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VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS

VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,562 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($13,236). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2023
$1.1M
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$34k
Net assets
$4.9M
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Volunteers for Inter-Valley Animals does

Mission

Volunteers for inter-vally animals provides care & shelter for abandoned animals.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Adoption center, 133 north d st, lompoc, ca. 93436the adoption center provides spay and neuter services for cats & dogs, veterinarian care for sick or injured animals, food, litter and supplies as needed to house animals in a no kill shelter. Dog adoptions are facilitated at the shelter to keep dogs out of county shelters.

    $182,833 spent
    64% of program spending
  2. Viva provides a long term care facility for cats whose owners have died or can no longer care for their pets. Viva assumes all responsibility for the care of the cats including food, litter & medical care.

    $62,737 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Viva established the feral cat sanctuary in 2000. Feral cats are caught, neutered and released. If the feral cats cannot be released to a colony due to unsafe conditions, lack of feed or the colony has diminished, the cats are housed at the sanctuary where they will be safe and cared for.

    $40,375 spent
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $285,945.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($252k) Expenses 100 ($209k) Net assets 100 ($1.1M)2021 Revenue 95 ($238k) Expenses 110 ($230k) Net assets 101 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 1199 ($3.0M) Expenses 132 ($276k) Net assets 338 ($3.9M)2023 Revenue 456 ($1.1M) Expenses 162 ($339k) Net assets 430 ($4.9M)
2020202120222023
Revenue (456)Expenses (162)Net assets (430)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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $3.9M (+236%).

$1.1M
$1.1M
$3.9M
$4.9M
2020202120222023
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

74% of VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$43k
’20
$8k
’21
$2.7M
’22
$811k
’23
68
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.

2020202120222023
Listed9552
Joined·+0+0·
No longer listed·40·
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $866.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS’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

VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% 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 VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS.

39%
largest funder
72%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

51% of VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.

CA

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

’17
’18
’19
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,431 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin71% · top quartile
Months of reserve67.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)66% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,431 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

Organizations like VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 16%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS?
VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,562 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($13,236). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $33,562 in grants to VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $13,236 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VOLUNTEERS FOR INTER-VALLEY ANIMALS 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 FY2023 (financials across 2020–2023), and the filings of 6 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