North Carolina · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC
FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,659 to it, the largest being SECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC ($70,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $219k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $273k
- Net assets
- $117k
What Friends of Wake County Animal Center Inc does
Mission
Improve the quality of life for animals and their families in our community and reduce the number of animals surrendered to the animal shelter.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kitty Clip and Pit Stop. Low cost spay/neuter vouchers for dogs and cats to be redeemed at local clinics. Our goal is to reduce the number of animals brought to the local shelter who might be euthanized. 1508 cats were spay/neutered in 2024. 140 dogs were spay/neutered in 2024.
$95,631 spent43% of program spendingNo Empty Bowl pet food pantry. Started in March 2020 to address the need for pet food help due to the loss of income due to the pandemic. Continued since this is a reason some people surrender their pets to the shelter and our goal is to keep pets in their homes. We provided pet food for 3,268 pets in 2024.
$51,161 spent23% of program spendingRescue/Medical sponsorships. Provided to Wake County Animal Center, adopters and rescues to help with costly medical expenses for animals at the center. Without our assistance these animals may be euthanized. 144 animals were sponsored in 2024.
$48,946 spent22% of program spendingThrough Community Outreach we helped 75 pets and their families directly with pet food, pet housing and vet care.
$5,720 spent3% of program spendingHeal a Heart provides sponsorships for adopted dogs who are heartworm positive to give them a better chance at adoption. 44 dogs were treated with our sponsorship in 2024.
$17,903 spent8% of program spendingDEGA medical veterinary care in disaster relief area
$5,000 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $224,361.
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 2021 to 2022, from $72k to $106k (+47%).
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.
102% of FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Alicia Carlucci
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $20 → $46k.
7 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER 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 WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
78% 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 WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 81% · 2022 79% · 2023 32% — 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
17% of FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
52% of FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER 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 $130k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC?
- FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $272,659 to it, the largest being SECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC ($70,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $272,659 in grants to FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC?
- SECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF WAKE COUNTY ANIMAL CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 15 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