Tennessee · Nonprofit
MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC
MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,200,220 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($548,074). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Muttnation Foundation Inc does
Mission
To promote and facilitate the adoption of shelter pets, encourage spay & neuter for all pets, and educate the public.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mutts across america - an annual program supporting shelters across the country. One shelter in every state is awarded a "surprise" grant. Shelters are researched, reviewed, vetted and selected by the board of directors based on a variety of criteria (outlined on website). Beginning in 2022, with support from tractor supply, the grant was increased to $5,000 for each shelter. Approximately 400 shelters have received support from this program since its inception in 2015.
$1,287,624 spentof which $1,287,624 as grants100% of program spendingDisaster relief - as part of muttnation's mission, we help shelters and animals in times of natural disaster. The majority of our support is given through vetted programs that assist with animal vaccination and transport. Transport is provided to animals currently in shelters in the impacted areas, moving them to other counties and states in order to make room for people's pets who have been lost or separated from their owners during the crisis. This makes it easier for owners and their pets to be reunited in a timely manner once the crisis passes and also allows the animals that had been in the local shelters to have a new chance to be adopted in their new location. Previously muttnation provided disaster relief to shelters and other nonprofit organizations in the wake of dixie fire, waverly flood, hurricane ida and the ef-4.
General support - due to the pandemic, many of the in-person events muttnation typically sponsor, and support were not able to take place. Some of the programs muttnation supported previously included love harder, share the love, pawsitively famous, muttnation fund at waggle, and us war dogs. * love harder - received a grant from life of riley at springpoint to initiate the love harder program, which advances the adoption of the hardest-to-get adopted dogs (seniors, dogs with disabilities, pit mixes, and large dogs). The initial campaign included television, radio and billboard ads as well as significant social postings. * share the love - individuals pledged their time to volunteer at their local shelter for a day. Their selected shelter was then entered into a random drawing for one of the twenty $1,000 grants. This generated more than 5,000 confirmed volunteers and 20 vetted shelters received grants. * pawsitively famous - muttnation provides annual support to this organization that helps transport abused animals and animals that are at risk of being euthanized. * muttnation fund at waggle - this fund assists with medical bills for people's pets with unexpected needs. * us war…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,287,624.
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.
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 $1.2M to $2.3M (+92%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (74% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Nina Miller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $87k → $549k.
8 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 funders by total. 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
MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 54% · 2019 88% · 2020 78% · 2021 52% · 2022 61% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
30% of MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
69% of MUTTNATION FOUNDATION 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 $375k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $826k 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
MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,559 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,559 animals nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like MUTTNATION FOUNDATION 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
34%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Pink Dog Productions Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC?
- MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,200,220 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($548,074). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,200,220 in grants to MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC?
- CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $548,074 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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