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CARING FOR CATS INC

CARING FOR CATS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,703 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($62,771). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$381k
Funders on record
20
Grants received
$220k
Net assets
$1.5M
11/20 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Caring for Cats Inc does

Mission

Caring for Cats is a shelter and foster network for cats. We are a no-kill shelter. We provide attention to the whole well being of the cats in our care--physical, emotional, and social--so that they enjoy a long and happy life. We provide the care and resources necessary to bring cats and their human companions together including: A clean, safe shelter that facilitates play, stimulation, and socialization, supported foster families, holistic healthcare for cats' minds and bodies, community events, engagement, education, and awareness.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Caring for Cats provides medical examinations, health screening tests, vaccinations, spay/neuter, and food for all cats we take into foster care, including pregnant and nursing cats, cats recovering from medical procedures, cats with medical conditions regarding ongoing veterinary care, and cats who are temporarily or permanently unsuitable for adoption. In 2022, we had 51 cats and kittens who were permanently or temporarily in need. This program also includes support via food and supplies delivered to their homes for individuals and cats in need.

    $42,727 spent
    17% of program spending
  2. Caring for cats provides a shelter for cats in need of care. Caring for Cats thoroughly vets all cats who enter the shelter. We provide vacinations, spay/neuter, and any necessary medications and treatment. We care, feed and shelter cats in our shelter building. We carefully match cats and future owners. We accept cats into our shelter and foster homes. We perform adoptions. We also provide a number of programs to engage with our community in the process of providing care for cats.

    $201,244 spent$47,896 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  3. Caring for Cats provides emergency medical services to cats presenting with emergency health conditions which require immediate attention. Providing medical care to cats in need of care, whether upon intake or for cats currently in our foster care or shelter, helps afford them the best chance of adoption, or eases their suffering when rehabilitation is not possible.

    $2,179 spent
    1% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $246,150.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($247k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 21 ($294k) Expenses 94 ($233k) Net assets 105 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 17 ($237k) Expenses 100 ($248k) Net assets 98 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 21 ($300k) Expenses 105 ($260k) Net assets 104 ($1.4M)2024 Revenue 27 ($381k) Expenses 121 ($299k) Net assets 111 ($1.5M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (27)Expenses (121)Net assets (111)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.6M to $1.4M (−14%).

$1.5M
$1.6M
$1.4M
$1.4M
$1.5M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

82% of CARING FOR CATS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.2M
’20
$61k
’21
−$10k
’22
$40k
’23
$82k
’24
2.6
months of
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.

Chief executive

Cori Griesgraber

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed86765
Joined·+1+3+3+0
No longer listed·3241
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $6k → $36k.

7 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 CARING FOR CATS 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

CARING FOR CATS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

86% 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 CARING FOR CATS INC.

29%
largest funder
64%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 77% · 2020 82% · 2021 25% · 2022 34% · 2023 36% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

43% of CARING FOR CATS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

58% of CARING FOR CATS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $93k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 7 states.

MN
IL
NY
SD
MO
GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $127k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CARING FOR CATS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,443 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin22% · above the median
Months of reserve2.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−28% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,443 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 14%Fundraising 4%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

46%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds CARING FOR CATS INC?
CARING FOR CATS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $219,703 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($62,771). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CARING FOR CATS INC have?
IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $219,703 in grants to CARING FOR CATS INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CARING FOR CATS INC?
MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $62,771 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CARING FOR CATS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing