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TOWN CATS INC

TOWN CATS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,749 to it, the largest being The Kernaghan Foundation Inc ($43,825). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$174k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$161k
Net assets
$39k
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What Town Cats Inc does

Mission

Enrich the lives of free roaming cats by limiting population growth through Trap Neuter Return and provide veterinary care and adoption services for rescued abandoned and underserved cats.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provided adoption services and veterinary care for rescued abandoned and underserved cats throughout the community Approximately 149 cat adoptions were facilitated in 2025

    $93,329 spent
    65% of program spending
  2. Maintained sanctuaries to care for and serve approximately 285 cats throughout 2025 offering them an improved quality of life and possible adoption

    $27,292 spent
    19% of program spending
  3. Facilitated approximately 179 spay neuter procedures in 2025 Feral cats are treated as part of the Trap Neuter Return program to stabilize outdoor cat colonies and provide healthier living conditions which benefits the community Socialized cats are spay neutered as part of their adoption

    $23,181 spent
    16% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $143,802.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($70k) Expenses 100 ($45k) Net assets 100 ($35k)2020 Revenue 75 ($53k) Expenses 96 ($43k) Net assets 127 ($45k)2021 Revenue 128 ($89k) Expenses 175 ($79k) Net assets 156 ($55k)2022 Revenue 176 ($123k) Expenses 322 ($146k) Net assets 90 ($32k)2023 Revenue 261 ($183k) Expenses 397 ($180k) Net assets 98 ($34k)2024 Revenue 220 ($154k) Expenses 376 ($170k) Net assets 52 ($18k)2025 Revenue 249 ($174k) Expenses 338 ($153k) Net assets 112 ($39k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (249)Expenses (338)Net assets (112)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 2021 to 2022, from $55k to $32k (−42%).

$35k
$45k
$55k
$32k
$34k
$18k
$39k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

85% of TOWN CATS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as 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. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$25k
’19
$10k
’20
$10k
’21
−$23k
’22
$3k
’23
−$16k
’24
$21k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Susan Mohler

President/CEO

Board chair

Christine Aument

Director/Board Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $41k.

5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 TOWN CATS 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

TOWN CATS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

54% 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 TOWN CATS INC.

27%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 90% · 2020 52% · 2021 62% · 2022 37% · 2023 29% — 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

50% of TOWN CATS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

52% of TOWN CATS INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.

NY
PA
NJ
MD
AZ

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Maryland out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TOWN CATS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

86%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MD

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Questions and answers

Who funds TOWN CATS INC?
TOWN CATS INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $160,749 to it, the largest being The Kernaghan Foundation Inc ($43,825). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TOWN CATS INC have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $160,749 in grants to TOWN CATS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TOWN CATS INC?
The Kernaghan Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $43,825 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TOWN CATS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 11 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