units rescue and adopt animals from shelters. The league has adopted out over 1.2 million animals across the country since its inception in 1944. The mutt-I-grees initiative was implemented nationally by the league as a key element in increasing shelter pet adoptions in an effort to elevate mixed breed dogs to a higher status in the eyes of potential adopters. Our adopters are asked to add their newly adopted pet as well as any other shelter rescue pets that they have own to our mutt-I-grees registry. This included them as part of the mutt-I-grees community, which elevates the value of all mutt-I-grees…
$18,189,506 spentof which $35,450 as grants$925,106 earned by the program44% of program spendingHumane education: the league conducts humane education through a multifaceted approach. Education material is provided via direct mail, website, and through various media including newspapers, magazines, radio and tv. The mutt-I-grees curriculum is an innovative program that builds on children's affinity for animals and highlights the unique characteristics and desirability of mutt-I-grees, or shelter pets. The goal of the mutt-I-grees curriculum is to enable children to grow up to be calm, confident and caring. The curriculum teaches social and emotional skills and is unique in its bridging of humane education and sel is a process by which children learn to manage their emotions, get along with others, have empathy and compassion, and discover essential teamwork skills, these skills are important in life, but also in academic achievement. Studies show that children do better in school when they are socially and emotionally competent. Most importantly, the curriculum is viewed as a social and intellectual path to a no-kill nation, a path that will lead to the adoption of a dog or cat from a shelter as the only responsible choice for young adults to make.
$5,906,456 spentof which $32,300 as grants$13,855 earned by the program14% of program spendingThe league operates a small pet store for the convenience of its adopters.
$66,251 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $41,169,779.
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 2019 to 2020, from $58M to $66M (+14%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC’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. 4 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 90 funders to 150 funders, grant income rose $2.2M → $3.9M.
39 of 409 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 409 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
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 66% · 2019 56% · 2020 65% · 2021 50% · 2022 53% · 2023 51% — 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
38% of NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
86% of NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 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
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC's funding base is broadening — from 90 funders to 150 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pet Savers Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC?
- NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 409 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,618,248 to it, the largest being THE RACHAEL RAY FOUNDATION ($17,421,233). 227 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 409 organizations giving $31,618,248 in grants to NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC, 227 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC?
- THE RACHAEL RAY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,421,233 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 409 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