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FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC

FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,979 to it, the largest being CORNWELL FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$127k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$242k
Net assets
$114k
7/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 30%
01What it does

What Friends of the Shelter Dogs Inc does

Mission

Form 990-ez, part iii, primary exempt purposefriends of the shelter dogs primary purpose is to provide support for the dogs at the athens county dog shelter. Form 990-ez, part iii, line 28, program service accomplishments:veterinary services for sick and injured dogs that enter the shelter each year and for spaying/neutering of certain shelter dogs. Over 500 dogs enter the shelter each year and our county government does not have the resources to provide veterinary support. Form 990-ez, part iii, line 29, program service accomplishments:rescue services - we rescue dogs from the shelter and transfer them to other rescues. Costs incurred are boarding while waiting for transfer, transportation both to rescues and vet appointments, grooming, training, license fees as well as vet care which is included in program 1.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $73,808 spent
    82% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $2,942 spent
    3% of program spending
  3. Medical and general supplies for the dogs at and from the shelter such as flea and tick, vaccinations, dog food.

    $12,837 spent
    14% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $89,587.

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 ($77k) Expenses 100 ($87k) Net assets 100 ($83k)2022 Revenue 149 ($115k) Expenses 129 ($111k) Net assets 105 ($87k)2023 Revenue 164 ($127k) Expenses 115 ($100k) Net assets 137 ($114k)
202120222023
Revenue (164)Expenses (115)Net assets (137)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 2022 to 2023, from $87k to $114k (+31%).

$83k
$87k
$114k
202120222023
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS 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. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’21
$4k
’22
$27k
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $38k.

4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 SHELTER DOGS 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 SHELTER DOGS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

42% 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 SHELTER DOGS INC.

48%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 62% · 2020 54% · 2021 93% · 2022 43% · 2023 56% — 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

75% of FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

82% of FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

MI
NY
OH
AZ

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

’19
’20
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $102k 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

FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,280 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)28% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,280 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023

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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

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC?
FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,979 to it, the largest being CORNWELL FOUNDATION INC ($115,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $241,979 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC?
CORNWELL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER DOGS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 9 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