#875of 1,000 in 2025

Nine Lives Foundation

Location
Redwood City, California
Sector
Animals
Founded
2004
240%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$4.9MFY2025 revenue
46Employees, FY2025
#25of 28 in Animals
#141of 160 in California

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $1,441,494 $1.4M FY22 FY2023: $1,877,369 $1.9M FY23 FY2024: $2,812,558 $2.8M FY24 FY2025: $4,907,914 $4.9M FY25

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Gifts and grants
$3.2M · 65%
Program revenue
$1.5M · 30%
Gifts of stock
$221K · 4%
Government grants
$37K · 1%
Other revenue
$10K · 0%
Total revenue on the 990
$5,134,031
Investment income
− $224,063
Donated goods and property
− $2,054
Revenue we count
$4,907,914

What it does

We are a community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization operating a cat-onlyclinic and adoption center. We rescue at-risk cats and kittens, provide them withclinical care and nurturing to address their medical and behavioral needs and findthem loving forever homes. We are committed to addressing the overpopulation ofhomeless cats by providing low-cost spay and neuter services for those in ourcommunity.

Medical Clinic - Low Cost Veterinary Services: Nine Lives provides low-cost spay/neuter for feral cats (Trap-Neuter-Return), the general public, and over 50 foster-based rescue partners that intake cats and find them adoptive homes. We also offer low-cost vaccinations, microchips, and other veterinary services. In 2025 we completed 6,518 spay/neuter surgeries, making us by far the largest spay/neuter clinic for cats in our area and beyond. We also administered over 10,000 vaccines and implanted 3,000 microchips.
Adoption Center - Cat & Kitten Rescue and Adoptions: we intake cats and kittens from at-risk situation. We provide them with all the medical care they need, and make them available for adoption. In 2025 we found loving homes for 1,174 cats and kittens, an increase of 25% over 2024. We are a no-kill shelter with a save rate of over 97%.

Leadership

Liam MontgomeryExecutive Dir.
Monica RamirezLead Surgical Vet.

EIN 20-2150714 · Full filings on ProPublica

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