California · Nonprofit
Valley Humane SocietyInc
Valley Humane SocietyInc (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,055,245 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($792,253). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.7M
What Valley Humane SocietyInc does
Mission
Valley Humane Society (VHS) creates a brighter future for cats and dogs by encouraging and strengthening the bond between people and pets. VHS rescues and rehabilitates companion animals, champions responsible caretaking, shares pets' soothing affections with people in need of comfort, and supports and preserves existing pet-guardian relationships.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Adoptions and Animal Care -In 2024, Valley Humane Society welcomed 565 cats and dogs into its care, providing each with compassionate sheltering, enrichment, and attentive veterinary support. Through its Adoption Center, 542 animals found loving homeseach placement guided by careful matchmaking and a commitment to every pet's well-being. As a closed-intake shelter, Valley Humane Society accepts animals primarily from municipal shelters and local residents as space allows, ensuring that every pet taken in receives the time and attention needed to fully recover, grow, and thrive. Animals remain in the organization's care until they are adopted, allowing staff and volunteers to provide consistent medical, behavioral, and emotional support throughout their stay. A devoted network of 129 foster families cared for 436 animals throughout the year, creating safe, nurturing environments that expanded the shelter's capacity and offered individualized care when medical or behavioral support was needed. This collaboration between staff and foster volunteers remains essential to preparing animals for successful adoptions. The addition of a part-time shelter veterinarian further strengthened…
$649,130 spent$58,876 earned by the program34% of program spendingVeterinary Medical Services (Phil Scholz Veterinary Surgery Center) -The Phil Scholz Veterinary Surgery Center continues to serve as a vital resource for animal welfare organizations and pet guardians across the region. Providing affordable, high-quality spay/neuter surgeries for the public and more than 40 community rescue partners, the center has become a cornerstone of accessible veterinary care in the Tri-Valley and beyond. In 2024, the center performed 6,804 surgeries, including 6,668 spay/neuter procedures1,739 for public clients and 4,929 for rescue partnersand 136 additional medical surgeries addressing urgent conditions. This high-volume capacity has been instrumental in helping rescue groups overcome widespread barriers to accessing spay/neuter servicesbarriers that often delay adoptions and strain shelter resources throughout the region. To further extend its reach, Valley Humane Society also launched the Field Vet Program, bringing compassionate veterinary care directly to underserved pet owners in the community. Together, these efforts are expanding regional access to affordable care, supporting the stability of rescue partners, and ensuring that more animals stay…
$1,192,592 spent$1,527,980 earned by the program62% of program spendingCanine Comfort and Community Outreach-Valley Humane Society's Canine Comfort Pet-Assisted Therapy program expanded dramatically in 2024, with 112 volunteer teams providing emotional support and companionship throughout the community. These teams visit more than 61 regular locationsincluding hospitals, libraries, senior centers, schools, and corporate campusesbringing comfort and connection to thousands of people each month. New partnerships with Oakland International Airport and Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley significantly increased outreach, enabling Canine Comfort teams to engage with an estimated 16,800 adults monthly, including travelers, patients, students, and seniors. Through the Paws to Read literacy program, 5,619 children improved reading fluency and confidence by practicing alongside therapy dogs, as program locations doubled in 2024. To further address the needs of local pet owners, Valley Humane Society launched its Field Veterinary Program, providing basic veterinary care to pets of low-income or unhoused guardians receiving supportive services. In addition, the AniMeals Pet Food Pantry distributed 246,924 meals to help families in crisis keep their pets healthy and…
$73,110 spent$2,102 earned by the program4% of program spendingField Vet Program
$3,250 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,918,082.
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 2020 to 2021, from $3.6M to $4.6M (+27%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of Valley Humane SocietyInc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Brian Joyce
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $86k → $90k.
13 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 Valley Humane SocietyInc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
Valley Humane SocietyInc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 Valley Humane SocietyInc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 57% · 2019 74% · 2020 33% · 2021 34% · 2022 54% · 2023 34% — 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
36% of Valley Humane SocietyInc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
90% of Valley Humane SocietyInc'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 $212k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
Valley Humane SocietyInc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like Valley Humane SocietyInc
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.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Valley Humane SocietyInc: 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 Valley Humane SocietyInc?
- Valley Humane SocietyInc (California) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,055,245 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($792,253). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Valley Humane SocietyInc have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $2,055,245 in grants to Valley Humane SocietyInc, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Valley Humane SocietyInc?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $792,253 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Valley Humane SocietyInc 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 39 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