Indiana · Nonprofit
VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,772,347 to it, the largest being LOUISE P TOOLE CHARITABLE TRUST ($808,194). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $1.8M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Vanderburgh County Humane Society Inc does
Mission
The vanderburgh humane society is committed to the elimination of animal overpopulation in our community, the prevention of animal cruelty and neglect, and the promotion of the animal-human bond.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, vhs sheltered 4,048 animals, and achieved a 93% live release rate. Vhs also offers services to the general public in an effort to keep animals in their existing home rather than being surrendered, such as a pet food bank and behavioral training advice. Vhs also works with other rescue organizations for the placement of animals. Over 20,000 pounds of food was distributed through the pet food assistance program.
$1,744,912 spent$414,417 earned by the program62% of program spendingVhs operates a low-cost spay/neuter clinic. In 2024, 6,665 spay/neuter surgeries were performed. All animals are altered before being placed in their new home to ensure no breeding occurs once animals leave the shelter. The spay/neuter clinic is open to the public. The shelter significantly underwrites the cost of these surgeries and other services to ensure the surgery is available regardless of income. The clinic also operates as a wellness clinic to provide low-cost medical services to the general public, including vaccinations, microchipping, parasite treatment, and medical testing.
$602,503 spent$492,122 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe education and volunteer programs of the vhs reached 5,082 kids in 58 programs in 2024. The programs include tours of the shelter and class room style presentations on being safe around animals, proper care and treatment of animals and a variety of other pet related safety issues. The vhs educators also take presentations to the schools and other group settings where people want to learn more about the shelter or hear pet related topics.
$242,925 spent9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$239,615 spent$21,995 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,829,955.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $2.4M to $4.0M (+65%).
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 11% · 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
54% of VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Kendall Paul
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $37k → $251k.
6 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% 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
25% 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 VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 50% · 2019 65% · 2020 47% · 2021 44% · 2022 27% · 2023 61% — growing more concentrated.
“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
39% of VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Indiana, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC has grown faster 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 VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC (Indiana) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,772,347 to it, the largest being LOUISE P TOOLE CHARITABLE TRUST ($808,194). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $1,772,347 in grants to VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC?
- LOUISE P TOOLE CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $808,194 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VANDERBURGH COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 42 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