Virginia · Nonprofit
VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE
VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,254,114 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($525,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $445k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $369k
What Virginia Federation of Humane does
Mission
The Virginia Federation of Humane societies (vfhs) provides progressive leadership, advocacy, resources and support to individuals and organizations committed to improving animal welfare and addressing the issues of animal abuse, neglect, and homelessness in the commonwealth.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Spay virginia is focused on ensuring accessible and affordable spay/neuter options for virginia pet owners and advocates. In the last 5 years spay virginia has desseminated over 100,000 in grants to member organizations for the provision of spay/neuter of owned pets, rescue pets and community cats throughout the state. Thanks to the support of our generous donors, we had the privilege of awarding 65,000 to 40 vfhs member organizations in 2024. This ongoing initiative has made a positive impact in the lives of pets and contributed to the overall well-being of our communities. Members for 2024 - 239 (172 organizational and 67 supporting)
$95,750 spentof which $65,000 as grants$476 earned by the program22% of program spendingConference and education: each year, vfhs presents a multi-day conference featuring renowned speakers who offer training on latest progressive practices in animal care, professional and organizational development, fundraising, spay/neuter programming and increasing lifesaving for sheltered animals. The annual conference is incredibly important to the federation's lifesaving goal, not only for the training it offers but also because members are able to develop strong and strategic partnerships which support their individual lifesaving efforts. In 2023, we launched our vfhs educational program which offers ongoing trainings on a variety of topics based on input from vfhs members. These virtual trainings are free to all vfhs members.
$77,186 spent$65,551 earned by the program18% of program spendingHigh five is dedicated to reducing the euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals in virginia by the transfer of animals from under-resourced and rural counties to areas where their chances of adoption are far greater. Moving animals from one location to another can result in a decrease in length of stay, a more diverse selection of animals for adopters and a decrease in euthanasia overall. Save virginia pets is dedicated toreducing the euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals in virginia by serving underresourced areas or organizations in need. In 2024, 180,000 of grants were provided to organizations.
$265,558 spentof which $180,000 as grants61% of program spendingThe debra griggs vfhs emergency rescue fund was established to memorialize former vfhs board president debra griggs who passed away in november 2023. This fund will provide support for vfhs members on an as-needed basis for one-time larger scale animal needs and situations including but not limited to: hoarding, abandonment, and natural disaster. Applications will be considered throughout the year.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $438,494.
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 2022 to 2023, from $275k to $417k (+52%).
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.
84% of VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $6k → $40k.
2 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE’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
VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 77% · 2019 57% · 2020 86% · 2021 77% · 2022 90% · 2023 50% — 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
43% of VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $525k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE: 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 VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE?
- VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,254,114 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($525,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,254,114 in grants to VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VIRGINIA FEDERATION OF HUMANE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 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