Georgia · Nonprofit
ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC
ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,036 to it, the largest being Second Life Thrift Store Inc ($17,377). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $363k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $55k
What Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends Inc does
Mission
The mission of Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends is to end pet overpopulation. We rescue companion animals and provide veterinary care, subsidize spay/neuter surgeries, and provide humane education to the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We rescued, fostered and adopted out dogs and cats in foster homes and in our adoption facility in Stone Mountain. Program expenses include foster supplies, veterinary expenses, license fees, pet adoption liability insurance, transportation and program staff expenses, as well as a percentage of occupancy costs related to the foster and adoption program. Program revenue is adoption fees.
$120,308 spent$2,585 earned by the program51% of program spendingThrough our Stone Mountain Healthy Pets Program, we subsidized spay/neuter surgeries and vaccines for low-income pet owners and provided food for approximately 525 pets per month through our community pet food bank. Expenses include veterinary and spay/neuter expenses, food for the pet food bank, program outreach and staff expenses, as well as a percentage of occupancy costs related to the Stone Mountain Healthy Pets Program.
$69,129 spent29% of program spendingWe conducted several outreach events that promoted humane animal ownership, pet nutrition and pet safety. Programs include TNR / Community Cat workshops, dog bite prevention workshops and pet nutrition classes. Expenses include outreach expenses (including website and newsletter costs), materials and product purchases, expert stipends and staff expenses.
$48,460 spent20% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $237,897.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $141k to $276k (+95%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 7% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
38% of ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Ginger Higgons
Chair of the Board of Directors
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $309.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
67% of ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC has grown faster than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC?
- ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,036 to it, the largest being Second Life Thrift Store Inc ($17,377). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $27,036 in grants to ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC?
- Second Life Thrift Store Inc is the largest funder on record, with $17,377 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ATLANTA ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing