New York · Nonprofit
SCRUFF INC
SCRUFF INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,419 to it, the largest being THE LEBARON FOUNDATION ($1,910). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $68k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $173k
What Scruff Inc does
Mission
SCRUFF (Spaying Capital Region Unowned Feral Felines), is a feral cat Trap-Neuter-vaccinate-Return (TNvR) organization for feral and stray cats. Run by dedicated volunteers, SCRUFF provides low-cost spay/neuter services for this unchecked population of unowned cats. SCRUFFS mission is to work with the public to humanely reduce the population of feral and stray cats through the non-lethal method of a managed TNvR program and to educate the public on ways to care for feral colonies. Modeling itself after the nationally acclaimed Alley Cat Allies, SCRUFF educates and promotes TNvR and has spayed/neutered over 10,200 stray cats. Through our programs and our valuable partnerships, SCRUFF's vision is a lifelong commitment to reducing community and cat colonies throughout the Capital District Region, one cat at a time.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
SCRUFF (Spaying Capital Region Unowned Feral Felines), is a feral cat Trap-Neuter-vaccinate-Return (TNvR) organization for feral and stray cats. Run by dedicated volunteers, SCRUFF provides low-cost spay/neuter services for this unchecked population of unowned cats. SCRUFFS mission is to work with the public to humanely reduce the population of feral and stray cats through the non-lethal method of a managed TNvR program and to educate the public on ways to care for feral colonies. Modeling itself after the nationally acclaimed Alley Cat Allies, SCRUFF educates and promotes TNvR and has spayed/neutered over 10,200 stray cats. Through our programs and our valuable partnerships, SCRUFF's vision is a lifelong commitment to reducing community and cat colonies throughout the Capital District Region, one cat at a time.
$28,851 spent100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,851.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $139k to $173k (+24%).
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.
96% of SCRUFF INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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 narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $159.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 SCRUFF INC’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
SCRUFF INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 84% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
SCRUFF INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $599 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SCRUFF INC 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 SCRUFF 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 SCRUFF INC: 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 SCRUFF INC?
- SCRUFF INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,419 to it, the largest being THE LEBARON FOUNDATION ($1,910). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SCRUFF INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $6,419 in grants to SCRUFF INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SCRUFF INC?
- THE LEBARON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,910 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SCRUFF INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 7 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