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THE LONG WAY HOME INC

THE LONG WAY HOME INC (Texas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,904 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($34,883). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$236k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$76k
Net assets
$136k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What The Long Way Home Inc does

Mission

The long way home's mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and find loving homes for senior and medically complex dogs and cats. We are also dedicated to the education of our community and others on animal welfare needs.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Program provides a sanctuary and care for animals in crisis or need, specifically those with advanced stages of disease or chronic illness. Organization fosters out as well as adopt out all breed, but specifically senior small breeds. The organization also provides free veterinary care services including vet exams, microchips, nail trims, etc for community animals. Provides low cost spay and neuter vouchers.

    $359,134 spent$90,757 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $359,134.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($215k) Expenses 100 ($168k) Net assets 100 ($139k)2018 Revenue 103 ($221k) Expenses 99 ($167k) Net assets 139 ($193k)2019 Revenue 109 ($235k) Expenses 100 ($169k) Net assets 187 ($259k)2020 Revenue 140 ($301k) Expenses 166 ($280k) Net assets 202 ($280k)2021 Revenue 233 ($500k) Expenses 205 ($346k) Net assets 313 ($434k)2022 Revenue 132 ($283k) Expenses 209 ($353k) Net assets 263 ($364k)2023 Revenue 148 ($317k) Expenses 197 ($332k) Net assets 252 ($349k)2024 Revenue 158 ($341k) Expenses 214 ($361k) Net assets 237 ($328k)2025 Revenue 110 ($236k) Expenses 254 ($428k) Net assets 98 ($136k)
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Revenue (110)Expenses (254)Net assets (98)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $328k to $138k (−58%).

$147k
$203k
$259k
$281k
$434k
$364k
$349k
$328k
$138k
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

61% of THE LONG WAY HOME INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$46k
’17
$54k
’18
$66k
’19
$21k
’20
$154k
’21
−$70k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$21k
’24
−$192k
’25
3.8
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.

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Listed883766667
Joined·+0+0+4+0+1+0+0+2
No longer listed·05011001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $200 → $25k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 LONG WAY HOME 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 LONG WAY HOME INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

74% 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 LONG WAY HOME INC.

46%
largest funder
79%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 64% — 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

50% of THE LONG WAY HOME INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

74% of THE LONG WAY HOME INC'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 $20k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 4 states.

NY
CA
VA
TX

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

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’19
’20
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE LONG WAY HOME INC receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $76k to it.

Operating margin−82% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 11%Fundraising 5%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

86%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TX

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE LONG WAY HOME INC?
THE LONG WAY HOME INC (Texas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $75,904 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($34,883). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE LONG WAY HOME INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $75,904 in grants to THE LONG WAY HOME INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE LONG WAY HOME INC?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $34,883 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE LONG WAY HOME INC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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