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FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC

FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,334 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($27,196). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2021
$282k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$33k
Net assets
$248k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Friends of Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter Inc does

Mission

Provides a safe haven for stray and homeless dogs and cats for the surrounding towns of pittsfield in berkshire county, ma until they are reclaimed by owners or until caring, responsible homes are found.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

Provides a safe haven for stray and homeless dogs and cats until they are reclaimed by owners or until caring, responsible new homes are found. Animals are provided with veterinary care and are spayed or neutered before going to new homes. The shelter helped 51 dogs in 2021, which includes 37 adoptions and 14 strays returned to owners, and 81 cats, which includes 81 adoptions. We include microchips on all animals we adopt out. The revenue listed also includes the microchips that were sold and implanted into animals requested by their owners.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($195k) Expenses 100 ($188k) Net assets 100 ($247k)2018 Revenue 78 ($152k) Expenses 112 ($211k) Net assets 76 ($187k)2019 Revenue 52 ($102k) Expenses 83 ($157k) Net assets 54 ($132k)2020 Revenue 54 ($105k) Expenses 87 ($163k) Net assets 30 ($74k)2021 Revenue 144 ($282k) Expenses 69 ($131k) Net assets 100 ($248k)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (144)Expenses (69)Net assets (100)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $102k to $254k (+150%).

$257k
$194k
$138k
$102k
$254k
20172018201920202021
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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 25% · 2018 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’17
−$59k
’18
−$55k
’19
−$59k
’20
$151k
’21
21
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed26555
Joined··+0+0+0
No longer listed··100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $7k → $7k.

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI 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

FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

92% 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 FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC.

82%
largest funder
99%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 83% · 2022 90% · 2023 80% — 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

92% of FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI 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 $3k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states.

MA
CT

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

’20
’21
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 0%Fundraising 3%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

79%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC?
FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,334 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($27,196). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $33,334 in grants to FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC?
NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $27,196 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF ELEANOR SONSINI ANIMAL SHELTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 4 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