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American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation

American kennel club companion animal recovery (akc car)'s mission is to promote identification of pets and reunite lost pets with their owners.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
200
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Public Safety & Disaster$3.3MCrime & Legal$2.2MAnimals$900kArts & Culture$100kEducation$40kPhilanthropy$23kReligion$8kHealth$8k
02FY2024 · 200 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 200 grants below total $1,591,550, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,929,527 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $337,977 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k198 grants · $1.5M
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog$100,000
Savannah Police Department$10,000
Cleveland State Campus Police Department$7,500
Jackson County Detention Center$7,500
Freeborn County Sheriff's Office$7,500
Phillips County Sheriffs Office$7,500
Becker County Sheriff's Office$7,500
Lumberton Police Department$7,500
Westminster Police Department$7,500
Ponca City Police Department$7,500
Morton Police Department$7,500
Tama Police Department$7,500
Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office$7,500
Sherman Police Department$7,500
Carroll County Sheriff's Office$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 27% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FRIENDS OF VENTURA COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES: $10k → 10%Friends of Ventura County Animal Services: $10k → 10%HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 76 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +229% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

76 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 154 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

76
406

Total granted

$2.0M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+229%
+10%

Still filing today

4%
6%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsCrime & LegalPublic Safety & DisasterEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog
    7× · 2018–2024 · $710k · revenue +229%
  • SP
    ST PAUL POLICE K-9 FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $23k · revenue +6%
  • AS
    ANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +253%

Funded once

  • AK
    AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -54%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF COUNTYPETS
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • TA
    Texas A&M Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +90%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Operational K9 Medical Team of Wisconsin
Animals
2
High Desert Police K9 Association
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3
The K9 Fund

The primary purpose of the organization is to provide funding for the purchase, training, equipment, and veterinary care for los angeles police department metropolitan k9 unit.

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4
Minneapolis Police K-9 Foundation

To provide dogs to the police k9 unit

Crime & Legal
5
Florida Animal Protection Foundation
Animals
6
Novato Police K9 Foundation

Our mission is to partner with the novato police department for the acquisition of canines, to assist in their healthcare needs, to provide support for their training and to foster good relations between the police department and the…

Animals
7
Woodbury Police K9 Fund
Animals
8
Back the Blue K-9 Force

To provide the safety and medical needs of Law Enforcement K-9's. This includes protective vests, needed equipment, surgeries, etc. Requests for needed equipment are made by the K-9 handlers.

Animals
9
Sacramento Police Canine Association

Care for retired police canine dogs.

Animals
10
PAWS4LAW Foundation

To provide support for the canine units of local police departments.

Crime & Legal
11
Coins for K9S
Animals
12
Valpo K-9 Association Inc

Support valparaiso indiana police k9

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Society of Sonoma County; the most unlike its peers is Sapulpa Area Chamber Foundatio. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 40 of the 638 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/40
Grantees still filing
21/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+181 more: $2,357,750 · Other+181 moreThe American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: $710,000 · Arts & CultureThe American Kennel Club…AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · AnimalsVeterinarians for Puerto Rico Corp: $20,000 · AnimalsANOTHER CHANCE RFT: $10,000 · AnimalsHumane Society Of Southeast Texas: $10,000 · AnimalsOPERATION PETS ALIVE: $10,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SONOMA COUNTY: $10,000 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF GREATER MIAMI-DADE FOR POCTA AAP: $10,000 · AnimalsNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $10,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of Napa County & SPCA INC: $10,000 · AnimalsMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsFLORIDA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · AnimalsDurango Kennel Club Inc: $7,637 · AnimalsTexas A&M Foundation: $25,000 · EducationTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,500 · PhilanthropyST PAUL POLICE K-9 FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Crime & LegalANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY: $20,000 · Human ServicesNETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$2,357,750Arts & Culture$710,000Animals$177,637Education$25,000Philanthropy$22,500Crime & Legal$22,500Human Services$20,000Public Safety & Disaster$10,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: $710,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL POLICE K-9 FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetVeterinarians for Puerto Rico Corp: $20,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPetaluma Animal Services Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOPERATION PETS ALIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SONOMA COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHumane Society of Napa County & SPCA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLORIDA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSAPULPA AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATIO: $7,500 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL POLICE K-9 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Veterinarians for Puerto Rico Corp ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY ↗

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.

Center for Technology…Our RescueBest Friends Animal S…The Golden Leaf IncUcare FoundationFirehouse Subs Public…K9s4cops IncUcare MinnesotaMinnesota Historical …Cities for Financial …Humane World for Anim…National Recreation a…
Center for Technology and Civic LifeIL42.5× affinity90 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Center for Technology and Civic Life · Our Rescue · Best Friends Animal Society · The Golden Leaf Inc · Ucare Foundation · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc · K9s4cops Inc · Ucare Minnesota · Minnesota Historical Society · Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · National Recreation and Park Association

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 638 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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