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SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,544,431 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC ($731,776). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.6M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc does
Mission
Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on schedule o)founded in 1940, spca tampa bay has cared for millions of homeless, surrendered, and injured animals. Spca tampa bay transforms the lives of animals and the people who love them through compassionate care, advocacy, and community engagement. As a for-all animal welfare organization, we are committed to serving animals and the people who love them, regardless of animal breed, species, age or circumstance. Guided by our belief that every animal matters, we work each day to build a community where animals and people thrive together. For more information: spcatampabay.org.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Since 2016, spca tampa bay operated a full-service veterinary hospital in st. Petersburg that was open to all pet owners and provided cats and dogs with a lifetime of high-quality care including dental and surgical procedures, diagnostic testing, annual exams, vaccines, and spay/neuter. To meet evolving community needs and to focus on providing low-cost care options to pet owners in pinellas county, spca tampa bay decided to cease services in september 2024 and sell the veterinary center in october 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Spca tampa bay assists pets surrendered by their owners, stray and surrendered farm animals and injured wildlife in pinellas county, florida. As the largest, private, for-all shelter in the county, spca tampa bay provides assistance for any animal regardless of species, breed, temperament, or size, and it is the only pinellas county shelter consistently accepting sick or injured wildlife. Animals receive immunizations, medical care, enrichment, and loving care while they live at the shelter.(continued on schedule o)spca tampa bay cared for more than 8,500 animals in 2024. Professional, compassionate staff provide medical and behavior support to companion animals, wildlife, and livestock. Adoption counselors at spca tampa bay focus on matchmaking so families have a supportive adoption experience and pets gain a home where they will thrive. Animals are also transferred to partner organizations if that will yield the best outcome for the animal. Injured wildlife are rehabilitated and released as appropriate. Partnerships with several local human service organizations support families struggling to care for their pets and those with limited access to the joy of the human-animal…
$4,407,556 spent$695,900 earned by the program71% of program spendingIn october 2024, spca tampa bay sold its veterinary center to meet evolving community needs and to focus on providing low-cost care options to pet owners in pinellas county through other avenues. The veterinary center provided services through september 2024. Since 2016, the spca tampa bay veterinary center realized the agency's overall mission of passionate collaboration with the community that transforms the lives of animals by offering essential veterinary services to keep pets healthy and in their homes. (continued on schedule o)the veterinary center provided exams and vaccinations to keep animals safe and healthy. Animals were given critical parasite prevention testing and many animals received preventives. Permanent pet identification in the form of microchipping was completed. These services were complemented by a full range of diagnostic and treatment programs available to support a lifetime of care for pets.
$1,757,307 spent$1,648,886 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,164,863.
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 $14M to $11M (−21%).
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 11% · 2021 0% · 2022 15% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC’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. 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
Martha Boden
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $23k → $419k.
11 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
52% 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 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 36% · 2019 54% · 2020 33% · 2021 48% · 2022 21% · 2023 54% — 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
42% of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
62% of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC?
- SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,544,431 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC ($731,776). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $2,544,431 in grants to SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF TAMPA BAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $731,776 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS TAMPA BAY FLORIDA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 57 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