Tennessee · Nonprofit
SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY
SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,802 to it, the largest being MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC ($45,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $38k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $93k
- Net assets
- $257k
What Shelter Friends of Hickman County does
Mission
Shelter Friends of Hickman County was formed to further the creation and support of an animal shelter for Hickman County Tennessee The Corporation may work to acquire land buildings and equipment or to construct physical facilities as necessary for the creation of the animal shelter and to support additional needs of this shelter after its completion Shelter Friends longer term mission to support the ongoing needs of the shelter once established may include the Corporation assuming operations of the shelter in collaboration with Hickman County government and other governmental and charitable entities
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
SFOHCO continued to work with Hickman County on approving a site for the shelter The preliminary site was rejected by the County due to a change in County plans for an adjoining parcel A new site has been identified and approvals are working through County government Architectural plans for the shelter have undergone revisions as SFOCHC has researched existing shelters and they have now been largely completed Expenses for completion of these plans were paid in 2022 to potential builder No other outlay of funds specifically for the project were made in 2024
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $220k to $257k (+17%).
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.
87% of SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY’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 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $741.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY’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
SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% 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 SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 48% · 2022 63% · 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
98% of SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k 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
SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY's revenue fell 67% between 2022 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,996 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
72%
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 SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY: 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 SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY?
- SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,802 to it, the largest being MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC ($45,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $92,802 in grants to SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY?
- MUTTNATION FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY 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 2022–2024), 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