Vermont · Private foundation
Black Dog Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $60k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Black Dog Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $60k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $55k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $53k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $49k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $30k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $50k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $95k | 88% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Land Trust Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation | $34,798 | 5 | 0% |
| Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $20,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Blackhat Humane Society | $18,000 | 6 | 5% |
| HEAL Raising Our World Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Dorset Equine Rescue Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Boulder Alano Club | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Namibian Rural Education Fund Inc | $12,000 | 4 | 61% |
Show all 34 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Black Dog Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 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: Marin Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Black Dog Foundation Inc
- How much does Black Dog Foundation Inc give?
- Black Dog Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $59,798 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Black Dog Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (30%), Environment (27%), Health (12%).
- Who are Black Dog Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vermont Land Trust Inc ($35k), Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation ($35k), Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association ($25k).
- Does Black Dog Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Black Dog Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Black Dog Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, Colorado Gives Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
- Where is Black Dog Foundation Inc based?
- Black Dog Foundation Inc is based in VT.
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