California · Nonprofit
Catalyst for Cats Inc
Catalyst for Cats Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,500 to it, the largest being May and Bill Allison Foundation ($49,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $47k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $554k
What Catalyst for Cats Inc does
Mission
Humane cat population control.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Catalyst for Cats provides resources and support for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) efforts, including trapping, neutering, and post-care support for feral cats. The Organization connects cats that are not suitable for indoor homes with individuals needing pest control solutions. The Organization facilitates the adoption of friendly stray cats into new homes.Catalyst for Cats has a history of collaborating with other animal welfare groups, including Santa Barbara County animal shelters and the Humane Society, to address cat overpopulation.
$116,563 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $116,563.
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 2018 to 2019, from $407k to $502k (+23%).
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.
41% of Catalyst for Cats Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% 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
Belinda Burns
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $9k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of Catalyst 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
Catalyst for Cats Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 84% · 2019 77% · 2020 63% · 2021 86% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of Catalyst for Cats Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Catalyst for Cats Inc's revenue fell 26% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Catalyst for Cats 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
39%
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 Catalyst for Cats 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 Catalyst for Cats Inc?
- Catalyst for Cats Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,500 to it, the largest being May and Bill Allison Foundation ($49,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Catalyst for Cats Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,500 in grants to Catalyst for Cats Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Catalyst for Cats Inc?
- May and Bill Allison Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $49,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Catalyst for Cats Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 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