South Carolina · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,301 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($115,786). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $547k
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Friends of the Animal Shelter Inc does
Mission
FOTAS mission is to support the Aiken County Animal Shelter by promoting animal welfare responsible pet ownership and the elimination of euthanasia of all adoptable animals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Transfers: FOTAS arranges transfers to other no-kill shelters for numerous dogs and cats unable to secure homes locally. The program involves a vast volunteer network that socializes pets to appeal to potential adopters and fosters them until they are ready for transfer. This initiative significantly boosts the Aiken County Animal Shelters live release rate. Over the past 8 years including 2025 every adoptable animal at the shelter has been rescued. In 2025 FOTAS coordinated 98 transports and covered transport costs for 1,115 pets.
$166,175 spent$71,915 earned by the program67% of program spendingShelter and Community Needs: FOTAS supports the county shelter by providing heartworm medicine to save dogs previously euthanized due to lack of medical care flea medicines toys leashes pet food supplements and other supplies. Additionally FOTAS covers medical expenses for severely ill or injured animals brought to the shelter annually. This past year the shelter has received many more animals than in previous years that have needed lab work and tests due to lack of poor care. FOTAS has funded all the lab work for these animals in need received each month. This year FOTAS flew in two Dogs Playing for Life professionals from the Renown National Dogs Playing for Life team. FOTAS paid for the three days of training for the shelter staff for its Dogs Playing for Life Programs- properly managed play groups for dogs to help with their socialization and adoptability. FOTAS has engaged technical services to update multiple websites with pictures and information on adoptable animals and current pet-related content daily. For the community FOTAS offers humane runners dog houses and pet food to county residents in need. When necessary FOTAS finances Trap Neuter Return surgeries for community…
$79,754 spent32% of program spendingShelter Building: FOTAS provided funds for the needed kennel system in the Shelters puppy isolation room allowing puppies to have free range in a secure housing. FOTAS funded the needed equipment for the new play yard.
$3,712 spent1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $249,641.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.9M to $3.9M (+34%).
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.
74% of FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $24k → $136k.
11 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 THE 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 THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
62% 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 THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 39% · 2019 32% · 2020 26% · 2021 30% · 2022 21% · 2023 38% — 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
62% of FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
58% of FRIENDS OF THE 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 $231k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside South Carolina, across 11 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $316k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 813 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 813 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC?
- FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,301 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($115,786). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $547,301 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $115,786 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 24 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing