Illinois · Nonprofit
FERAL FIXERS NFP
FERAL FIXERS NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,226 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($62,000). 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 FY2025
- $286k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $107k
- Net assets
- $766k
What Feral Fixers Nfp does
Mission
(a) to educate local governments and the public on the benefits of a trap, neuter, return (tnr) program in dupage county. (b) to humanely control the population of feral cats in dupage county, illinois, primarily through a trap, neuter, return (tnr) program. (c) to provide educational resources and other assistance to feral cat colony caretakers and local veterinarians. (d) to provide coaching on tnr methods to feral cat colony caretakers and others interested in furthering the objectives of tnr. (e) to work in cooperation with other animal welfare organizations interested in furthering the objectives of tnr in dupage county, illinois. (f) to promote the importance of spaying and neutering for all cats, feral or non-feral. (g) to place for adoption directly to the public or place with other animal welfare organizations, those cats that are found to be adoptable in the course of practicing tnr. Our long-term goal: to reduce both the number of cats euthanized and the feral cat population
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization educated the public and local governments on the benefits of trap, neuter, return (tnr) to humanely manage the feral cat population in dupage county. It provided resources, training, and support to colony caretakers and veterinarians, and collaborated with other animal welfare groups to promote, spaying, neutering, and adoption of adoptable cats encountered during tnr efforts.
$232,537 spent$29,362 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $232,537.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $179k to $684k (+282%).
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.
84% of FERAL FIXERS NFP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $22k.
6 of 11 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 FERAL FIXERS NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 11 funders by total. 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
FERAL FIXERS NFP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 FERAL FIXERS NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 88% · 2020 85% · 2021 64% · 2022 68% · 2023 91% — 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
17% of FERAL FIXERS NFP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
80% of FERAL FIXERS NFP'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 $21k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
FERAL FIXERS NFP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FERAL FIXERS NFP
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 FERAL FIXERS NFP: 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 FERAL FIXERS NFP?
- FERAL FIXERS NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,226 to it, the largest being THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($62,000). 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 FERAL FIXERS NFP have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $107,226 in grants to FERAL FIXERS NFP, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FERAL FIXERS NFP?
- THE DUPAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $62,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FERAL FIXERS NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 11 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