Animal-focused nonprofit organizations

Name: Top 10 Animal organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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There are 46,518animal organizations in the United States. Combined, these animal organizationsemploy 139,583 people, earn more than $12 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $28 billion.

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Subcategories within animal-focused nonprofit organizations:

Organizations supporting an animal nonprofit(714)
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits(1,231)
Animal shelters(25,656)
Wildlife protection organizations(11,515)
- Endangered species organizations(220)
- Wildlife sanctuaries(1,027)

Types of animal organizations

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations	25,656	85,604	$6,481,717,106	$13,338,756,921
Wildlife conservation and protection organizations	11,515	13,166	$1,952,612,644	$3,708,686,415
Animal services organizations	3,471	1,293	$215,256,121	$332,092,176
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits	1,231	426	$597,298,378	$3,215,701,255
Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges	1,027	5,398	$500,491,296	$932,265,702
Animal alliances and advocates	791	40	$11,667,332	$7,995,309
Organizations suppporting a single animal nonprofit	714	3,059	$366,488,803	$965,059,265
Veterinary organizations	326	1,368	$158,613,388	$224,630,543
Animal professional societies	292	19	$3,273,817	$4,303,101
Zoos and acquariums	236	34,041	$2,297,418,425	$6,400,509,499

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Job trends for Animal organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	3,513
1-10	1,683
11-25	1,103
26-100	840
101 to 1,000	239
1,000+	10

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, Audubon Nature Institute, and Coastal Villages Region Fund (CVRF).
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	10,107
$250k to $1M	2,567
$1M to $5M	1,021
$5M to $25M	273
$25M to $100M	62
$100M+	10

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like San Diego Zoo Global, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), Johnny Morris' Ozarks Heritage Preserve, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals, and Wildlife Conservation Society earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Animal organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 17.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Animal organizations with more than $100 million account for 19.1% of nonprofit earnings.
The highest earning organizations tend to be animal shelters, zoos, wildlife protection organizations, organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits, and wildlife sanctuaries.

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Marin Humane

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

$9.9m

Assets

$19.3m

Employees

135

EIN

94-1156562

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Humane Society Silicon Valley

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

Revenue

$18.2m

Assets

$54.8m

Employees

162

EIN

94-1196215

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Save the Manatee Club (SMC)

Save the Manatee Club was started with the mission to protect manatees and their habitat. Today, Save the Manatee Club is the world's leading manatee conservation organization.

Revenue

$1.4m

Assets

$1.7m

Employees

EIN

59-3131709

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

$81.8m

Assets

$168.9m

Employees

788

EIN

04-2103597

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA

Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Pasadena, CA whose mission is: Compassionate care for all animals.

Revenue

$14.2m

Assets

$41.3m

Employees

164

EIN

95-1643344

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Dumb Friends League

The Dumb Friends League, based in Denver, Colorado, is the largest independent, nonprofit community-based animal shelter/humane society in the Rocky Mountain region.

Revenue

$21.7m

Assets

$132.8m

Employees

376

EIN

84-0405254

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Conservation Society of California

The Oakland Zoo has been serving the community since 1922 in locations all across Oakland, finally settling in Knowland Park.

Revenue

$23.7m

Assets

$96.1m

Employees

364

EIN

94-1687847

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Michigan Humane Society

To end companion animal homelessness, to provide the highest quality service and compassion to the animals entrusted to our care, and to be a leader in promoting Humane values. To end companion animal homelessness, to provide the highest quality service...

Revenue

$20.4m

Assets

$37.7m

Employees

309

EIN

38-1358206

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Maryland Spca

The Maryland Spca is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Baltimore, MD, which was founded in 1869 and most recently had $8,984,037 in revenue and 118 employees.

Revenue

$9.0m

Assets

$31.0m

Employees

118

EIN

52-6001558

IRS type

501(c)(3)

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

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

Revenue

$7.1m

Assets

$5.7m

Employees

EIN

04-2718182

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. 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

Sizes of animal organizations

Directory of animal organizations

Marin Humane

Humane Society Silicon Valley

Save the Manatee Club (SMC)

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

Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA

Dumb Friends League

Conservation Society of California

Michigan Humane Society

The Maryland Spca

World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)

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