Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 152 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,768,732 to it, the largest being SMITH ROLLA TUW FBO CHARITIES ($1,601,270). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 152
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $32M
What Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals does
Mission
The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PSPCA) protects animals from cruelty and abuse, rescues and rehabilitates neglected, abandoned and unwanted animals, and promotes animal welfare throughout Pennsylvania. Operating under a "No-Kill" philosophy, we provide medical care, spaying/neutering, and placement services without discrimination based on health, age, or breed. We offer low-cost veterinary services to the public to ensure accessible animal healthcare. Through community education on responsible pet ownership, we work to reduce animal homelessness and suffering.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The PSPCA operated four facilities during 2024: our headquarters in Philadelphia, the Main Line Animal Rescue location in Phoenixville, and two regional centers in Danville (Montour County, Central PA) and Lancaster. Rescue, Rehabilitation and Placement - to place formerly neglected, abused, or unwanted animals in forever homes, which includes collaboration with other animal shelters. During 2024, the PSPCA found homes for 4,530 animals and achieved a 97% live release rate.
$5,245,875 spent$779,427 earned by the program44% of program spendingShelter Hospital - to provide high-qualityigh quality, andcompassionate veterinary treatment and medical rehabilitation of sick and injured animals in the PSPCA's care, a significant volume of which enter the shelter through animallaw enforcement. During 2024, 3,750 shelter animals were treated in ourshelter hospitals. Surgical Services: Our goal is to offer affordable and accessible surgical services to the community, including spaying and neutering to help reduce pet overpopulation. We also perform spay and neuter surgeries for animals in our shelter as a pre-adoption requirement. In 2024, the PSPCA conducted11,551 surgeries. Public Veterinary Care: We provide low-cost veterinary care, including wellness and preventative care, sick visits, and end-of-life veterinary care services to the community. In 2024, the PSPCA's public veterinary clinics served 20,517clients and their pets.
$5,271,966 spent$2,598,165 earned by the program44% of program spendingAnimal law enforcement ("ALE") works to prevent animal cruelty and neglect by enforcing Pennsylvania's anti-cruelty laws. Humane litigation oversees the prosecution of cruelty cases brought by the humane law enforcement team. In 2024, ALE officers investigated 4,036 animal cruelty complaints. Humane Education aims to prevent animal cruelty and promote responsible pet ownership by educating children and adults in the community about humane treatment of animals. In 2024, 930 youth participated in humane education programs, and 8,470 pets were served through the community outreach program.
$1,515,633 spent$50,114 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,033,474.
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 2023 to 2024, from $30M to $33M (+12%).
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 14% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of Pennsylvania 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. 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.
Chief executive
Julie Klim
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 36 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $750k → $1.3M.
23 of 152 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 152 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
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 9 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 9 funders to its left
35% 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 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 19% · 2019 22% · 2020 18% · 2021 17% · 2022 15% · 2023 16% — 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 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 23 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals's funding base is broadening — from 36 funders to 59 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Main Line Animal Rescue Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: 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 Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?
- Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 152 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,768,732 to it, the largest being SMITH ROLLA TUW FBO CHARITIES ($1,601,270). 94 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have?
- IRS filings report 152 organizations giving $10,768,732 in grants to Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 94 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?
- SMITH ROLLA TUW FBO CHARITIES is the largest funder on record, with $1,601,270 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania. 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 152 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