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KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society
KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society (New Jersey) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $194,966 to it, the largest being The Steedman Family Foundation ($50,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $171k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $173k
What KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society does
Mission
The mission of the Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society is to provide a safe and peaceful haven for homeless, abandoned or abused animals. We will help decrease the number of cats and dogs being destroyed in kill shelters through the work of our adoption, trap-neuter-return, and education programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Cat Rescue and Adoption Services. Intake, Housing, Medical Care, Cleaning, Care, 242 cats adopted. 252 cats rescued from shelters, surrenders, and strays in 2025
$52,744 spent65% of program spendingTrap-Neuter-Return services for 191 feral cats in the community, including medical care (vaccinations, spay/neuter, microchip, etc.,), temporary housing, and wellness care
$21,472 spent26% of program spendingSanctuary Program - 2 cats were supported through our sanctuary program, including medical needs. These cats are not considered adoptable and will continue to be supported by the organization.
$1,675 spent2% of program spendingOutreach Assistance and Education Services. marketing, program materials, assisted animal care (providing medical/food), 1000+ people reached and several local families assisted to keep their pets.
$4,168 spent5% of program spendingVolunteer Program. Support 150-200 volunteers through 2025, recruitment, events, training, etc.
$1,129 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $81,188.
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.
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 $124k to $181k (+46%).
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.
76% of KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $11k → $37k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society’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
KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society 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
53% 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 KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 31% · 2022 42% · 2023 27% — 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
50% of KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
53% of KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society'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 $92k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from funders outside New Jersey, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $103k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society's revenue fell 17% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society?
- KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society (New Jersey) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $194,966 to it, the largest being The Steedman Family Foundation ($50,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $194,966 in grants to KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society?
- The Steedman Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KARMA CAT & ZEN DOG RESCUE SOCIETY DBA Karma Cat Rescue Society find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2021–2025), 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