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THE CAT PEOPLE INC

THE CAT PEOPLE INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,241 to it, the largest being PATRICIA CRAIL BROWN FOUNDATION ($44,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$156k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$89k
Net assets
$1.3M
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What The Cat People Inc does

Mission

Reduce feral & domestic cat over population, provide food, altering, vet services to urban homeless cats, monitor feral colonies in county parks, assist seniors, outreach assistant, spay today, emergengy assistance & adoption.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Multipurpose; other programs - senior assist, outreach assist, spay today, emergency assist and adoptions (sr, spay today, emergency & adoptions)

    $177,341 spent
    58% of program spending
  2. Vet services to urban homeless cats. When possible cats are removed from the street and held for adoption (foster & food pantry).

    $104,458 spent
    34% of program spending
  3. Parks program - monitors feral colonies in the county parks, foood, medical care and altering are provided, trap, altar and realese is the usual prodecure (hart park $ cap)

    $22,771 spent
    7% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $304,570.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($117k) Expenses 100 ($205k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2019 Revenue 215 ($251k) Expenses 107 ($219k) Net assets 102 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 200 ($234k) Expenses 118 ($243k) Net assets 101 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 282 ($330k) Expenses 143 ($294k) Net assets 103 ($1.8M)2022 Revenue 179 ($210k) Expenses 168 ($345k) Net assets 96 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 179 ($210k) Expenses 154 ($317k) Net assets 89 ($1.6M)2024 Revenue 133 ($156k) Expenses 183 ($376k) Net assets 77 ($1.3M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (133)Expenses (183)Net assets (77)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 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $1.3M (−14%).

$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.8M
$1.7M
$1.6M
$1.3M
2018201920202021202220232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 3% · 2020 16% · 2021 2% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

94% of THE CAT PEOPLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (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. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$88k
’18
$32k
’19
−$9k
’20
$36k
’21
−$136k
’22
−$107k
’23
−$221k
’24
14
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed7888886
Joined·+3+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·200002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $15k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 THE CAT PEOPLE INC’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

THE CAT PEOPLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

49%
largest funder
75%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 40% · 2022 63% · 2023 34% — 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.

How long its funders stay

80% of THE CAT PEOPLE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

99% of THE CAT PEOPLE INC's grant income comes from California funders.

CA
NC

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

’17
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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

THE CAT PEOPLE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−142% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve14.4mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE CAT PEOPLE INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 4%Fundraising 6%

Governance

6
board members
133%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CAT PEOPLE INC?
THE CAT PEOPLE INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,241 to it, the largest being PATRICIA CRAIL BROWN FOUNDATION ($44,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CAT PEOPLE INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $89,241 in grants to THE CAT PEOPLE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CAT PEOPLE INC?
PATRICIA CRAIL BROWN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $44,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CAT PEOPLE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 8 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