How much does American Humane Association give?

American Humane Association reported 3 itemized grants totaling $85,000, out of $926,397 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does American Humane Association fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (53%), Human Services (12%), Education (11%).

Who are American Humane Association's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rewild ($105k), International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc ($60k), Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind ($54k).

Does American Humane Association fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as American Humane Association?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petsmart Charities Inc, Greater Good Charities, Shell USA Company Foundation.

Where is American Humane Association based?

American Humane Association is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. Our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the bonds between animals and humans.

$926k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 3
Itemized grants FY2025: 2
Organizations funded FY2024: 100%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $85k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $54,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 8; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 3
Total assets, FY2025: $46M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations American Humane Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

AnimalsEducationPhilanthropyOther

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	3	$85k	67%
FY2024	2	$35k	100%
FY2023	2	$40k	50%
FY2022	3	$150k	67%
FY2021	2	$65k	100%
FY2020	2	$40k	100%
FY2019	3	$23k	33%
FY2018	8	$138k	38%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$454kHuman Services$104kEducation$90kEnvironment$80kPublic Benefit$50kHealth$40kPhilanthropy$35k

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
Rewild	$105,000	2	0%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc	$60,000	1	0%
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind	$54,000	1	1%
Palm Beach Freedom Institute Inc	$50,000	2	10%
The Pet Care Trust	$50,000	1	12%
Dog People of Livingston	$42,000	1	n/a
Tuskegee University	$40,000	1	0%
National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations	$40,000	1	7%
Tri County Humane Society	$35,000	2	1%
Lois Pope Life Foundation Inc	$35,000	1	9%

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All grantees of American Humane Association by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Rewild	$105,000	2	0%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc	$60,000	1	0%
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind	$54,000	1	1%
Palm Beach Freedom Institute Inc	$50,000	2	10%
The Pet Care Trust	$50,000	1	12%
Dog People of Livingston	$42,000	1	n/a
Tuskegee University	$40,000	1	0%
National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations	$40,000	1	7%
Tri County Humane Society	$35,000	2	1%
Lois Pope Life Foundation Inc	$35,000	1	9%
Semper K9 Assistance Dogs	$35,000	2	20%
St Landry Parish Animal Control	$27,400	1	n/a
Canines for Service Inc	$25,000	3	1%
Main Line Deputy Dog	$25,000	3	10%
Humane Society of Louisiana Inc	$23,000	1	3%
Soi Dog Foundation USA	$20,900	1	1%
Dr Walter J Ernest Jr Veterinary Memorial Foundation	$20,000	1	8%
Catnip Foundation Dba Big Sky Cares	$18,000	1	9%
Retrieving Freedom Inc	$17,500	2	1%
International Fund for Animal Welfare	$15,000	1	n/a
Labs for Liberty	$15,000	1	7%
Great Plains Assistance Dogs Foundation	$12,500	2	1%
Paws of Honor Inc	$11,644	1	16%
Maui Humane Society	$10,000	1	0%
Pet Partners	$7,500	1	0%
Pets for Patriots Inc	$7,500	1	2%
Dogs on Deployment	$7,500	1	3%
Companion Animal Rescue of Ascension Inc Caras House	$7,000	1	n/a
Animal Aid Inc	$6,000	1	2%
Cat Haven Inc	$5,010	1	1%
Purrs of Hope Rescue	$5,000	1	n/a
San Antonio Zoological Society	$5,000	1	0%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Humane Association supplied at peak.

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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 27.

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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.

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Open a dossier: Petsmart Charities Inc · Greater Good Charities · Shell USA Company Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · Petco Love · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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.

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About American Humane Association

How much does American Humane Association give?: American Humane Association reported 3 itemized grants totaling $85,000, out of $926,397 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does American Humane Association fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (53%), Human Services (12%), Education (11%).
Who are American Humane Association's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rewild ($105k), International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc ($60k), Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind ($54k).
Does American Humane Association fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Humane Association?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petsmart Charities Inc, Greater Good Charities, Shell USA Company Foundation.
Where is American Humane Association based?: American Humane Association is based in DC.