Second Life Thrift Store Inc
Avondale Estates, GA · EIN 27-2314419. Reported 71 grants totalling $486,926 to 48 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Second Life Thrift Store Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for animal welfare (NTEE D12).
- How spread out its giving is. 48 distinct organizations, with 10% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 21% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $5,602. Half of what it reported fell between $5,025 and $7,419; the smallest was $5,019 and the largest $24,134. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifeline Animal Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $50,948 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Georgia Stopping Pet Overpopulation Together Society Inc | Atlanta, GA | $33,711 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Georgia Animal Project Inc | Holly Springs, GA | $24,519 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Pethood of Georgia Inc | Duluth, GA | $24,140 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spay Neuter Coalition Inc | Lebanon, GA | $22,412 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spay Georgia Inc | Lilburn, GA | $21,912 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Leftover Pets | Winder, GA | $20,017 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Logans Run Rescue | Murphy, NC | $20,017 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Animal Diplomacy | Cambridge, MA | $19,707 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meow Or Never Inc | Avondale Est, GA | $19,062 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pawsitive Supporters Inc | Marietta, GA | $18,462 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Furkids Inc | Cumming, GA | $11,030 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pet Buddies Food Pantry Inc | Atlanta, GA | $8,319 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catsnip Cares Foundation | Snellville, GA | $7,419 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fridas Companion Animals Foundation Inc | Cumming, GA | $7,419 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Henrys House-Feral Community Incorporated | Buford, GA | $7,415 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Protecting & Ensuring Their Survival Inc | Warner Robins, GA | $7,410 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Beagle Rescue Inc | Atlanta, GA | $6,977 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Heartland Humane Society Inc | Newnan, GA | $6,532 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paws Atlanta Incorporated | Decatur, GA | $6,346 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Barkville Dog Rescue Inc | Jasper, GA | $6,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Paw Project of Georgia Inc | Lawrenceville, GA | $5,817 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purr Nation Cat Alliance Inc | Kennesaw, GA | $5,521 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tommys Holiday Fund | Austell, GA | $5,213 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ahimsa House | Atlanta, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Athens Alliance of Allbreed Canine Rescue Inc | Athens, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Animal Rescue Friends Inc | Stone Mtn, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Canine Caravan Rescue Inc | Tucker, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chaps Chow Rescue | Atlanta, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doberman Rescue of Atlanta Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Doggie Harmony | Decatur, GA | $5,027 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dachshund Rescue Educationawareness & Mentoring-Dream- of Geo | Marietta, GA | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Georgia Jack Russell Rescue Inc | Conyers, GA | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Good Mews Animal Foundation Inc | Marietta, GA | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hooties Haven Animal Rescue Inc | Cedartown, GA | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Morgan County Inc | Madison, GA | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitty City Cat Rescue Inc | Macon, GA | $5,025 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fancy Feline Rescue of the South LLC | Powder Spgs, GA | $5,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Floyd Felines Inc | Rome, GA | $5,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue and Adoption Inc | Kennesaw, GA | $5,023 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Beginnings Dog Rescue Inc | Milner, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Releashed Rescue Inc | Cumming, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rescuecats Inc | Fayetteville, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Road Trip Home Animal Rescue Inc | Acworth, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rotts N Pups Rescue Inc | Douglasville, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Second Leash on Life Inc | Atlanta, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Street Paws Inc | Locust Grove, GA | $5,021 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Athenspets Inc | Athens, GA | $5,019 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
12 of 48 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Lifeline Animal Project
MISSION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 45 of 48 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | $77,028 | $6,200 |
| 2022 | 47 | $319,910 | $5,027 |
| 2023 | 11 | $70,639 | $5,817 |
| 2024 | 2 | $19,349 | $9,674 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Georgia. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $5,602 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Georgia.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Second Life Thrift Store Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 2 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 North Clarendon Ave, Avondale Estates, GA, 30002.
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