Rhode Island · Nonprofit
VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER
VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER (Rhode Island) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,400 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($6,055). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2020
- $59k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $318
What Volunteer Initiative for the Scituate Animal Shelter does
Mission
For charitable purposes, title 7-6 of the rhode island general laws, to raise funds to provide care for the animals at the scituate rhode isalnd animal shelter, to protect the welfare of the animals housed in the shelter, and to facilitate improvements to the municipal shelter structure and external grounds, with the permission of the town of scituate.
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Program
To raise the funding required to build a 30 ft x 30 ft addition to the shelter.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $71 → $47.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER’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
VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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: 2020 75% · 2021 93% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117 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
VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,576 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2020
Organizations like VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER?
- VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER (Rhode Island) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,400 to it, the largest being THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION ($6,055). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,400 in grants to VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER?
- THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,055 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOLUNTEER INITIATIVE FOR THE SCITUATE ANIMAL SHELTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 3 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