How much does Ahimsa Foundation give?

Ahimsa Foundation reported 62 itemized grants totaling $912,500, out of $971,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 82 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Ahimsa Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%).

Who are Ahimsa Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals ($740k), New England Wildlife Center Inc ($350k), City Critters Inc ($282k).

Does Ahimsa Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Ahimsa Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc, The Summerlee Foundation, Humane World for Animals Inc.

Where is Ahimsa Foundation based?

Ahimsa Foundation is based in ME.

Foundation Dossiers

Maine · Public charity

Ahimsa Foundation

To support organizations involved in the care and protection of animals and related activities.

$972k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 62
Itemized grants FY2025: 62
Organizations funded FY2024: 0%
First-time grantees FY2024

Read the full brief

Itemized, FY2025: $913k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $12,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 62 to 82; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 23
Total assets, FY2025: $28M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ahimsa Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

AnimalsOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	62	$913k	5%
FY2024	62	$828k	0%
FY2023	67	$908k	3%
FY2022	67	$976k	1%
FY2021	63	$920k	0%
FY2020	76	$784k	5%
FY2019	80	$800k	8%
FY2018	82	$819k	15%

100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$6.8M

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals	$740,000	9	6%
New England Wildlife Center Inc	$349,500	9	2%
City Critters Inc	$281,500	9	19%
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc	$244,000	9	1%
Homecoming Farm Inc	$237,500	8	n/a
Equine Advocates Incorporated	$189,000	9	1%
The Wildcat Sanctuary	$165,000	9	1%
Rockin T Equine Rescue	$158,000	7	32%
Horse Protection Association of Florida Inc	$156,000	9	7%
Equine Rescue Inc	$151,000	9	13%

Show all 113 grantees

All grantees of Ahimsa Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals	$740,000	9	6%
New England Wildlife Center Inc	$349,500	9	2%
City Critters Inc	$281,500	9	19%
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc	$244,000	9	1%
Homecoming Farm Inc	$237,500	8	n/a
Equine Advocates Incorporated	$189,000	9	1%
The Wildcat Sanctuary	$165,000	9	1%
Rockin T Equine Rescue	$158,000	7	32%
Horse Protection Association of Florida Inc	$156,000	9	7%
Equine Rescue Inc	$151,000	9	13%
The Mary C Schanz Foundation	$146,497	9	1%
Wildlife Alliance Inc	$138,000	9	0%
Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary	$135,000	9	8%
Floridas Forgotten Felines Inc	$133,000	9	26%
Visakha Spca India Inc	$128,000	8	n/a
FixNation Inc	$121,000	9	1%
Foster Parrots Ltd	$117,000	9	2%
Elephant Aid International	$115,000	6	3%
Eau Claire Community Humane Association Inc	$107,500	9	2%
Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue	$98,221	8	4%
Out of the Pits Inc	$98,000	8	8%
Passion 4 Paws Inc	$97,000	9	9%
The Center for Wildlife	$96,500	9	1%
Hull Seaside Animal Rescue Inc	$94,000	9	8%
Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary Inc	$93,000	6	9%
Ace of Hearts	$92,500	9	3%
Bobshouse 4Dogs Inc	$92,000	9	5%
Second Chance Animal Refuge Society	$90,000	9	7%
Ellen M Gifford Sheltering Home Co	$89,500	9	2%
Animal Friends Alliance	$88,500	9	0%
Wild Bird Fund Inc	$88,000	8	1%
National Marine Life Center Inc	$83,000	8	2%
International Primate Protection League	$82,000	7	1%
Operation Catnip of Gainesville	$81,500	9	2%
God's Creatures Great & Small Rescue Mission Inc	$81,000	7	45%
Tcc Cat Rescue Inc	$81,000	9	6%
Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc	$76,000	8	1%
Save a Kitty Inc	$75,000	9	12%
Greyhound Friends of New Jersey Inc	$70,000	7	6%
Lost Our Home Pet Foundation	$70,000	8	1%
Great River Rescue	$69,500	8	4%
Beyond Nine Cat Rescue Inc	$67,000	9	6%
Cat Assistance Referral & Education (CARE)	$67,000	9	4%
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue	$64,500	7	1%
Shadows Fund Incorporated	$64,000	9	2%
Born Free USA united with API	$61,000	8	1%
Spay and Stay	$57,750	9	6%
Ouabache Valley Felines and Friends Inc	$57,500	9	n/a
Urban Cat League Inc	$57,500	8	19%
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee	$56,600	6	0%
Project Perry Inc	$56,500	7	4%
Wildlife Center of Long Island Inc	$56,500	8	2%
Volunteers of Muskegon County Animal Control	$52,500	8	1%
Action Program for Animals	$52,000	7	2%
Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center Inc	$52,000	9	1%
Heart and Hand Society Inc Heart and Hand Society Inc	$49,000	7	14%
Monroe County Friends of Animals	$47,000	6	2%
Rerun Inc	$45,000	5	3%
Last Stop Horse Rescue	$45,000	7	11%
Muttville	$44,500	6	0%
Ruff Start Rescue Inc	$44,500	7	0%
Northern Colorado Friends of Ferals	$43,500	6	6%
Stand Up for Animals	$43,000	7	2%
Palm Beach Cat Rescue Humane Society Inc	$42,500	4	n/a
Project Animalaid	$42,500	8	2%
Phoenix Rising Rescue and Rehabilitation Incorporated	$42,000	6	n/a
Neady Cats Corp D/B/A Cats in Need	$38,500	7	3%
Second Chance Shelter for Cats Inc	$35,000	7	20%
Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary	$35,000	3	n/a
Ken-Mar Rescue	$30,000	4	20%
Sunshine Golden Retriever Rescue Co	$30,000	6	5%
Adopt a Cat Foundation Inc	$26,000	4	10%
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance Inc	$26,000	6	1%
Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition Inc	$24,000	3	4%
Elephant Aid International	$24,000	2	n/a
Dreamchaser Pmu Rescue & Rehab	$24,000	2	n/a
Bobbi and the Strays Inc	$23,000	4	1%
Futures for Standardbreds	$22,000	4	n/a
Safe Haven for Cats	$21,000	3	1%
Front Range Freedom Rescue Inc	$21,000	3	4%
Save the Dogs and Other Animals US	$20,000	2	48%
Ocean Homeless Abandoned Animals Corp	$20,000	4	n/a
The Pegasus Foundation	$20,000	2	n/a
Cats in Need of Human Care	$19,000	4	2%
New Dawn Livestock Rescue & Sanctuary Inc	$16,000	4	10%
Priceless Parrot Preserve Inc	$16,000	2	n/a
Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge	$15,000	1	1%
Humane Ohio	$14,500	3	0%
Paws Animal Welfare Society Inc	$13,500	2	14%
For Our Friends Inc	$12,500	4	2%
Return to Freedom Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Spay-Mart Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc	$10,000	4	0%
In Defense of Animals	$10,000	1	0%
Muttville Senior Dog Rescue	$10,000	1	n/a
Lakes Region Humane Society	$10,000	2	1%
SpayNeuter Assistance for Pets Inc	$9,000	2	n/a
Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition	$8,000	1	n/a
Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals	$8,000	1	5%
Dreamchaser Pmu Horse Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Spay Neuter Jackson Co Al	$7,000	1	n/a
Horse Shoe Equine Rescue	$6,000	2	n/a
Island Dog Rescue	$5,000	1	n/a
Kismet Pet Adoptions	$5,000	1	n/a
New England Society for Abandoned Animals Inc	$5,000	1	7%
Meigs County Humane Society	$5,000	1	8%
Southern Alliance for People & Animal Welfare	$4,000	1	n/a
Conway Area Humane Society	$4,000	2	0%
The Humane Society of New York	$4,000	1	0%
Georgia Soc for Prevention of Cta	$4,000	1	1%
Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center	$3,000	1	0%
Animals Best Friend Fund Inc	$3,000	1	2%
Our Big Fat Caribbean Rescue Inc	$2,000	1	n/a

Ahimsa Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 91 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 91.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Leslie L Alexander Foundation IncFL35.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · The Summerlee Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petsmart Charities Inc · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Pedigree Foundation · Petco Love · BISSELL Pet Foundation · On Shore Foundation · Greater Good Charities

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Ahimsa Foundation with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ahimsa Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ahimsa Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Ahimsa Foundation

How much does Ahimsa Foundation give?: Ahimsa Foundation reported 62 itemized grants totaling $912,500, out of $971,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 62 and 82 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Ahimsa Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%).
Who are Ahimsa Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals ($740k), New England Wildlife Center Inc ($350k), City Critters Inc ($282k).
Does Ahimsa Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ahimsa Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc, The Summerlee Foundation, Humane World for Animals Inc.
Where is Ahimsa Foundation based?: Ahimsa Foundation is based in ME.