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THE PET FUND

THE PET FUND (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,306 to it, the largest being Adam R Scripps Foundation ($200,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$204k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$410k
Net assets
$0
7/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 79%
01What it does

What The Pet Fund does

Mission

The Pet Fund pays for veterinary care for those who cannot afford it for low-income individuals and families.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Pet Fund provided grants for medical care for those who could not afford medical care for their companion animals. In addition, The Pet Fund facilitated donated care from veterinarians and veterinary teaching hospitals for pet owners seeking assistance with medical costs. The Pet Fund is also an education resource which provides pet owners with resources for both financial assistance for veterinary care in addition to education resources for preventative care for companion animals as well.

    $204,014 spentof which $136,025 as grants$204,014 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. The Pet Fund provides only one service accomplishment, described in Part I., paying for veterinary care for pet owners who cannot afford it.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. The Pet Fund provides only one service accomplishment, described in Part I., paying for veterinary care for pet owners who cannot afford it.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $204,014.

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 ($118k) Expenses 100 ($118k) Net assets 0 ($0)2018 Revenue 99 ($117k) Expenses 99 ($117k) Net assets 0 ($0)2019 Revenue 105 ($123k) Expenses 105 ($123k) Net assets 0 ($0)2020 Revenue 94 ($110k) Expenses 94 ($110k) Net assets 0 ($0)2021 Revenue 129 ($152k) Expenses 129 ($152k) Net assets 0 ($0)2022 Revenue 122 ($143k) Expenses 122 ($143k) Net assets 0 ($0)2023 Revenue 160 ($188k) Expenses 148 ($174k) Net assets 100 ($14k)2024 Revenue 174 ($204k) Expenses 174 ($204k) Net assets 0 ($0)
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Revenue (174)Expenses (174)Net assets (0)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 2023 to 2024, from $14k to $0 (−100%).

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$0
$0
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$14k
$0
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of THE PET FUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$0
’17
$0
’18
$0
’19
$0
’20
$0
’21
$0
’22
$14k
’23
$0
’24

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

Karen Leslie

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $10k → $149k.

2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 PET FUND’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 PET FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

49%
largest funder
78%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 87% · 2019 93% · 2020 92% · 2021 87% · 2022 93% · 2023 67% — 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

75% of THE PET FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 PET FUND draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.

VT
MA
OH
CA
NE
KY
DE
TX

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

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 PET FUND's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE PET FUND

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
0%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PET FUND: 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 PET FUND?
THE PET FUND (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $410,306 to it, the largest being Adam R Scripps Foundation ($200,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE PET FUND have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $410,306 in grants to THE PET FUND, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE PET FUND?
Adam R Scripps Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE PET FUND 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.

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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 13 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