Virginia animal shelters

Name: Top 20 Animal shelters in Virginia
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There are 820 animal shelters and animal welfare organizations in Virginia. Combined, these Virginian animal shelters employ 2,905 people, earn more than $286 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $481 million.

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Animal shelters by major Virginia cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Washington DC	268	634	$84,789,395	$147,178,800
Virginia Beach	150	1,145	$126,041,449	$133,378,507
Richmond	140	310	$26,600,730	$85,701,897
Roanoke	33	181	$10,277,965	$22,452,859
Charlottesville	32	197	$11,135,827	$24,249,098
Lynchburg	27	120	$5,375,566	$16,206,971
Winchester	19	57	$2,743,322	$4,202,377
Blacksburg	18	46	$1,623,213	$2,840,885
Staunton	11	21	$2,261,333	$5,227,265
Kingsport, TN	10	27	$2,060,740	$1,526,420

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Job trends for Virginia animal shelters

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	103
1-10	43
11-25	20
26-100	27
101 to 1,000	5
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Virginia animal shelters is driven by large organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Foundation to Support Animal Protection (PETA), Richmond SPCA, Charlottesville Albemarle Spca, and Lynchburg Humane Society.

Sizes of animal shelters in Virginia

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	202
$250k to $1M	64
$1M to $5M	41
$5M to $25M	3
$25M to $100M	2
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Virginia Equine Alliance, Foundation to Support Animal Protection (PETA), Richmond SPCA, and Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VBSPCA) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Virginia animal shelters.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 17.6% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Virginia animal shelters with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of animal shelters in Virginia

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals's mission is to work through public education, cruelty investigations, research, animal rescue, special events, celebrity involvement, and protest campaigns.

Revenue

$77.2m

Assets

$52.7m

Employees

366

EIN

52-1218336

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Virginia Equine Alliance

The purpose of the Virginia Equine Alliance is to sustain, promote, and expand the horse breeding and horse racing industries in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Revenue

$33.4m

Assets

$33.7m

Employees

EIN

47-2280629

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Richmond SPCA

The Richmond SPCA, founded in 1891, is a non-profit, no-kill humane organization dedicated to the principle that every life is precious.

Revenue

$13.4m

Assets

$61.0m

Employees

218

EIN

54-0506328

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Foundation to Support Animal Protection (PETA)

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the largest animal rights organization in the world, with more than 3 million members and supporters.

Revenue

$18.8m

Assets

$37.3m

Employees

273

EIN

52-1842274

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Fauquier Spca

Fauquier Spca rescues and rehomes animals, educates about spaying/neutering. Located in Warrenton, VA.

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$8.4m

Employees

EIN

54-6052515

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Rescues homeless animals from euthanasia and finds them loving homes through a volunteer-powered adoption program. Educates on responsible pet ownership.

Revenue

$3.6m

Assets

$10.8m

Employees

EIN

30-0559037

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Animal Welfare League of Alexandria Virginia Incorporated

To inspire compassion for all living things, to provide shelter to animals in need, and to promote adoptions, animal welfare, and responsible pet ownership in our community.

Revenue

$4.5m

Assets

$9.4m

Employees

EIN

54-0796610

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Animal Welfare League of Arlington

To improve the lives of animals & help all companion animals find compassionate and permanent homes. Improving the lives of animals and people by providing resources, care, and protection.

Revenue

$4.3m

Assets

$10.1m

Employees

EIN

54-0603502

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Homeward Trails Animal Rescue (HT)

Homeward Trails seeks to find permanent adoptive homes in the Mid-Atlantic Region for dogs and cats from high-kill shelters or whose owners can no longer care for them.

Revenue

$3.9m

Assets

$2.4m

Employees

EIN

32-0086330

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VBSPCA)

The mission of the Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VBSPCA) to create a more humane and responsible community by decreasing our tolerance for cruelty while increasing our capacity for compassion.

Revenue

$6.1m

Assets

$5.6m

Employees

EIN

54-6061532

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Friends of Homeless Animals

FOHA saves and improves the lives of homeless cats and dogs through no-kill rescue, medical care, and adoption services.

Revenue

$1.7m

Assets

$2.5m

Employees

EIN

23-7355910

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lost Dog Rescue Foundation

Rescues dogs and cats from shelters, disasters, and other crises. Leader in animal welfare with adoption program. Located in Falls Church, VA.

Revenue

$1.8m

Assets

$4.4m

Employees

EIN

31-1789600

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Operation Paws for Homes

Operation Paws for Homes rescues and rehabilitates cats and dogs of all breeds in order to create a better world for companion animals and the community. They also provide education, spay and neuter programs, and resources to underserved populations.

Revenue

$948.5k

Assets

$1.2m

Employees

EIN

45-2785962

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Charlottesville Albemarle Spca

Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA: Provides shelter, medical care and behavioral services for cats and dogs while promoting permanent homes and education/outreach.

Revenue

$4.7m

Assets

$15.0m

Employees

108

EIN

54-0595009

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Homeless Animals Rescue Team (HART)

Hart is a no-kill animal rescue group that was founded to give animal rescuers a resource, responsible pet owners an option, and animals on death row a chance.

Revenue

$1.8m

Assets

$1.5m

Employees

EIN

54-1564904

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Virginia Kincheloe SpayNeuter Clinic Kincheloe South Purring Hearts

Lionhearts is an organization that provides low cost spay/neuter rescue services for cats and dogs. They are located in Fredericksburg, VA and their mission is to improve the lives of animals.

Revenue

$1.8m

Assets

$838.7k

Employees

EIN

54-1952672

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lab Rescue of LRCP Incorporated

Lab Rescue of LRCP Incorporated is an animal shelter or animal welfare organization in Annandale, VA whose mission is: Lab Rescue of LRCP rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes Labrador Retrievers in Annandale, VA.

Revenue

$1.2m

Assets

$508.3k

Employees

EIN

52-1880024

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Norfolk SPCA

To reduce the need in our community for the sheltering of companion animals and to provide the highest quality of care and adoptions when sheltering animals is necessary.

Revenue

$3.3m

Assets

$1.7m

Employees

EIN

54-0515759

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Wolf Trap Animal Rescue

Wolf Trap Animal Rescue saves animals from rural southern areas and finds them homes, having rescued over 10,000 lives. Based in Fairfax, VA.

Revenue

$1.3m

Assets

$1.7m

Employees

EIN

47-5126237

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Fredericksburg Regional Spca

The Fredericksburg Regional SPCA runs a shelter that tries to combat pet overpopulation by providing adoptions and other services to help pets in need. The organization also runs a clinic to help pets that have been injured, abused or have an illness.

Revenue

$1.4m

Assets

$3.6m

Employees

EIN

54-0648185

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 "D20: Animal Protection and Welfare" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Virginia animal shelters

Animal shelters by major Virginia cities

Job trends for Virginia animal shelters

Sizes of animal shelters in Virginia

Directory of animal shelters in Virginia

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Virginia Equine Alliance

Richmond SPCA

Foundation to Support Animal Protection (PETA)

Fauquier Spca

Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Animal Welfare League of Alexandria Virginia Incorporated

Animal Welfare League of Arlington

Homeward Trails Animal Rescue (HT)

Virginia Beach Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (VBSPCA)

Friends of Homeless Animals

Lost Dog Rescue Foundation

Operation Paws for Homes

Charlottesville Albemarle Spca

Homeless Animals Rescue Team (HART)

Virginia Kincheloe SpayNeuter Clinic Kincheloe South Purring Hearts

Lab Rescue of LRCP Incorporated

Norfolk SPCA

Wolf Trap Animal Rescue

Fredericksburg Regional Spca

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