South Carolina · Nonprofit
THE ANIMAL MISSION
THE ANIMAL MISSION (South Carolina) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $300,107 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($115,724). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $665k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $300k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What The Animal Mission does
Mission
To promote affordable and accessible spay and neuter services to midlands pet owners and support municipal shelters through intake diversion programs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Animal mission works to provide affordable and accessible spay and neuter services for pet owners in the midlands of south carolina, in an effort to reduce municipal shelter overcrowding and resource-based euthanasia. We also proudly support our local municipal shelter through service projects and facility improvements in order to enhance the stay and outcome for their pets while they await their next homes. In fy 25/26, animal mission enabled 5,213 spay/neuter surgeries for the community through our voucher programs, at a cost of over 243,000. Since our voucher program began in 2006, weve provided over 79,000 vouchers at a total cost of over 3.5 million. Because of these efforts, intake and euthanasia rates at columbia animal services continue to decrease. Their overall live release rate has improved to 81% as of their most recent fiscal year (versus only 18% when the program began), proving that aggressive spay/neuter program is saving lives. We also offer community outreach initiatives, like our pet food pantry, wellness vouchers, and free microchip promotions in an effort to reduce intake from owner surrendered animals.
$430,593 spent$34,265 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2026 Form 990. Program spending in total: $430,593.
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 2025 to 2026, from $957k to $1.2M (+27%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of THE ANIMAL MISSION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $19k → $65k.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 THE ANIMAL MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 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
THE ANIMAL MISSION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 THE ANIMAL MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 64% · 2019 57% · 2020 39% · 2021 44% · 2022 27% · 2023 35% — 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
86% of THE ANIMAL MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
THE ANIMAL MISSION draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THE ANIMAL MISSION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 128 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 128 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like THE ANIMAL MISSION
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ANIMAL MISSION: 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 THE ANIMAL MISSION?
- THE ANIMAL MISSION (South Carolina) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $300,107 to it, the largest being CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($115,724). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ANIMAL MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $300,107 in grants to THE ANIMAL MISSION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ANIMAL MISSION?
- CENTRAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $115,724 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ANIMAL MISSION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 18 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