Texas · Nonprofit
SPCA of Texas
SPCA of Texas (Texas) receives grants from 211 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,535,033 to it, the largest being THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ($8,899,549). 111 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 211
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $42M
What SPCA of Texas does
Mission
The SPCA of Texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Animal shelters, rehabilitation and adoptions: founded in 1938, the SPCA of Texas is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization that operates two animal shelters and a rescue center: the dallas animal care center in west dallas, the ellis county animal care center in waxahachie, and the russell e. Dealey animal rescue center in west dallas, texas. These facilities provide shelter, rehabilitation, and care for animals in need, which come to the SPCA of Texas from a variety of sources, including strays from unincorporated dallas county and ellis county, rescued by and awarded to the SPCA of Texas in cases of abuse or neglect, transferred from municipal shelters and rescue groups, surrendered by their owners, and transferred from other shelters in the wake of natural disasters. The SPCA of Texas does not place time limits on animals accepted by its shelters and does not euthanize animals for lack of space. The shelters also serve as adoption centers where the public can meet and adopt pets. Adoptable shelter pets are spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and kept healthy and happy by SPCA of Texas shelter veterinarians, medical staff, behavior staff, shelter staff,…
$9,970,679 spent$455,205 earned by the program63% of program spendingPublic veterinary clinics and pet resource center: the SPCA of Texas operates one low-cost veterinary clinic, the myron k. Martin spay/neuter and wellness clinic in west dallas. The clinic provides high-quality services at low costs so everyone can afford to care for their pet. SPCA of Texas veterinarians and medical teams spay or neuter, vaccinate, and microchip every adoptable animal in its animal shelters, and also provide services to pet owners in need with free or low-cost services through its russell h. Perry pet resource center, at the clinic, and mobile vaccine clinics. In addition, the pet resource center partners with individuals, other animal welfare organizations, and community partners to provide free food and other services to under-resourced people and their pets. In 2024, the SPCA of Texas' veterinary and pet resource center programs helped make life better for pets and the people who love them by providing more than 7,500 wellness visits, more than 10,000 spay or neuter surgeries, and almost 200,000 pounds of free food.
$4,153,848 spent$1,528,594 earned by the program26% of program spendingAnimal cruelty investigations unit: the SPCA of Texas fields a team of two full time humane investigators, a chief investigator, a case manager, a case coordinator, and a veterinarian who rescued more than 900 animals from cruelty and neglect across north texas counties in 2024. The investigators work with local law enforcement to investigate cruelty and rescue animals from abusive and life-threatening situations, gathering evidence, and bringing the cases to trial. Typical cases include puppy mills, animal hoarding, animal fighting, and abandoned, starving and/or injured animals. In addition, the SPCA of Texas partners with law enforcement upon request to provide investigative and forensic veterinary services to law enforcement, prosecutors, and animal welfare organizations pursuing animal cruelty cases across the state of texas.
$895,976 spent$7,368 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther program services beyond the above three areas: marketing & communications, call center, and community relations (volunteer).
$885,536 spent$4,953 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,906,039.
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 2017 to 2018, from $39M to $34M (−14%).
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 12% · 2022 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of SPCA of Texas’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 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
John Luna
President, CEO
Board chair
Hiren Patel
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 64 funders to 79 funders, grant income fell $3.6M → $1.6M.
30 of 211 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 SPCA of Texas’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 211 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
SPCA of Texas leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 SPCA of Texas.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 50% · 2019 63% · 2020 28% · 2021 41% · 2022 28% · 2023 39% — 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
33% of SPCA of Texas'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
70% of SPCA of Texas'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 $7.7M that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
SPCA of Texas is better cushioned than half of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like SPCA of Texas
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 Texas
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
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SPCA of Texas: 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 SPCA of Texas?
- SPCA of Texas (Texas) receives grants from 211 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,535,033 to it, the largest being THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ($8,899,549). 111 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPCA of Texas have?
- IRS filings report 211 organizations giving $25,535,033 in grants to SPCA of Texas, 111 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPCA of Texas?
- THE DALLAS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,899,549 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPCA of Texas find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 211 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