Illinois · Private foundation
Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $49M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $277k 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 | 10 | $4.2M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $3.9M | 31% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $3.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $13M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $3.2M | 61% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $4.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc | $13,050,000 | 6 | 100% |
| University of Denver | $952,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $708,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Vermont Law School | $640,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Outreach Community Ministries | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | $278,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $165,500 | 4 | 0% |
| New York University | $157,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Exotic Feline Rescue Center | $150,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Our Hen House | $140,000 | 5 | 22% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc | $13,050,000 | 6 | 100% |
| University of Denver | $952,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $708,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Vermont Law School | $640,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Outreach Community Ministries | $500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Americans for Oxford Inc | $278,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wesleyan University | $165,500 | 4 | 0% |
| New York University | $157,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Exotic Feline Rescue Center | $150,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Our Hen House | $140,000 | 5 | 22% |
| Creaturekind | $93,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlantic University | $16,100 | 1 | 4% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
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How this is measured
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About Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy
- How much does Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy give?
- Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy reported 11 grants totaling $4,381,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (81%), Education (10%), Crime & Legal (5%).
- Who are Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc ($13M), University of Denver ($952k), Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc ($708k).
- Does Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy based?
- Brooks McCormick Jr Trust for Animal Rights Law and Policy is based in IL.
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