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SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS

SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS (Texas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,911 to it, the largest being DEEP CREEK FOUNDATION ($21,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2023
$37k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$73k
Net assets
$17k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What San Saba County Friends of Animals does

Mission

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to assist lost, abandoned, neglected and abused animals in San Saba County, Texas.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Rescue and Adoption. In 2023, we helped 36 dogs and cats though our rescue and adoption program. The animals are spayed or neutered, receive vaccinations and other medical treatment and are fostered until they find new homes through our organization or are transferred to one of our "no-kill" rescue partners.

    $17,489 spent
    52% of program spending
  2. Trap Neuter Return. In 2023, we humanely trapped 146 community cats in San Saba County and had them spayed or neutered, vaccinated, ear-tipped and returned to their caretakers.

    $7,811 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Low-cost Spay and Neuter. In 2023, the organization subsidized the cost of spay or neuter surgery for 39 pet dogs and cats for San Saba County residents.

    $4,828 spent
    14% of program spending
  4. Pet Assistance. We provide assistance to needy animals through occasional distributions of pet food and by covering a limited amount of emergency medical costs for pets owned by low-income families. We also lend crates, kennels and other pet-related items to help families keep their pets safe.

    $3,702 spent
    11% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $33,830.

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 ($49k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($26k)2022 Revenue 101 ($50k) Expenses 128 ($61k) Net assets 55 ($14k)2023 Revenue 76 ($37k) Expenses 71 ($34k) Net assets 68 ($17k)
202120222023
Revenue (76)Expenses (71)Net assets (68)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 2021 to 2022, from $26k to $14k (−45%).

$26k
$14k
$18k
202120222023
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
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,580 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’21
−$11k
’22
$3k
’23
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $5k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS’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

SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% 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

65% 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 SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS.

29%
largest funder
71%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 89% · 2020 48% · 2021 93% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — 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

20% of SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

51% of SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS'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 $36k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Texas funders.

AZ
TN
TX

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

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’19
’20
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k 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

SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,812 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin9% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−13% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,812 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2023

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

73%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS?
SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS (Texas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,911 to it, the largest being DEEP CREEK FOUNDATION ($21,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $72,911 in grants to SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS?
DEEP CREEK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $21,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SAN SABA COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 8 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