California · Nonprofit
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County (California) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,519,382 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,449,277). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $6.5M
- Net assets
- $82M
What Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County does
Mission
The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic pets, and small pets. We rescue animals from abuse and neglect, rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife, and provide many vital services for pets and people in our community. The SPCA's doors are open to all animals in need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
SPCA Monterey County operates the only open admission animal shelter in our community, providing rescue, rehabilitation, sheltering, and adoption for animals in need. We never turn away any pet due to breed, age, species, health, behavior, or the number of animals in our care. We never put time limits on adoptable pets in our care, and more cats and dogs are in new loving homes within just days of becoming available for adoption. We place thousands of pets in new homes every year. We are not a chapter of any other agency and we receive no funding from groups like the ASPCA. Our services are only made possible by the support of our compassionate donors.
$3,924,203 spent$930,381 earned by the program36% of program spendingSPCA Monterey County is dedicated to high-volume, high-quality spay and neuter to prevent the birth of homeless pets in our community. We operate a low-cost veterinary clinic providing spay and neuter surgeries and vaccinations to keep pets healthy and reduce suffering. We offer free surgeries for feral cats year-round, and we bring our mobile veterinary clinic to under-served areas of our community who cannot easily access our SPCA-based clinic. We are the only low-cost Veterinary Clinic in the county providing surgeries every Monday through Friday. Our veterinary team set a new record last year with over 8,200 spay and neuter surgeries, making an incredible impact on the health and well-being of animals in our community.
$2,307,026 spent$786,629 earned by the program21% of program spendingSPCA Monterey County operates the only Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in Monterey County, rescuing thousands of injured and orphaned wild animals every year. Our skilled, professional rescue team helps a wide variety of wildlife including bobcats, hawks, eagles, owls, pelicans, skunks, opossums, raccoons, hummingbirds, and hundreds more. Our Barn Rescue program is unique for most animal shelters. We rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home horses, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, and many other barn pets all thanks to the generous support of our compassionate donors.
$1,812,012 spent$31,034 earned by the program17% of program spendingSPCA Monterey County's Behavior Training Programs focus on rehabilitating shelter pets and enhancing the bond between owned pets and their families. We offer a wide variety of affordable Behavior Training classes for dogs and puppies of all ages, breeds, and training levels. We also offer Sunday Socials, supervised playgroups that provide a safe alternative to dog parks and beaches. And we answer thousands of questions every year through our Free Behavior Helpline, fixing problems and keeping pets in loving homes. In addition, our Ruff Start Program provides a second chance for shelter dogs who need extra training, care, and socialization before adoption by pairing them with trained and dedicated inmates at Salinas Valley State Prison. This heartwarming program truly changes the lives of both the pets and the inmates. Our hallmark TLC Program mends broken bones and heals broke spirits, saving the lives of shelter dogs who come to us physically or emotionally broken and in desperate need of our care.
$1,149,363 spent$99,547 earned by the program11% of program spendingSPCA Monterey County's Community Outreach Programs include our decades-long humane educational programming, enriching the lives of local children and creating a more humane and compassionate community. Through school visits, reading programs, tours, presentations, and our popular Animal Camps, our community educators teach empathy and compassion for all animals. SPCA Monterey County provides such a wide variety of lifesaving programs thanks to our donors and our incredible volunteers. SPCA Volunteers work alongside our staff to help in all programs, from walking dogs to working in our Benefit Shop to caring for rescued wild animals. With over 450 volunteers helping every year, we provide a wonderful opportunity for volunteers to give back and to receive so much unconditional love in return.
$1,149,011 spent$120,077 earned by the program11% of program spendingSPCA Monterey County humane officers investigate hundreds of reports of animal cruelty and neglect every year in Monterey County. SPCA humane officers exercise the powers of a peace officer while investigating crimes involving animals, rescuing hundreds of animals every year. SPCA Monterey County was the very first animal welfare agency in the United States to partner with the American Red Cross and shelter pets adjacent to human evacuation shelters during disasters. We continue that commitment today with concrete partnerships with our local Red Cross and a seat at the Office of Emergency Services. SPCA Monterey County, in agreement with Monterey County Office of Emergency Services, is the lead animal rescue agency during disasters.
$576,898 spent$23,199 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,918,513.
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 2021 to 2022, from $39M to $66M (+72%).
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: 2021 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Scott Delucchi
President & CEO
Board chair
Sherrie McCullough
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $327k → $1.1M.
16 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
58% 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 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 18% · 2019 18% · 2020 15% · 2021 31% · 2022 25% · 2023 24% — 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.
How long its funders stay
47% of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
53% of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County'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 $3.1M that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County is better cushioned than half of the 119 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
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 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County?
- Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County (California) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,519,382 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,449,277). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $6,519,382 in grants to Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,449,277 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County 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.
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 65 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