Tennessee · Nonprofit
OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY
OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY (Tennessee) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,975 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($16,178). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $64k
What Operation Johnson Kitty does
Mission
Operation Johnson Kitty (OJK) traps, neuters, and returns feral, stray, & community cats. When we have available fosters & space, and sponsors for medical care, we foster and adopt out friendly, socialized cats.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Spay/neuter community and feral cats at the local spay/neuter clinic.
$10,250 spentof which $10,250 as grants15% of program spendingSpay/neuter community and feral cats at local vet animal hospital
$48,681 spentof which $48,681 as grants71% of program spendingProvide medical care such as enucleation, tail removal, amputation, etc. for feral and community cats.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $68,931.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $71k to $64k (−9%).
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.
51% of OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Melinda Maiden
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $4k → $902.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY’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
OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% 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 OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 60% — 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.
Where its funders are
79% of OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY'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 $7k that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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
OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,996 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY?
- OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY (Tennessee) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,975 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($16,178). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $31,975 in grants to OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $16,178 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION JOHNSON KITTY 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.
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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 2023–2024), and the filings of 6 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