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Smith County Humane

Smith County Humane (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,603 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($67,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$251k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$162k
Net assets
$364k
5/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 73%
01What it does

What Smith County Humane does

Mission

Organization is dedicated to the general animal welfare, prevention of cruelty to animals and over population, education concerning humane treatment of animals and responsible pet ownership as well as continued involvement in other animal welfare issues.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Continued animal welfare issues including prevention of cruelty to animals, animal over-population, educating the public regarding the humane treatment of animals and pet ownership. During the fiscal year 629 spay/neuters which includes TNR were provided for animals 112 animal adoptions were accomplished through the program.

    $184,161 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $184,161.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($72k) Expenses 100 ($51k) Net assets 100 ($47k)2023 Revenue 372 ($269k) Expenses 114 ($59k) Net assets 548 ($258k)2024 Revenue 227 ($164k) Expenses 236 ($121k) Net assets 640 ($301k)2025 Revenue 347 ($251k) Expenses 369 ($189k) Net assets 774 ($364k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (347)Expenses (369)Net assets (774)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 2022 to 2023, from $47k to $258k (+448%).

$47k
$258k
$301k
$364k
2022202320242025
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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

104% of Smith County Humane’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,042 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$21k
’22
$211k
’23
$44k
’24
$63k
’25
22
months of
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.

20232025
Listed310
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $197 → $66k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 96% 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 Smith County Humane’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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

Smith County Humane leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

96% 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 Smith County Humane.

42%
largest funder
95%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 99% · 2023 87% — 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.

Where its funders are

96% of Smith County Humane'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 $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states.

NJ
TX

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $155k 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

Smith County Humane runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · top quartile
Months of reserve22.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)51% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Smith County Humane

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 1%

Governance

10
board members
50%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Smith County Humane?
Smith County Humane (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,603 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($67,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Smith County Humane have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $161,603 in grants to Smith County Humane, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Smith County Humane?
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $67,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Smith County Humane 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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