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FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY

FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY (Georgia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,896 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($329,640). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$266k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$463k
Net assets
$82k
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 74%
01What it does

What Farm of the Free Animal Sanctuary does

Mission

Provide support, education, and care of animals. A farm animal sanctuary.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Feed and care for abandoned and rescued animals.

    $224,666 spent$224,666 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $224,666.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($113k) Expenses 100 ($52k) Net assets 100 ($86k)2019 Revenue 73 ($82k) Expenses 206 ($107k) Net assets 70 ($60k)2020 Revenue 126 ($142k) Expenses 272 ($142k) Net assets 71 ($60k)2021 Revenue 179 ($202k) Expenses 388 ($202k) Net assets 74 ($64k)2022 Revenue 161 ($181k) Expenses 333 ($174k) Net assets 83 ($71k)2023 Revenue 181 ($204k) Expenses 369 ($192k) Net assets 78 ($66k)2024 Revenue 236 ($266k) Expenses 473 ($246k) Net assets 95 ($82k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (236)Expenses (473)Net assets (95)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 2018 to 2019, from $86k to $60k (−30%).

$86k
$60k
$60k
$69k
$93k
$88k
$82k
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$61k
’18
−$26k
’19
$326
’20
−$32
’21
$8k
’22
$12k
’23
$20k
’24
1.3
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

Ryan Bulzan

Exec Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

202120232024
Listed411
Joined···
No longer listed···
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $26k → $150k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 80% 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 FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY’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

FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

83% 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 FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY.

71%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 76% · 2021 77% · 2022 53% · 2023 54% — 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

40% of FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

80% of FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY'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 $92k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Georgia, across 6 states.

CT
CO
NC
DC
AL
FL

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $371k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve1.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY

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In Georgia

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY?
FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY (Georgia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $462,896 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($329,640). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 80% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $462,896 in grants to FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY?
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $329,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FARM OF THE FREE ANIMAL SANCTUARY 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 9 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