North Carolina · Nonprofit
CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS
CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,131 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($2,731). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2020
- $115k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Carolina Adopt-A-Bulls does
Mission
We are a 501c3 rescue in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina focusing on rescuing pit bulls and pit bull mixes. We are 100% foster based. Our mission is to: Liberate and find loving homes for pit bulls, focusing on North Carolina Shelters. Advocate to eliminate breed restrictions and end pit bull bans. Educate the public about pit bull truth and fiction.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Carolina Adopt-A-Bulls sole program service is the rescue, foster and adoption of pit bulls type dogs. The dogs in our program live with a foster family until a permanent home can be found. In 2020, we adopted out approximately 131 dogs. The expenses we incur to rescue and place as many pit bull type dogs as possible include the following: - Veterinary expenses: All veterinary expenses to ensure the health of the dog prior to adoption - this may include (but is is not limited to) spay/neuter surgery, heartworm treatment, vaccinations and medical treatment for diseases or injuries. - Cost of Goods for dogs in foster care: Other expenses incurred while a dog is being fostered may include (but is not limited to) training, food, supplies (collars, leashes, harnesses, etc.), boarding, etc. - Storage facilities: Storage costs for dog food and supplies when not in use by fosters.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $11k to $9k (−24%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $464.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS’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
CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
66% 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 CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
66% of CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS'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 $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k 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.
Organizations like CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS: 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 CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS?
- CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,131 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($2,731). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $4,131 in grants to CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,731 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAROLINA ADOPT-A-BULLS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2019–2020), and the filings of 2 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