Florida · Private foundation
Caspersen Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Caspersen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k 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 | 8 | $2.3M | 63% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $1.3M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $3.5M | 40% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $616k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap | $2,071,380 | 2 | 19% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $1,500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort | $1,275,000 | 3 | 75% |
| Satchels Last Resort | $1,270,000 | 3 | 44% |
| National Humane Education Society | $1,150,000 | 2 | 21% |
| The University of Florida Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Keys Humane Society | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| This Is the Dog Inc | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dogs in Crisis Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Florida Poodle Rescue Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Caspersen Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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 Caspersen Foundation Inc
- How much does Caspersen Foundation Inc give?
- Caspersen Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $2,285,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Caspersen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (88%), Education (10%).
- Who are Caspersen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap ($2.1M), Best Friends Animal Society ($1.5M), Critter Adoption and Rescue Effort ($1.3M).
- Does Caspersen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Caspersen Foundation Inc 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 Caspersen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Network for Good, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Caspersen Foundation Inc based?
- Caspersen Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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