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PAWSTER NASHVILLE

PAWSTER NASHVILLE (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,124 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($108,036). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$205k
Funders on record
14
Grants received
$257k
Net assets
$88k
5/14 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What Pawster Nashville does

Mission

To support people during times of crisis by providing compassionate, temporary care for their pets.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In order to responsibly care for dogs and cats in foster care, Pawster Nashville employs a staff to run the pet programs.

    $73,270 spent
    45% of program spending
  2. In order to responsibly care for dogs and cats in foster care, Pawster Nashville provides veterinary care while the pets are in Pawster Nashvilles care.

    $46,317 spent
    28% of program spending
  3. Other program services consist of miscellaneous costs related to temporary pet foster care. These include (but are not limited to) pet supplies, foster recruitment, pet transportation, pet grooming, and pet fees.

    $43,190 spent
    27% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,777.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($65k) Expenses 100 ($40k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2022 Revenue 147 ($96k) Expenses 241 ($96k) Net assets 100 ($39k)2023 Revenue 215 ($140k) Expenses 234 ($93k) Net assets 221 ($86k)2024 Revenue 266 ($173k) Expenses 417 ($166k) Net assets 241 ($94k)2025 Revenue 314 ($205k) Expenses 529 ($210k) Net assets 226 ($88k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (314)Expenses (529)Net assets (226)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $39k to $87k (+122%).

$39k
$39k
$87k
$102k
$96k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of PAWSTER NASHVILLE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,065 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’21
−$73
’22
$47k
’23
$7k
’24
−$6k
’25
4.6
months of
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

Gabriel Horton

President & executive director

Board chair

Chelsey Hedglin

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $1k → $74k.

3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 PAWSTER NASHVILLE’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

PAWSTER NASHVILLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

88% 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 PAWSTER NASHVILLE.

42%
largest funder
84%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 52% · 2023 29% — 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

43% of PAWSTER NASHVILLE's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

67% of PAWSTER NASHVILLE'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 $85k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 7 states.

WA
NY
CA
VA
AZ
TN
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’22
’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $172k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PAWSTER NASHVILLE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,954 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve4.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)33% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,954 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like PAWSTER NASHVILLE

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 13%Fundraising 10%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds PAWSTER NASHVILLE?
PAWSTER NASHVILLE (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,124 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($108,036). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PAWSTER NASHVILLE have?
IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $257,124 in grants to PAWSTER NASHVILLE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PAWSTER NASHVILLE?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $108,036 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PAWSTER NASHVILLE 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing