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SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC
SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 96 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,660,247 to it, the largest being BILL & PEGGY BRITT FOUNDATION INC ($4,620,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $8.1M
- Funders on record
- 96
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Wake County Inc does
Mission
Located in raleigh, nc, the spca of wake county works in over half the state of north carolina through collaborative partnerships that save pets and help people. Significant activities include: decreasing the number of animals entering animal shelters, increasing the number of animals leaving these shelters, and changing the hearts and minds of our community to value all companion animals. Our mission is to transform the lives of pets and people through protection, care, education, and adoption. Our vision is to create a humane community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sheltering, care and adoption: between july 2024 and june 2025, the spca of wake county took in a total of 3,896 homeless pets. A commitment to collaboration between spca wake and area animal shelters created a lifesaving shelter transfer program, and 2,544 pets were transferred from partner shelters into spca wake's care during fy25. These transferred pets reduce shelter pet euthanasia regionally and positively impact each shelter's capacity for care. Diversion program: an additional 1,342 pets were taken in from individuals to prevent those pets from entering the already overburdened animal shelter system. A robust foster care program allows spca wake to respond quickly to emergency pet intake needs, whether from partner shelters or disaster relief efforts. Approximately 54% of all incoming animals were cared for in a volunteer foster home for a brief time.spca wake's veterinary and behavior resources make it one of the few shelters in nc that can treat and rehabilitate a large volume of sick, injured or behaviorally challenged pets. This safety net program is especially helpful in eliminating euthanasia as the only option for injured pets at area shelter partners operating with…
$4,645,526 spent$525,956 earned by the program78% of program spendingPrevention & spay/neuter: preventing unwanted pets from being born is the most effective and most humane method of decreasing the overwhelming numbers of homeless pets entering area animal shelters. In fy25, spca wake spay/neuter programs effectively impacted three key areas of need. First, the saving lives spay/neuter clinic enables spca wake to transfer thousands of unsterilized animals from surrounding rural shelters who have few spay/neuter resources. Those pets are adopted through the spca, freeing shelter partners to use limited resources for remaining animals. Second, dozens of area animal rescue groups also effectively utilize this low-cost spay/neuter option and take animals back into their care for adoption. Third, the need of the pets and people in our community. The low-cost price point provided by the saving lives spay/neuter clinic enables families in need to access this vital service. In total, spca wake facilitated over 2,648 surgeries in fy25. Spca wake also partners with veterinary practices in the community to provide voucher-discounts for spay/neuter surgery at those participating hospitals.
$955,716 spent$108,204 earned by the program16% of program spendingCommunity engagement: community engagement and education are the foundations for lasting change for animals. The large number of pets euthanized in area shelters is a symptom of bigger issue: a lack of the resources necessary to keep pets in homes and out of shelters. By raising awareness about pet homelessness as a community issue and engaging people in lifesaving efforts, spca wake is addressing the problem at the source. Spca wake programs directed at helping animals by helping the people who care for them include the following initiatives: a dedicated, staffed pet helpline, which received 7,444 requests for assistance in fy25 from community members who were facing animal care related issues. The pet helpline was designed to make it easy for people to find and access pet resources as well as to provide insight into our community's greatest needs for services and organizational programs.spca wake's pet food assistance programs help keep pets in their homes and out of area animal shelters. In fy25, spca wake provided 233,286 pet meals to low-income households and homebound senior citizens. These families and individuals receive pet food and supplies through our partnerships with…
$325,585 spent$36,862 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,926,827.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $12M to $18M (+51%).
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 14% · 2022 3% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC’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 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
Kimberly Janzen
President / CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $93k → $791k.
21 of 96 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 WAKE COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 96 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 WAKE COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
33% 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 WAKE COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 34% · 2019 29% · 2020 21% · 2021 19% · 2022 52% · 2023 25% — 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
40% of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY 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
92% of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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 WAKE COUNTY INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 717 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 717 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 WAKE COUNTY INC?
- SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 96 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,660,247 to it, the largest being BILL & PEGGY BRITT FOUNDATION INC ($4,620,000). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 96 organizations giving $8,660,247 in grants to SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC?
- BILL & PEGGY BRITT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,620,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS WAKE COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 96 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