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SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS

SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being HEART OF GOLD LEGACY FOUNDATION FORMERLY SOLID GOLD FOUNDATION ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2017
$17k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$4k
Net assets
$155k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Second Chance 4 Pets does

Mission

The mission of 2nd chance 4 pets is to reduce the number of pets unnecessarily euthanized each year due to the death or incapacity of the human companions who care for them. 2nd chance 4 pets is a non-profit 501(c)(3) all-volunteer organization. We are working throughout california and nationwide to provide pet owners with comprehensive information and lifetime care solutions, ensuring that their pets will always be provided proper care.

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Veterinarian outreach and companions for seniors2nd chance 4 pets was established as a nonprofit in may 2004. Each year, more than 500,000 pets are surrendered to shelters in the united states because their owners died or became too ill to care for their pets. This tragedy is the result of pet owners not having a plan in place for someone to care for their pets should anything happen to them. We are very enthusiastic having the opportunity - for fourteen years -to provide important information about lifetime care planning to pet owners, animal welfare organizations and veterinarians across the united states. Our resources, programs, webinars and workshops help to ensure peace of mind for pet owners and prevent orphaned pets from being surrendered to animal shelters where they may be euthanized. Our all-volunteer team continues to provide comprehensive information and resources to pet owners, ensuring that they plan for the possibility that their pets might outlive them. We continue to take advantage of many opportunities to promote our mission. Through national conference presentations, grants and awards, public relations and partnerships, our message of lifetime care planning…

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $500.

From the IRS filings of SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS’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.

Where its funders are

SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.

CA

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

’17
’18
’21
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $4k to it.

Operating margin−63% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,587 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2017

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

62%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

CA
TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS?
SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being HEART OF GOLD LEGACY FOUNDATION FORMERLY SOLID GOLD FOUNDATION ($3,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,500 in grants to SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS?
HEART OF GOLD LEGACY FOUNDATION FORMERLY SOLID GOLD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SECOND CHANCE 4 PETS 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 1 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