California · Nonprofit
VETS IN VANS INC
VETS IN VANS INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $972,104 to it, the largest being RSO Foundation ($380,240). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $972k
- Net assets
- $441k
What Vets in Vans Inc does
Mission
The mission of vets in vans is to support the human animal bond by providing equitable access to compassionate veterinary care
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Vets in vans (viv), a nonprofit mobile veterinary clinic, provides comprehensive clinic services, including urgent care, preventative care, routine and non-routine surgical procedures, humane euthanasia and dentals to communities in the bay area. We offer a comprehensive list of payment options and resources to reduce financial barriers to veterinary care. With employees trained in social service, viv aims to work alongside the community to offer solutions in providing accessible and compassionate veterinary care to preserve the human-animal bond. Founded by former shelter veterinarians at oakland animal services (oas), viv believes in caring for pets as a social service to relieve communities of animal suffering.
$1,434,043 spent100% of program spendingMost significant activities: vets in vans (viv) was founded by former shelter veterinarians to address the urgent need for accessible veterinary care as a fundamental right. Passionate about animal welfare, they created a mobile clinic serving bay area communities with a diverse local staff. Viv offers services including urgent care, wellness, hospice, surgery, and dental care. Since october 2022, viv has cared for 9,335 pets, including 5,835 dogs and 3,500 cats, performing 3,852 surgeries and 275 dentals. Viv also provides payment options to minimize financial barriers, empowering families to ensure their pets receive the healthcare they deserve.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,434,043.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $251k to $647k (+158%).
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.
16% of VETS IN VANS INC’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. 1 of the last 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $374k → $112k.
From the IRS filings of VETS IN VANS INC’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
VETS IN VANS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 VETS IN VANS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 94% · 2023 43% — 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.
Where its funders are
VETS IN VANS INC draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
VETS IN VANS INC has grown faster than three-quarters 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 VETS IN VANS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VETS IN VANS INC: 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 VETS IN VANS INC?
- VETS IN VANS INC (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $972,104 to it, the largest being RSO Foundation ($380,240). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VETS IN VANS INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $972,104 in grants to VETS IN VANS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VETS IN VANS INC?
- RSO Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $380,240 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VETS IN VANS INC 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 11 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