New York · Nonprofit
THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC
THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $345,639 to it, the largest being THE MARION AND HERBERT HESS CHARITABLE TRUST C/O GREGORY POND ($212,389). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $164k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $346k
- Net assets
- $482k
What The Shelter Connection Inc does
Mission
Increase the quality of life for shelter dogs in the town of north hempstead animal shelter; to shift the public perception about shelter and dispel the myth that shelter dogs are "damaged goods; to increase adoptions by training and socializing the dogs; to educate the public about responsible dog care and the necessity of spaying/neutering companion animals; to help our community, in difficult economic times, to feed and meet the medical needs of their companion animals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Increase the quality of life for shelter dogs in the town of north hempstead animal shelter; to shift the public perception about shelter and dispel the myth that shelter dogs are "damaged goods; to increase adoptions by training and socializing the dogs; to educate the public about responsible dog care and the necessity of spaying/neutering companion animals; to help our community,in difficult economic times, to feed and meet the medical needs of their companion animals.
$23,642 spent55% of program spendingMend-a-paw fund, which pays for diagnostic studies and medical and surgical needs of the shelter dogs which cannot be funded from the shelter budget.
$8,717 spent20% of program spendingPublication of a quarterly nesletter with articles about responsible dog care, ads about the dogs that increased adoptions, stories about adoptions, etc. Mailed to over 5500 local and distant animal lovers.
$10,757 spent25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $43,116.
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 2024 to 2025, from $396k to $483k (+22%).
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.
99% of THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $68k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 SHELTER CONNECTION 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 SHELTER CONNECTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 62% · 2022 98% · 2023 59% — 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
100% of THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k 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
THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC: 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 THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC?
- THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $345,639 to it, the largest being THE MARION AND HERBERT HESS CHARITABLE TRUST C/O GREGORY POND ($212,389). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $345,639 in grants to THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC?
- THE MARION AND HERBERT HESS CHARITABLE TRUST C/O GREGORY POND is the largest funder on record, with $212,389 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SHELTER CONNECTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2021–2025), 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