Michigan · Nonprofit
Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport
Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,695 to it, the largest being THE DUFFIELD FAMILY FOUNDATION DBA MADDIE'S FUND ($3,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $186k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $223k
What Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport does
Mission
Animal rescue organization
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cat adoption program: cat adoptions, partnerships with area organizations to promote adoptions, microchipping adopted cats
$7,800 spent$7,828 earned by the program8% of program spendingFoster care program: place cats in foster homes. Provide food, medical care, and other necessities for these cats.
$67,447 spent66% of program spendingCat sanctuary: currently setting up a cat sanctuary that will house cats that are considered unadoptable.
$26,230 spent26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $101,477.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $57.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport’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
Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 81% · 2022 85% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $319 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
Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport: 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 Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport?
- Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,695 to it, the largest being THE DUFFIELD FAMILY FOUNDATION DBA MADDIE'S FUND ($3,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $4,695 in grants to Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport?
- THE DUFFIELD FAMILY FOUNDATION DBA MADDIE'S FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Shores of the Mitten Animal Rescue and Transport find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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