Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Animal Welfare Institute
Since 1951, the ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE has been dedicated to alleviating animal suffering caused by people. We seek to improve the welfare of animals everywhere: in agriculture, in commerce, in our homes and communities, in research, and in the wild.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $425k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $103,780
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 15
- Total assets, FY2025
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Animal Welfare Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $431k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $425k | 61% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $620k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $569k | 65% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $455k | 79% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $342k | 76% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $159k | 77% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $182k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $207k | 93% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| People and Carnivores Inc | $183,600 | 5 | 8% |
| Opr Coastal Primate Sanctuary | $169,751 | 3 | 55% |
| Sustainable Innovation Initiatives Inc | $139,405 | 2 | 34% |
| Beaver Institute Inc | $98,500 | 5 | 77% |
| Monitor Caribbean Inc | $75,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of California San Francisco | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Whale Sanctuary Project | $56,831 | 1 | 3% |
| Humane Society of St Thomas | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development Inc | $53,800 | 1 | 6% |
| Island Dog Incorporated | $51,000 | 3 | 34% |
Show all 129 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Animal Welfare Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 96 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · The Summerlee Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Anti-Vivisection Society · The Pew Charitable Trusts · The American Anti-Vivisection Society · Winley Foundation · Defenders of Wildlife · Wildlife Conservation Society · Wilburforce Foundation · Weeden Foundation
How this is measured
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About Animal Welfare Institute
- How much does Animal Welfare Institute give?
- Animal Welfare Institute reported 24 itemized grants totaling $424,924, out of $1,401,530 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Animal Welfare Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (77%), Education (16%), Environment (4%).
- Who are Animal Welfare Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: People and Carnivores Inc ($184k), Opr Coastal Primate Sanctuary ($170k), Sustainable Innovation Initiatives Inc ($139k).
- Does Animal Welfare Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Animal Welfare Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, The Summerlee Foundation, Humane World for Animals Inc.
- Where is Animal Welfare Institute based?
- Animal Welfare Institute is based in DC.
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