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FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER

FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,602 to it, the largest being F THOMAS & PATRICIA D WESTCOTT FOUNDATION ($7,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$33k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$12k
Net assets
$140k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 72%
01What it does

What Friends of the North Attleboro Animal Shelter does

Mission

The organization is dedicated to providing financial support to the town of north attleboro animal shelter. The shelter provides for the well being of hundreds of unwanted and stray companion animals.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. The Friends of the North Attleboro Animal Shelter (fnaas) is an all volunteer organization dedicating to providing financial support to the town of north attleboro animal shelter. The shelter provides for the well being of hundreds of unwanted and stray companion animals. The fnaas also provides money to the shelter for vaccinations, supplies and general operations, when requested.

    $11,477 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,477.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($37k) Expenses 100 ($29k) Net assets 100 ($116k)2018 Revenue 123 ($45k) Expenses 91 ($26k) Net assets 117 ($135k)2019 Revenue 125 ($46k) Expenses 117 ($33k) Net assets 128 ($148k)2020 Revenue 20 ($7k) Expenses 51 ($15k) Net assets 122 ($141k)2021 Revenue 35 ($13k) Expenses 54 ($15k) Net assets 119 ($138k)2022 Revenue 78 ($29k) Expenses 62 ($18k) Net assets 129 ($149k)2023 Revenue 55 ($20k) Expenses 149 ($43k) Net assets 109 ($127k)2024 Revenue 52 ($19k) Expenses 81 ($23k) Net assets 106 ($123k)2025 Revenue 91 ($33k) Expenses 55 ($16k) Net assets 121 ($140k)
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Revenue (91)Expenses (55)Net assets (121)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $149k to $127k (−15%).

$116k
$135k
$148k
$141k
$138k
$149k
$127k
$123k
$140k
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Total assets

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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,580 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’17
$19k
’18
$13k
’19
−$7k
’20
−$3k
’21
$11k
’22
−$22k
’23
−$4k
’24
$18k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $5k → $775.

1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER’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 NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

60%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 95% · 2021 75% · 2022 54% · 2023 50% — 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

FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 4 states in all.

MA
CA
NC
FL

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

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’21
’22
’23
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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

FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,315 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin53% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,315 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

93%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER?
FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER (Massachusetts) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,602 to it, the largest being F THOMAS & PATRICIA D WESTCOTT FOUNDATION ($7,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $11,602 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER?
F THOMAS & PATRICIA D WESTCOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE NORTH ATTLEBORO ANIMAL SHELTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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