California · Nonprofit
THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC
THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,037,646 to it, the largest being MICHELSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ($47,800,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $52M
- Net assets
- $13M
What The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc does
Programs
Community - researches public policies related to pets, supports pet-inclusive housing initiatives, hosts pet wellness events in needy communities and prov. Job training.
$3,882,925 spentResearch - supports and conducts research into the development of a single-dose sterilant that will provide a more convenient alternative to spay/neuter surgeries.
$3,600,872 spentAccelerator - supports pet care startups whose products/ srvices make pet ownership more enjoyable, convenient, and affordable, thereby increasing the number of homes for pets.
$1,309,390 spentGrants - primarily supports low-cost spay/neuter surgeries and surrender prevention services to decrease the number of animals entering the shelter system.
$1,158,176 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2021 to 2022, from $13M to $15M (+15%).
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
Brett Yates
CEO/ CFO
Board chair
Alya Michelson
Co-Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $4.5M.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 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 MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 62% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
17% of THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 27% 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
100% of THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,037,646 to it, the largest being MICHELSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ($47,800,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $52,037,646 in grants to THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC?
- MICHELSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $47,800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MICHELSON FOUND ANIMALS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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