Indiana · Nonprofit
INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC
INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,843 to it, the largest being Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust ($160,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $233k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $480k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Indy Neighborhood Cats Inc does
Mission
To improve the quality of life for unowned neighborhood cats and the community they live in by reducing overpopulation through trap, neuter, return (tnr).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tnr program: trap- neuter-return (tnr) is the only non-lethal three-step method to reduce the number of free roaming cats both immediately and in the long term. To put it simply, it is the gold standard. One of the cornerstones of indianapolis is a deep-rooted responsibility for civic engagement and service. Our organization seeks to build a lasting and thriving tnr program that recruits and guides the citizens of our city to work together and manage the cat population, much like the well-known neighborhood watch program. Along with our tnr program, indy neighborhood cats is in the field providing ongoing colony care support such as warm winter shelters, food, spay/neuter resources and medical care to cats living outdoors in indianapolis.our organization's board members have over 50 years of collective animal welfare and program management experience. We are working on a strategic plan with indianapolis animal care services to identify the areas of our city with the highest number of kitten and cat surrenders in our cities most vulnerable neighborhoods.
$155,993 spentof which $80 as grants75% of program spendingWinter shelter program: we provide life sustaining shelters the indy neighborhood cats winter shelter program collects, builds and distributes between 1600 plus cat shelters each year. Winters in indianapolis can be tough on our community cats. Though they tolerate cold much better than many of our furry friends, cats rely on our shelter builds to provide them warmth and safety in freezing temperatures. Indy neighborhood cats will start accepting more cats from the public this winter.we have also signed an mou with indianapolis animal care services to act as a rescue that can pull cats from the shelter and partner to reduce the feline length of stay at our city shelter.
$3,927 spent2% of program spendingCat food pantry support: we partner with friends of indianapolis dogs outside (fido). Nutrition is vital to keeping cats healthy. We understand that feeding large groups of cats can provide challenges. Fido runs the largest pet food pantry in indianapolis. Indy neighborhood cats helps fundraise for cat food and we are on site twice a week to assist with pantry operations. This removes duplication of effort and it keeps us face to face with community cat caretakers with the greatest need.
$9,316 spent4% of program spendingCare program: medical care or injured/ill community cats when needed.
$39,925 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $209,161.
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 $26k to $5k (−79%).
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.
94% of INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Dawn Benefiel
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $7k → $117k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS 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
INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
36% 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 INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2021 50% · 2022 51% · 2023 39% — 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
100% of INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 64% 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 INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $122k 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.
Against its field
INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC has grown faster than three-quarters 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 INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC?
- INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $479,843 to it, the largest being Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust ($160,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $479,843 in grants to INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC?
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust is the largest funder on record, with $160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 14 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