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San Diego animal organizations

There are 575 animal-focused nonprofit organizations in the greater San Diego metro area, including the cities of San Diego, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, and Poway. Combined, these San Diego metro animal organizations employ 6,123 people, earn more than $655 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.
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Types of animal organizations in San Diego

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations
 
366
 
$153,302,713
Wildlife conservation and protection organizations
 
69
 
$44,444,638
Animal services organizations
 
48
 
$3,907,508
Wildlife sanctuaries and refuges
 
18
 
$11,349,392
Organizations supporting multiple animal nonprofits
 
14
 
$20,226
Endangered species protection organizations
 
13
 
$14,253,308
Animal professional societies
 
10
 
$1,562,598
Animal alliances and advocates
 
8
 
$0
Veterinary organizations
 
6
 
$1,347,646
Zoos and acquariums
 
5
 
$440,064,878
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Job trends for San Diego animal organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
87
1-10
 
36
11-25
 
4
26-100
 
8
101 to 1,000
 
4
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of animal organizations in San Diego

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
166
$250k to $1M
 
46
$1M to $5M
 
20
$5M to $25M
 
5
$25M to $100M
 
1
$100M+
 
1
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Directory of animal organizations in San Diego

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San Diego Humane Society and SPCA

San Diego Humane Society and SPCA promotes humane treatment, supports animal welfare, and provides vital services for pets and families across San Diego County.
Revenue
$72.9m
Assets
$133.0m
Employees
871
EIN
95-1661688
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance unites wildlife care, science, and education to drive global conservation efforts and inspire passion for nature.
Revenue
$437.6m
Assets
$1.0b
Employees
4,211
EIN
95-1648219
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rancho Coastal Humane Society (RCHS)

Rancho Coastal Humane Society (RCHS) is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals, encouraging adoptions into loving homes, and promoting humane ideals through education and community outreach.
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$32.5m
Employees
110
EIN
95-2151583
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Helen Woodward Animal Center

Helen Woodward Animal Center educates on animal care, offers pet adoption programs, and runs an equine therapy program. Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA.
Revenue
$24.0m
Assets
$84.2m
Employees
245
EIN
23-7228287
IRS type
501(c)(3)

National Marine Mammal Foundation

NMMF protects marine mammals, people, shared oceans through science, service, education. Respected experts researching health, welfare, conservation. Located in San Diego.
Revenue
$13.9m
Assets
$4.1m
Employees
137
EIN
26-1501109
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lions Tigers and Bears

A no-kill, non-profit sanctuary in Alpine, CA, dedicated to providing care and education for rescued exotic animals.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$12.1m
Employees
37
EIN
33-0938499
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)

IATTC manages tuna fishing in the Eastern Pacific through scientific measures and funds on-board observers to ensure stock sustainability.
Revenue
$14.3m
Assets
$9.8m
Employees
53
EIN
95-1657183
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of Cats

To maintain a shelter for homeless and unwanted cats with the goal of placing all healthy cats into loving adoptive homes while providing sanctuary for cats.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
15
EIN
95-6111755
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seal-Nsw Family Foundation

Seal-Nsw Family Foundation supports Navy Seals and their families worldwide through bereavement and family resiliency programs. Located in Carlsbad, CA.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$2.2m
Employees
3
EIN
27-1963880
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute

HSWRI provides scientific solutions to ocean health and marine life challenges. Research focuses on disease prevention, ecosystem health, and sustainable seafood.
Revenue
$4.7m
Assets
$7.7m
Employees
64
EIN
95-2304740
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Frosted Faces Foundation

Frosted Faces Foundation rescues senior animals from shelters, provides medical treatment, and finds them loving homes.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$3.4m
Employees
14
EIN
47-1274069
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Foundation For Animal Care and Education

Foundation for Animal Care and Education provides financial assistance to pet owners for critical veterinary care, negotiating discounts and paying for necessary treatments.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$1.2m
Employees
9
EIN
20-5333261
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sharks Pacific

Sharks Pacific advocates for shark conservation and responsible management through research, outreach, and advocacy in Pacific communities from Santa Barbara, CA.
Revenue
$4.9m
Assets
$4.9m
Employees
2
EIN
37-1982911
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue

Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization. They provide rescue, rehabilitation, adoption and retirement 4 horses from situations of abuse.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$1.9m
Employees
2
EIN
11-3731839
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Living Coast Discovery Center

The Living Coast Discovery Center inspires care and exploration of the living Earth by connecting people with coastal animals, plants and habitats.
Revenue
$2.2m
Assets
$2.1m
Employees
64
EIN
33-0750177
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wings of Rescue

Wings of Rescue transports at-risk pets to new shelters, delivers aid during disasters, and promotes spay/neuter programs to reduce pet populations.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
3
EIN
45-3343408
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Providing rescue service to animals

Villa Chardonnay Horses with Wings protects and promotes animal welfare in Julian, CA. It generated $1,289,179 in revenues last year.
Revenue
$1.5m
Assets
$3,073
Employees
0
EIN
27-0666624
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Shelter To Soldier

Shelter To Soldier rescues and trains dogs for U.S. veterans who need a service dog due to medical retirement.
Revenue
$1.9m
Assets
$1.7m
Employees
34
EIN
46-0906020
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Animal Balance

Animal Balance collaborates with communities worldwide to create humane and sustainable animal management programs, preventing suffering and igniting social change.
Revenue
$1.9m
Assets
$444.4k
Employees
4
EIN
68-0630714
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Children's Nature Retreat Foundation

Nature sanctuary in Alpine, CA providing field trips for underprivileged/disabled children and those with life-threatening diseases. Focus on educating about animals.
Revenue
$757.7k
Assets
$30.8k
Employees
0
EIN
20-4859019
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.
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