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BISSELL Pet Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$210k
Granted FY2024still arriving
61
Grants FY2024still arriving
23
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$11MCrime & Legal$150kHuman Services$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$71kPublic Benefit$50kHealth$21kFood & Nutrition$4kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 61 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k52 grants · $95k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $115k
$1,503
Median grant
23
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Northshore Humane Society$30,000
Pasco County Board of County Commissioners Animal Services Department$15,000
RedRover$10,000
Espanola Humane$10,000
Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control$10,000
Good Shepherd Humane Society Spay & Neuter Clinic$10,000
Lucky Paw Foundation$10,000
Big Lake Humane Society$10,000
San Diego Humane Society$10,000
SPCA of Southwest Michigan$5,000
Atchafalaya River Rescue$5,000
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland$5,000
Stop Online Puppy Mills$5,000
Jackson County Animal Shelter$5,000
Billys Loving Cats Inc$5,000
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 (FY21–23, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $3k → 17%SUSSEX COUNTY FELLOWSHIP FOR ANIMALS INC (FATHER JOHN'S ANIMAL HOUSE): $3k → 6%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $3k → 17%SUSSEX COUNTY FELLOWSHIP FOR ANIMALS INC (FATHER JOHN'S ANIMAL HOUSE): $3k → 6%Freedom Dogs: $25k → 11%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

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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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.9M · 500 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

500 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 471 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

500
412

Total granted

$8.9M
$2.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+20%

Still filing today

71%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • AH
    Arizona Humane Society
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +63%
  • HH
    HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY
    4× · 2020–2024 · $188k · revenue +109%
  • BD
    BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $130k · revenue +153%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES
    one grant, 2020 · $200k
  • BP
    BEAUREGARD PARISH POLICE JURY
    one grant, 2022 · $150k
  • EP
    EL PASO ANIMAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2021 · $141k
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
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
2
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
3
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
4
Pound Pets Inc

Animal Rescue - finding homes for abandoned animals in Granite City, spaying and neutering stray animals and feral cats

Animals
5
Humane Society of Union County Inc

The Humane Society of Union County exists to reduce the number of abused, abandoned, and neglected cats and dogs through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and spay and neuter.

Animals
6
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
7
Raskels Rescue
Animals
8
Claws and Paws for a Cause

For our community we provide high quality low cost spay and neuter services as well as low cost vaccinations. we do have programs that allows us to help the families that have pets but are in financial strain and not able to have their…

Religion
9
Adopt and Save a Life Rescue Mission Inc
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10
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
11
Paws and Claws Animal Welfare Society Inc

Animal Rescue

Animals
12
Tennessee River Rescues

we exist to spay and neuter unwanted pets in our local area trying to find them a home to thrive in until the end of their time

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Animal Friends Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Equine Advocacy of Louisiana. 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

625 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. 625 of the 933 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
166
Early backer (in before they grew)
602/625
Grantees still filing
436/625
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Arizona Humane Society: $1,071,685 · AnimalsArizona Humane SocietyHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $188,190 · Animals+131 more: $4,177,776 · Animals+131 moreMARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT: $252,986 · OtherMARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTME…THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES (HSUS): $200,000 · OtherTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES…Individual grant recipient: $171,412 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBeauregard Parish Sheriff's Office Animal Control: $150,408 · OtherBEAUREGARD PARISH POLICE JURY: $150,000 · OtherEL PASO ANIMAL SERVICES: $140,859 · OtherANIMAL RESCUE CORP: $137,100 · OtherPOINTE COUPEE PARISH ANIMAL SERVICES: $108,923 · Other+58 more: $1,613,967 · Other+58 moreFREEDOM DOGS: $25,000 · Human Services
Animals$5,437,651Other$2,925,655Human Services$25,000

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%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetArizona Humane Society: $1,071,685 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $188,190 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $130,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDETROIT DOG RESCUE: $116,132 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $109,320 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY & ANIMAL RESCUE OF MUSKEGON COUNTY: $99,192 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF SW MICHIGAN: $94,451 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetALASKA NATIVE RURAL VETERINARY INC: $93,916 over 3y, 21% of budgetOKTIBBEHA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $86,046 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCATNIP FOUNDATION DBA BIG SKY CARES: $77,821 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF DETROIT ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL: $76,270 over 5y, 16% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN: $75,867 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGLOBAL STRAYS INC: $75,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $70,371 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMAL CENTER OF EAST TEN: $67,610 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $66,337 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI: $60,290 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHumane Society of Charlotte Inc: $59,889 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHumane Society of Midland County: $58,365 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $55,914 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTOP ONLINE PUPPY MILLS: $55,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetJACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $54,175 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHEARTS OF HOPE DOG RESCUE: $50,924 over 4y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY SPAY NEUTER INITIATIVE PA: $50,765 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFURKIDS INC: $46,070 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLEXINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $45,266 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $44,315 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $41,750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI: $41,425 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetST TAMMANY HUMANE SOCIETY D/B/A NORTHSHORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $37,100 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $36,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREATER BIRMINGHAM HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $36,458 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $35,821 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $35,162 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMPANION ANIMAL ALLIANCE: $35,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $34,895 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMETRO ANIMAL SHELTER: $34,650 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $33,450 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CEDAR CREEK LAKEINC: $31,522 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetPARIS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $31,446 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $31,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHEAVEN CAN WAIT ANIMAL HAVEN: $30,749 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetTHE ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $30,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF YUMA: $28,700 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST MO: $28,650 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetRAMONA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $28,650 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetKITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY: $28,430 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCASCADES HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $27,700 over 3y, 0.8% 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 Arizona Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA ↗
  • Who funds BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT DOG RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY & ANIMAL RESCUE OF MUSKEGON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF SW MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA NATIVE RURAL VETERINARY INC ↗
  • Who funds OKTIBBEHA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CATNIP FOUNDATION DBA BIG SKY CARES ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF DETROIT ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL STRAYS INC ↗
  • Who funds NASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG-WILLIAMS ANIMAL CENTER OF EAST TEN ↗
  • Who funds KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Charlotte Inc ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Midland County ↗
  • Who funds BRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA ↗
  • Who funds STOP ONLINE PUPPY MILLS ↗
  • Who funds JACKSONVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS OF HOPE DOG RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SPAY NEUTER INITIATIVE PA ↗

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.

Petco LoveThe Duffield Family F…Pedigree FoundationBest Friends Animal S…Banfield FoundationGreater Good CharitiesThe American Society …Petsmart Charities IncHumane World for Anim…The Grey Muzzle Organ…The Michelson Found A…The Summerlee Foundat…
Petco LoveTX197.3× affinity220 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Pedigree Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · Banfield Foundation · Greater Good Charities · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petsmart Charities Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · The Grey Muzzle Organization · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · The Summerlee Foundation

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 BISSELL Pet Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from BISSELL Pet Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Paws Lee County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Halifax Humane Society Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
36report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to BISSELL Pet Foundation?

Find your warmest path to BISSELL Pet 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.

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 933 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-PF 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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