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THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY

THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $557,483 to it, the largest being THE DORIS I CRANE CHARITABLE TRUST ($137,676). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.5M
Funders on record
27
Grants received
$557k
Net assets
$17M
15/27 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

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

Mission

To prevent cruelty to animals and further humane education among the general public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Operation of animal shelter for the care and protection of animals and serving the general public.

    $1,066,154 spent$167,529 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,066,154.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($2.1M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($11M)2019 Revenue 81 ($1.7M) Expenses 112 ($1.4M) Net assets 114 ($13M)2020 Revenue 85 ($1.8M) Expenses 108 ($1.3M) Net assets 125 ($14M)2021 Revenue 89 ($1.9M) Expenses 114 ($1.4M) Net assets 139 ($16M)2022 Revenue 123 ($2.6M) Expenses 125 ($1.6M) Net assets 129 ($15M)2023 Revenue 70 ($1.5M) Expenses 121 ($1.5M) Net assets 139 ($16M)2024 Revenue 70 ($1.5M) Expenses 138 ($1.7M) Net assets 151 ($17M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (70)Expenses (138)Net assets (151)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 2018 to 2019, from $11M to $13M (+14%).

$11M
$13M
$14M
$16M
$15M
$16M
$17M
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 11% · 2021 4% · 2022 1% · 2023 2% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

90% of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,657 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$899k
’18
$339k
’19
$485k
’20
$500k
’21
$1.1M
’22
−$4k
’23
−$225k
’24
1.7
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed22211717171714
Joined·+1+1+5+0+1+3
No longer listed·255016
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $4k → $70k.

5 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY’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 SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

25%
largest funder
66%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 60% · 2019 68% · 2020 25% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 29% — 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

40% of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY'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

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

60% of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

NY
OH
PA
NJ
RI
UT
MO
VA
AZ

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 10 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−15% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · bottom quartile

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

Organizations like THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY

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In Pennsylvania

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 17%Fundraising 13%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

74%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY?
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $557,483 to it, the largest being THE DORIS I CRANE CHARITABLE TRUST ($137,676). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY have?
IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $557,483 in grants to THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY?
THE DORIS I CRANE CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $137,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF LUZERNE COUNTY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 27 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