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THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC

THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $594,164 to it, the largest being DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ($500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2019
$304k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$594k
Net assets
$0
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 72%
01What it does

What The Colorado Humane Society & Spca Inc does

Mission

See schedule o.to prevent cruelty and neglect of animals within the state of colorado by:-assisting agencies in the enforcement of laws relating to cruelty and neglect of companion animals and equines-educating the public on animal welfare issues-supporting animal-friendly legislation-acting as a resource to individuals and groups interested in the prevention of cruelty and neglect of animals

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.

Program

Investigative services: the colorado humane society, a program of the dumb friends league, exists to prevent and investigate animal neglect and mistreatment and promote animal welfare statewide, as well as assist law enforcement officials, educate owners and help them bring the care of their animals into compliance with the law and support animal-friendly legislation.during fiscal year 2019, the colorado humane society: provided services in 48 counties with our state-commissioned agents. Responded to 577 cases of neglect and mistreatment involving 1,928 animals.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($449k) Expenses 100 ($412k) Net assets 100 ($574k)2018 Revenue 85 ($383k) Expenses 105 ($434k) Net assets 91 ($523k)2019 Revenue 68 ($304k) Expenses 66 ($274k) Net assets 0 ($0)
201720182019
Revenue (68)Expenses (66)Net assets (0)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $542k to $0 (−100%).

$623k
$542k
$0
201720182019
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$37k
’17
−$51k
’18
$31k
’19
3.4
months of
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.

201720182019
Listed121111
Joined·+0+6
No longer listed·16
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $273k → $9k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

96% 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 COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC.

84%
largest funder
93%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 91% · 2019 78% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 95% · 2023 86% — 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

29% of THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

100% of THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

MN
IL
CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Colorado out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC

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In Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 7%Fundraising 4%

Governance

11
board members
82%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Denver Dumb Friends League · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC?
THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC (Colorado) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $594,164 to it, the largest being DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ($500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $594,164 in grants to THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC?
DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE COLORADO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 9 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