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The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA

The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,767,377 to it, the largest being THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST ($1,552,250). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$8.9M
Funders on record
48
Grants received
$4.8M
Net assets
$31M
25/48 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA does

Mission

The mission of the placer society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (placer spca) is to enhance the lives of companion animals and support the human-animal bond.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Shelter operations - see attached list of accomplishments

    $2,301,601 spent$1,698,553 earned by the program
    59% of program spending
  2. Adoption and education - see attached list of accomplishments

    $1,185,425 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Spay/neuter program - see attached list of accomplishments

    $397,680 spent
    10% of program spending
  4. Animals lost and found/shelter transfer - see attached list of accomplishments

    $19,526 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,904,232.

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 ($4.4M) Expenses 100 ($2.6M) Net assets 100 ($12M)2018 Revenue 100 ($4.4M) Expenses 113 ($3.0M) Net assets 110 ($13M)2019 Revenue 87 ($3.8M) Expenses 121 ($3.2M) Net assets 118 ($14M)2020 Revenue 106 ($4.6M) Expenses 110 ($2.9M) Net assets 133 ($16M)2021 Revenue 128 ($5.6M) Expenses 128 ($3.3M) Net assets 156 ($18M)2022 Revenue 152 ($6.7M) Expenses 150 ($3.9M) Net assets 172 ($20M)2023 Revenue 219 ($9.6M) Expenses 178 ($4.7M) Net assets 221 ($26M)2024 Revenue 204 ($8.9M) Expenses 186 ($4.9M) Net assets 260 ($31M)
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Revenue (204)Expenses (186)Net assets (260)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 2022 to 2023, from $21M to $27M (+28%).

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$13M
$14M
$16M
$19M
$21M
$27M
$32M
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

67% of The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,665 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.

$1.8M
’17
$1.4M
’18
$668k
’19
$1.8M
’20
$2.3M
’21
$2.8M
’22
$4.9M
’23
$4.1M
’24
32
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.

Chief executive

Leilani Fratis

CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+0+7+3+4+0+3+4
No longer listed·1524024
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $188k → $1.2M.

15 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% 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 Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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 Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% 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

80% 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 Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA.

33%
largest funder
67%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 53% · 2019 50% · 2020 23% · 2021 78% · 2022 23% · 2023 56% — 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

48% of The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% give in more than one year at all.

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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

77% of The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA'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 $1.1M that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from California funders.

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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. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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 Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin46% · top quartile
Months of reserve32.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 7%Fundraising 12%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

93%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA?
The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,767,377 to it, the largest being THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST ($1,552,250). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA have?
IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $4,767,377 in grants to The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA?
THE US CHARITABLE GIFT TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,552,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA 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 48 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