California · Nonprofit
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,515,130 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($1,162,424). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 103
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Rancho Coastal Humane Society does
Mission
See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. It encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal bond. Rancho coastal primarily serves san diego county, california. Rancho coastal's funding comes primarily from adoptions and relinquishment fees, bequests, contributions, grants and foundations, and thrift shop revenues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Animal programsfocas programpet food bankpet assisted therapypet loss supportveterinary care programsee schedule oanimal programs:rancho coastal's adoptions and animal care program finds new homes for dogs, cats, and domestic rabbits surrendered by their owners, transferred from regional animal shelters, and rescued from disaster areas. During their stay at the shelter, all of rancho coastal's animals receive excellent medical care, and staff and volunteers work on improved socialization and engage in enrichment activities to ensure successful adoptions. Rancho coastal offers educational programs regarding humane treatment of animals and responsible care of pets, as well as a seniors-to-seniors program that incentivizes and supports adoptions of senior pets by persons over the age of 60. Rancho coastal's foster volunteer program provides care and comfort of neo-natal kittens, puppies, and bunnies in homes throughout san diego county, allowing rancho coastal to increase the number of adoptable animals in its care beyond its kennel capacity.focas program:the focas program gives pets from other shelters a second chance to be adopted. This program is the result of the merger of…
$5,066,725 spent$124,811 earned by the program78% of program spendingCommunity programssee schedule ocommunity programs: with the opening of charlotte's medical center, rancho coastal has expanded its veterinary program to provide low cost spay/neuter services, vaccinations and microchips to local rescues and hosts free community vaccination clinics to pet owners on a quarterly basis. Additionally, rancho coastal has entered into a partnership with dogs on deployment, providing vouchered services for pets of active military.
$1,126,144 spent17% of program spendingKids programs/animal campssee schedule okids programs/animal camps:animals are a source of great fascination for children of all ages. Rancho coastal encourages children to share their passion for animals. The humane education programs focus on teaching children the importance of proper care and compassion toward the animals that share our world. All of the education programs offered are geared towards embracing children's natural love and curiosity about animals, while fostering a sense of respect and kindness for all life.rancho coastal offers programs for children, including the kids community service program (kcs) for students in grades 6 through 12, birthday parties, shelter tours, and classroom presentations. Rancho coastal has a whole line-up of camps to excite and educate children. Camps are held during spring, summer, and fall school breaks, and are age-appropriate for children 6-14 years old. Camps run in themed, week-long sessions, and are conducted by trained rancho coastal educators. Using hands-on games, activities, arts and crafts, guest speakers and, of course, live animals, children are taught about co-existing with wildlife and the importance of companion and…
$200,951 spent$33,755 earned by the program3% of program spendingAnimal safehouse program:the animal safehouse program (asp) provides temporary care for pets of domestic violence victims. This program provides a support service to domestic violence shelters which are unable to accept pets. Rancho coastal actively collaborates with domestic violence shelters, the san diego domestic violence council, the county of san diego department of animal services, city and municipal animal shelters, the san diego family justice center, san diego domestic violence response teams, social services, mental health services, law enforcement, educational facilities, military, and many other agencies and individuals who want to eradicate abuse and help break the cycle of family violence. Asp has been expanded to include temporary care for pets of veterans who require hospitalization but decline treatment because they have no one to care for their "companions". By accepting their pets into the program, rancho coastal is helping veterans pursue essential medical care at va hospitals and treatment centers. In march 2020, rancho coastal extended asp to provide temporary care for pets of seniors facing emergency hospitalization and covid-19 patients admitted for…
$90,370 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,484,190.
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 $15M to $24M (+59%).
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 2% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Judi M Sanzo
President & CEO
Board chair
Susan Howell Mallory
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 25 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $256k → $1.4M.
20 of 103 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 103 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
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
59% 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 RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 58% · 2019 23% · 2020 43% · 2021 25% · 2022 34% · 2023 36% — 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
44% of RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
55% of RANCHO COASTAL 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 $2.9M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RANCHO COASTAL 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY?
- RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,515,130 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($1,162,424). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 103 organizations giving $6,515,130 in grants to RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $1,162,424 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY 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 103 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