Ohio · Nonprofit
Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals
Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals (Ohio) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,489,817 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($1,645,685). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals does
Mission
Promote the welfare and adoption of companion animals, and nurture loving, lifelong relationships between animals and people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Helping people and pets by providing pet resources and assistance aimed at preventing animals from going into the shelter and keeping them in their homes. In 2024, SICSA diverted more than 4,500 cats and dogs from coming into care.Caring for stray and unwanted companion animals until they can be rehomed, including high-quality medical care, nutrition, socialization, training, and support.Expert and easily accessible matching and adoption services between potential families and our animals both in our center, which is open seven days a week, and in locations throughout the community. In 2024, more than 2,000 animals were adopted and placed in loving homes and communities.
$2,627,608 spent$309,255 earned by the program72% of program spendingSubsidized wellness veterinary care, spay and neuter services, and MASH-style neighorhood-based clinics for low- and moderate-income families; aimed at keeping animals healthy in their homes and reducing the number of unwanted and stray pets in our neighborhoods. In 2024, more than 4,600 cats and dogs were spayed and neutered, and more than 550 pets went through SICSA's low-cost community veterinary care clinics.
$938,532 spent$768,384 earned by the program26% of program spendingProfessional humane education programs for children, youth, and adults to help inform and promote issues around animal welfare and pet owner responsibility. In 2024, SICSA provided more than 200 hours of humane education programing.Community involvement through volunteerism for yourg people and adults, resulting in a decrease in isolation and an increase in skills for both the volunteers and the animals they serve. In 2024, more than 700 adult and youth vounteers participated in SICSA programing.
$81,757 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,647,897.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $12M (−9%).
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 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Jack Omer
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $157k → $512k.
11 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 32% · 2019 65% · 2020 44% · 2021 38% · 2022 52% · 2023 47% — growing more concentrated.
“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
43% of Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
50% of Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals'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 $2.2M that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 17 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M 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
Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals has grown faster than half 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 Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray 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 Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals?
- Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals (Ohio) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,489,817 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($1,645,685). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $4,489,817 in grants to Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals?
- THE DAYTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,645,685 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Society for the Improvement of Conditions for Stray Animals find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 47 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing