Animal-focused nonprofit organizations

There are 6,556 animal organizations in the United States. Combined, these animal organizations employ 128,578 people, earn more than $10 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $24 billion.

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Subcategories within animal-focused nonprofit organizations:

Organizations supporting an animal nonprofit(200)
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits(124)
Animal shelters(4,883)
Wildlife protection organizations(668)
- Endangered species organizations (81)
- Wildlife sanctuaries (279)

Types of animal organizations

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations	4,885	76,510	$5,690,720,427	$13,395,080,177
Wildlife conservation and protection organizations	713	11,981	$1,412,492,120	$3,357,995,521
Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges	279	3,630	$341,586,116	$623,980,621
Animal services organizations	261	1,022	$145,779,305	$249,540,399
Organizations suppporting a single animal nonprofit	200	2,339	$270,467,501	$707,221,206
Zoos and acquariums	142	33,635	$2,141,876,335	$5,650,756,604
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits	124	123	$161,669,635	$209,662,397
Endangered species protection organizations	81	1,144	$192,147,318	$357,370,411
Veterinary organizations	38	963	$107,404,362	$144,061,353
Animal alliances and advocates	30	65	$10,135,035	$13,579,158

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Job trends for Animal organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	2,327
1-10	1,451
11-25	1,057
26-100	758
101 to 1,000	224
1,000+	9

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Animal organizations is driven by large organizations like San Diego Zoo Global, Wildlife Conservation Society, Columbus Zoological Park Association, Chicago Zoological Society, and Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium's.
The largest employers tend to be animal shelters, zoos, wildlife protection organizations, wildlife sanctuaries, and organizations supporting an animal nonprofit.

Sizes of animal organizations

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	2,980
$250k to $1M	2,326
$1M to $5M	932
$5M to $25M	233
$25M to $100M	52
$100M+	8

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like San Diego Zoo Global, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), Wildlife Conservation Society, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, and Ducks Unlimited earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Animal organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 15.1% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Animal organizations with more than $100 million account for 17.2% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be animal shelters, zoos, wildlife protection organizations, wildlife sanctuaries, and organizations supporting an animal nonprofit.

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Humane Society International (HSI)

Humane Society International is one of the only international animal protection organizations in the world working to protect all animals.

Revenue

$16.4m

Assets

$3.6m

Employees

EIN

52-1769464

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Maryland Spca

The Maryland Spca is an animal protection and welfare in Baltimore, MD, which was founded in 1869 and most recently had $8,152,239 in revenue and 123 employees.

Revenue

$8.2m

Assets

$26.9m

Employees

123

EIN

52-6001558

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Animal Friends

Animal Friends' vision is to ensure the well being of companion animals, while ending overpopulation, abuse and unwarranted euthanasia.

Revenue

$6.3m

Assets

$24.5m

Employees

155

EIN

25-0951565

IRS type

501(c)(3)

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

WSPA is an animal protection and welfare in New York, NY whose mission is: WSPA's mission is to engaged people sharing our news and campaigns around the world.

Revenue

$4.8m

Assets

$4.2m

Employees

EIN

04-2718182

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Animal Welfare Institute

To reduce the sum total of pain and fear inflicted on animals by humans. To alleviate the suffering of animals caused by people.

Revenue

$4.9m

Assets

$14.9m

Employees

EIN

13-5655952

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Humane Society Silicon Valley

Humane Society Silicon Valley is an animal protection and welfare in Milpitas, CA whose mission is: The mission of the organization is to save and enhance lives.

Revenue

$12.8m

Assets

$48.8m

Employees

137

EIN

94-1196215

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Improving the lives of animals and people through advocacy, education, and support. Marin Humane is committed to a world in which animals are treated with compassion and respect and where resources are readily available to those who require support for ...

Revenue

$9.3m

Assets

$17.1m

Employees

124

EIN

94-1156562

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA-Angell)

The MSPCA-Angell is a national and international leader in animal protection and veterinary medicine and provides direct hands-on care for thousands of animals each year.

Revenue

$74.8m

Assets

$141.4m

Employees

759

EIN

04-2103597

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Oakland Zoo

The oakland zoo inspires respect for and stewardship of the natural world while providing a quality visitor experience. Education: the oakland zoo provided extensive on- and off-site educational, family and community programs to children and adults thro...

Revenue

$21.3m

Assets

$93.2m

Employees

342

EIN

94-1687847

IRS type

501(c)(3)

In Defense of Animals

In addition to the narrative in Part 1 Line 1, IDAs efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Grenada, Mississippi and Cameroon, Africa. In Defense of Animal...

Revenue

$3.8m

Assets

$7.1m

Employees

EIN

68-0008936

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990 or 990PF with the IRS. We exclude Form 990EZ and Postcard filers, which are high in number but very small in size. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "D00: Animal Related: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Animal-focused nonprofit organizations

Types of animal organizations

Job trends for Animal organizations

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Humane Society International (HSI)

The Maryland Spca

Animal Friends

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

Animal Welfare Institute

Humane Society Silicon Valley

Marin Humane

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA-Angell)

The Oakland Zoo

In Defense of Animals

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