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PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION

PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,193 to it, the largest being THE MARIE ROESSLER CHARITABLE REMAINDER ($205,014). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$63k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$205k
Net assets
$838k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What Pet Assistance Foundation does

Mission

For cats and dogs: spay and neuter; animal adoption; animal care; animal rescue; animal welfare advocacy at muncipal and state level

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Animal care payroll

    $38,109 spent
    35% of program spending

  2. Animal care

    $34,101 spent
    32% of program spending

  3. Other expenses

    $28,515 spent
    26% of program spending

  4. Hot line call center

    $6,995 spent
    6% of program spending

  5. Animal care

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $107,720.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($158k) Expenses 100 ($149k) Net assets 100 ($1.0M)2018 Revenue 219 ($348k) Expenses 120 ($178k) Net assets 109 ($1.1M)2019 Revenue 52 ($83k) Expenses 129 ($192k) Net assets 104 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 202 ($320k) Expenses 89 ($133k) Net assets 123 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 374 ($592k) Expenses 107 ($160k) Net assets 165 ($1.7M)2022 Revenue 147 ($233k) Expenses 654 ($976k) Net assets 40 ($410k)2023 Revenue 20 ($32k) Expenses 242 ($361k) Net assets 54 ($549k)2024 Revenue 204 ($324k) Expenses 93 ($138k) Net assets 82 ($834k)2025 Revenue 39 ($63k) Expenses 72 ($108k) Net assets 83 ($838k)
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Revenue (39)Expenses (72)Net assets (83)Peer revenue range

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 $1.7M to $410k (−76%).

$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
$1.2M
$1.7M
$410k
$549k
$834k
$838k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

54% of PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,581 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’17
$169k
’18
−$109k
’19
$187k
’20
$433k
’21
−$743k
’22
−$329k
’23
$185k
’24
−$45k
’25
17
months of
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

Wendy Aragon

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $4k → $50.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1
2
2
2
1

1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION’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

PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $179 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 3,489 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−72% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve17.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−11% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,489 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like PET ASSISTANCE 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 California

Pet Care Foundation82%Animal Health and Safety Associates82%Paw Fund81%Pet Project Foundation Inc81%Actors and Others for Animals80%Healthcare for Homeless Animals80%Animal Protection League80%Pet Rescue Center Inc80%

Nationally

Animal Care Alliance Company84%Animal Alliance Inc83%Pet Care Coalition Inc83%Petluv Non Profit Corporation82%Animal Protection Association Inc Dba Spay Memphis82%Pet Population Control Inc82%Paws & Claws Humane Society Inc82%Pet Care Foundation82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION: 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 PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION?
PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $205,193 to it, the largest being THE MARIE ROESSLER CHARITABLE REMAINDER ($205,014). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $205,193 in grants to PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION?
THE MARIE ROESSLER CHARITABLE REMAINDER is the largest funder on record, with $205,014 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PET ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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