Ohio · Nonprofit
TAILS FROM THE CITY
TAILS FROM THE CITY (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,370 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($275,155). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $202k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $310k
- Net assets
- $220k
What Tails From the City does
Mission
No-kill all volunteer cat and dog rescue that cares for abandoned, neglected or homeless animals until we can find them permanent loving homes.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We take in cats and dogs that are homeless, get them the proper veterinary care they need (including spay/neuter) before finding them permanent homes. We house all dogs in foster homes and all cats in foster homes or a facility in cages where they receive daily care and maintenance. We attend adoption events and host fundraisers throughout the year so we have enough money to properly care for the animals as well as help people meet them that may be interested in adopting them. In 2024, we took in 78 canines and 732 felines, and we placed 81 canines and 749 felines. While in our care, these animals receive enrichment, and if training is necessary, it is provided. All animals are microchipped and therefore registered to the rescue in case they are ever lost/found. If for some reason any of our placed animals cannot stay where they have been placed, we take them back into our rescue. We also educate adopters on how to properly care for their adopted animals, and remain as a resource to adopters for the life of the animal.
$197,286 spent$201,175 earned by the program100% 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: $197,286.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $165k to $230k (+39%).
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.
51% of TAILS FROM THE CITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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 broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $63k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 TAILS FROM THE CITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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
TAILS FROM THE CITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 TAILS FROM THE CITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 99% · 2021 83% · 2022 89% · 2023 86% — 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
TAILS FROM THE CITY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k 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
TAILS FROM THE CITY is better cushioned than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TAILS FROM THE CITY
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
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 TAILS FROM THE CITY: 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 TAILS FROM THE CITY?
- TAILS FROM THE CITY (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $310,370 to it, the largest being PETSMART CHARITIES INC ($275,155). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TAILS FROM THE CITY have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $310,370 in grants to TAILS FROM THE CITY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TAILS FROM THE CITY?
- PETSMART CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $275,155 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TAILS FROM THE CITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 6 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