California · Nonprofit
TIPPEDEARS
TIPPEDEARS (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $301,781 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($253,800). 2 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
- $225k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $302k
- Net assets
- $64k
What Tippedears does
Mission
To combat cat overpopulation through humane tnr (trap-neuter-return). By reducing the overall cat population, fewer cats will need to be euthanized in shelters for space, and there will not be as many kittens dying on the streets. There are not enough adoptive homes to support the growing cat population. In order to solve this problem, Tippedears believes it is essential to fight the root of the problem to prevent the excess of kittens born each year. Humane tnr is the most effective solution to solving cat overpopulation in our society and improving each cat's quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Foster program: orphaned/injured/sick kittens found at colonies where Tippedears is actively trapping are enrolled in the foster program, space allowing. Kittens are placed in the care of foster families (volunteers) until ready for adoption (2 fvrcp vaccines, microchip,spayed/neutered). Kittens are then adopted out to the public through an adoption process.
$172,051 spent$24,989 earned by the program86% of program spendingTnr program: cats are humanely trapped, sterilized and released back into their outdoor colonies. Sick or injured cats are treated and held until recovered, then released. This prevents cat overpopulation and lowers the amount of unsocialized cats surrendered to the shelters and subsequently euthanized as non-adoptable.
$18,971 spent9% of program spendingCommunity wellness program: residents of compton (ca) were invited to participate in several wellness events held throughout the year by Tippedears, sometimes in collaboration with other funding partners. Services such as vaccine and microchip clinic, as well as a pet pantry, were provided. On occasion, spay/neuter appointments were made available to members of the community for owned pets.
$9,784 spent$90 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,806.
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.
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 $55k to $68k (+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.
87% of TIPPEDEARS’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 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.
Chief executive
Renae Woith
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
4 of 8 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 TIPPEDEARS’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
TIPPEDEARS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 TIPPEDEARS.
“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 TIPPEDEARS'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 $13k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $288k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
TIPPEDEARS has grown faster 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 TIPPEDEARS
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TIPPEDEARS: 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 TIPPEDEARS?
- TIPPEDEARS (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $301,781 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($253,800). 2 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 TIPPEDEARS have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $301,781 in grants to TIPPEDEARS, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TIPPEDEARS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $253,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TIPPEDEARS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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