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WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC

WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $391,050 to it, the largest being Ron & Ellen Schmid Foundation co Franklin Pilicy ($108,550). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$556k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$391k
Net assets
$433k
10/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 48%
01What it does

What Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc does

Mission

Rescue, rehabilitation and adoption of domestic animals. To promote and improve the physical, mental and emotional health and well-being of rescued or surrendered domestic animals.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. 2024 accomplishments: pet adoption: 633 feline adoptions pets fostered: high of 93 in 2024 pet intakes at sheter: 647 community support: hosted shred it day, supported three local food banks and several animal control shelters, animail allance welfare leage and a local independent trapper. Senior to senior program: average of 60 cats in this program that pairs senior cats with seniors, expenses paid for. In march 2024 whiskers too was opened. This sanctuary space has cage free rooms for stressed cats to become more socialzed so they can be adopted into forever homes. Whisers too averagesd 8-12 cats in 2024

    $573,353 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $573,353.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($202k) Expenses 100 ($144k) Net assets 100 ($116k)2018 Revenue 98 ($198k) Expenses 111 ($159k) Net assets 134 ($156k)2019 Revenue 94 ($190k) Expenses 135 ($194k) Net assets 130 ($152k)2020 Revenue 138 ($279k) Expenses 144 ($207k) Net assets 192 ($223k)2021 Revenue 173 ($350k) Expenses 191 ($274k) Net assets 257 ($299k)2022 Revenue 209 ($421k) Expenses 232 ($333k) Net assets 333 ($387k)2023 Revenue 253 ($510k) Expenses 310 ($445k) Net assets 389 ($452k)2024 Revenue 275 ($556k) Expenses 400 ($575k) Net assets 372 ($433k)
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Revenue (275)Expenses (400)Net assets (372)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 $300k to $388k (+30%).

$116k
$157k
$152k
$223k
$300k
$388k
$459k
$455k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

58% of WHISKERS PET RESCUE 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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$58k
’17
$39k
’18
−$4k
’19
$72k
’20
$76k
’21
$88k
’22
$65k
’23
−$19k
’24
8.2
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.

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Listed55655545
Joined·+0+1+1+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·0020010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $97k → $57k.

7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 17 of 18 funders by total. 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

WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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

36% 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 WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC.

28%
largest funder
59%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 79% · 2018 74% · 2019 50% · 2020 34% · 2021 34% · 2022 41% · 2023 30% — 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

67% of WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

74% of WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.

WA
PA
CT
CA
AZ
NC

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

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’23
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k 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

WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC is better cushioned than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Months of reserve8.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · above the median

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC?
WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $391,050 to it, the largest being Ron & Ellen Schmid Foundation co Franklin Pilicy ($108,550). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $391,050 in grants to WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC?
Ron & Ellen Schmid Foundation co Franklin Pilicy is the largest funder on record, with $108,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 18 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