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FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC

FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,616 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$117k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$37k
Net assets
$106k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Frederick Friends of Our County Animal Shelter Inc does

Mission

Support Frederick County Animal Control

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Brooke's Medical Fund: Covers veterinary procedures for shelter pets when our partner shelter cannot afford the cost

    $22,638 spent
    33% of program spending
  2. Cats with Character: Provides veterinary car, food, and supplies for senior or special needs cats who could not remain in our partner shelter

    $19,479 spent
    29% of program spending
  3. Shelter Assist Fund: Provides equipment, supplies, professional development for staff at our partner shelter

    $3,662 spent
    5% of program spending
  4. Project Hope: Pays for veterinary care or training costs for families that need help either keeping their pets or rehoming them to avoid shelter surrender

    $20,859 spent
    31% of program spending
  5. Behavior Assistance Fund

    $1,060 spent
    2% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,698.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($56k) Expenses 100 ($34k) Net assets 100 ($35k)2022 Revenue 88 ($50k) Expenses 93 ($31k) Net assets 151 ($54k)2023 Revenue 180 ($101k) Expenses 277 ($94k) Net assets 172 ($61k)2024 Revenue 150 ($84k) Expenses 237 ($80k) Net assets 182 ($65k)2025 Revenue 208 ($117k) Expenses 219 ($74k) Net assets 299 ($106k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (208)Expenses (219)Net assets (299)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 2024 to 2025, from $65k to $106k (+64%).

$35k
$54k
$61k
$65k
$106k
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’21
$18k
’22
$7k
’23
$4k
’24
$42k
’25

Leadership and staff

Board chair

Elizabeth Brown

President, Chair of Board

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $249 → $3k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER 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

FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

84% 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 FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC.

55%
largest funder
94%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 100% · 2023 77% — 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.

Where its funders are

84% of FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Maryland funders.

MD
NC

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

’21
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k 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

FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin36% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)20% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC?
FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC (Maryland) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,616 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $36,616 in grants to FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC?
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FREDERICK FRIENDS OF OUR COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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