North Carolina · Nonprofit
Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance
Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance (North Carolina) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,327 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($71,800). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $341k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $169k
- Net assets
- $106k
What Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance does
Mission
Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance is dedicated to saving the most vulnerable lives - newborn and medically-challenged kittens who would otherwise have nowhere else to turn. Our mission is to provide lifesaving care around-the-clock support and specialized medical treatment to fragile kittens while also empowering shelters rescues and communities with education and resources to save more kittens. Through our foster program kitten nursery and training initiatives we give the tiniest most fragile kittens a chance to thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our adoption program at Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance is dedicated to finding loving permanent homes for the kittens we rescue. Every kitten is spayed or neutered vaccinated microchipped and receives all necessary medical treatments before adoption. Our team supports adopters with education guidance and ongoing resources ensuring that every kitten gets the best possible start in their new home.
$71,874 spent$14,156 earned by the program28% of program spendingOur foster program at Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance provides a lifeline for newborn and medically fragile kittens who need around-the-clock care. We recruit train and support a network of dedicated foster parents who open their homes to these vulnerable kittens. Our fosters receive all necessary supplies ongoing training and 24 7 support to ensure they feel confident in providing care. This program not only saves lives but also prepares kittens for adoption by providing them with a safe loving environment where they can grow heal and thrive.
$71,874 spent28% of program spendingOur volunteer program at Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance is a vital part of our lifesaving mission providing opportunities for compassionate individuals to support our work with newborn and medically-challenged kittens. Volunteers can help in a variety of roles including hands-on kitten care administrative support event assistance social media and community outreach. We provide comprehensive training ongoing support and a welcoming environment where volunteers can make a meaningful impact gain new skills and become part of a community dedicated to saving tiny lives.
$71,872 spent28% of program spendingOur education program at Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance empowers individuals shelters and rescues with the knowledge and skills needed to save the most vulnerable kittens. We offer in-person and virtual training on neonatal kitten care including bottle feeding medical support and critical care techniques. Our program also provides resources on safe fostering kitten health and best practices for rescue organizations helping communities save more kittens and ensuring they receive the care they need to thrive.
$44,207 spent$994 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $259,827.
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.
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 $21k to $327k (+1493%).
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.
96% of Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Chief executive
Andee Bingham
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $1k → $29k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance’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
Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 81% · 2021 45% · 2022 43% · 2023 45% — 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
50% of Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
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
85% of Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance'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 $26k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $144k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance has grown faster than three-quarters 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 Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance
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.
Where the money goes
89% 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 Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance: 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 Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance?
- Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance (North Carolina) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $169,327 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($71,800). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $169,327 in grants to Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $71,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Esther Neonatal Kitten Alliance 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 13 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