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Cold Noses Foundation Inc

The mission of this rescue organization is to raise money to help find homes and safety for the most urgent need animals, focusing mainly on animals in areas the organization considers high-risk for animal endagerment areas such as greece, puerto rico and southern united states.

$201k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$93k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Animals$254kPhilanthropy$143kHuman Services$10kArts & Culture$10kHousing & Shelter$4kInternational$4kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $34k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $93k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$4k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEGASUS FOUNDATION$92,961
Individual grant recipient$24,000
LES CHATS DU MERCANTOUR$10,000
REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA DOG RESCUE$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LUCK'S RESCUE$5,000
STRAY ANIMAL PROJECT$5,000
PHOENIX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LET'S SAVE THE STRAYS INTERNATIONAL$5,000
KOTOR KITTIES$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,800
Individual grant recipient$4,100
FELINE RESCUE IN THE FERRY$4,000
SPAY NEUTER INCENTIVE PROGRAM OF OVERTON COUNTY$4,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CAT COLLABORATIVE: $10k → 22%RHODE ISLAND PARROT RESCUE: $5k → 7%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

AK
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
TN
NC
SC
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$243k · 9 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
42

Total granted

$243k
$176k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+41%

Still filing today

67%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • PB
    PETS BROWARD INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $15k · revenue +132%
  • IV
    INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY OUTREACH
    2× · 2022–2023 · $10k · revenue +211%
  • TC
    TWIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • AA
    ANNIE AND MILLIES PLACEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +218% · 42% of their budget
  • THE CAT COLLABORATIVE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -1%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
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
Peggys Paws

Very small operation, we do T/N/R in the local area

Animals
3
Kitten Around Cat Rescue
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
For Every Rescue a Life Saved

To manage feral and stray cat populations. The process involves trapping the cats in a humane manner, getting them spayed or neutered, vaccinated against rabies, and then returning them to their original location.

Animals
6
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
7
Community Pet Rescue

Caring for strays through pure fundraising

Animals
8
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
9
Tabby Tails Cat Rescue

To rescue cats in need provide them with necessary medical care and adopt them into forever homes.

Animals
10
Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc

Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc rescues dogs and cats from southern state kill shelters and off the streets to save them being euthanized. We also help contract by the pet population by spaying and neutering and educating the public on…

Animals
11
Meows and Mutts Rescue

We are an animal rescue who takes dogs and cats from high kill shelters, off the streets and owner surrenders and get them vetted and adopted and we transport them out of high volume areas to the northeast.

Animals
12
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Paw Warriors Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Cat Collaborative. 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

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 67 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
30/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KOTOR KITTIES: $22,503 · AnimalsKOTOR KITTIESPETS BROWARD INC: $15,363 · AnimalsPETS BROWARD INCANNIE AND MILLIES PLACE: $10,000 · AnimalsANNIE AND MILLIES PLACEINTERNATIONAL VETERINARY OUTREACH: $10,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL VETERINARY OUTREACHTWIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsTWIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYRISE AGAIN ANIMAL RESCUE: $7,500 · AnimalsAfrican Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc: $6,200 · Animals+25 more: $95,458 · Animals+25 moreIndividual grant recipient: $24,375 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLES CHATS DU MERCANTOUR: $10,000 · OtherLES CHATS DU MERCANTOURREPUBLIC OF GEORGIA DOG RESCUE: $10,000 · OtherREPUBLIC OF GEORGIA DOG RESCUEIndividual grant recipient: $6,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherLES CHATS DU MERCANTOUR-KALYMNOS CATS: $5,500 · Other+25 more: $87,850 · Other+25 moreTHE PEGASUS FOUNDATION: $134,531 · PhilanthropyTHE PEGASUS FOUNDATIONTHE PHOENIX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $8,652 · PhilanthropyTHE PHOENIX CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONTHE CAT COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 · Human ServicesRHODE ISLAND PARROT RESCUE INC: $5,000 · Human Services
Animals$177,024Other$150,125Philanthropy$143,183Human Services$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PEGASUS FOUNDATION: $134,531 over 5y, 57% of budgetKOTOR KITTIES: $22,503 over 4y, 10% of budgetPETS BROWARD INC: $15,363 over 2y, 13% of budgetANNIE AND MILLIES PLACE: $10,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetINTERNATIONAL VETERINARY OUTREACH: $10,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetTWIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTHE CAT COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE PHOENIX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $8,652 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetRISE AGAIN ANIMAL RESCUE: $7,500 over 2y, 10% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc: $6,200 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetRHODE ISLAND PARROT RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLETS SAVE THE STRAYS INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSTRAY ANIMAL PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetLAKE TRAVERSE ANIMAL REZCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetVet Treks Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetBRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetLucks Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKAT USA: $5,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetLAUREL CATS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetRESCUE NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPURRFECT MATCH CAT ADOPTIONS: $4,810 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCOLORADO FELINE FOSTER RESCUE: $4,313 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFARMHOUSE ANIMAL & NATURE SANCTUARY INC: $3,893 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetDenver Dachshunds Rescue and Transport: $3,575 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCHERISHED TAILS SENIOR SANCTUARY: $3,367 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetFIONA ANIMAL REFUGE: $3,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPAW WARRIORS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetINDY NEIGHBORHOOD CATS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSNOUTS OF SEDONA: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPA PETS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTAILGAIT TRANSPORT AND RESCUE: $2,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetGrainger County Humane Society: $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF EL REFUGIO HOGAR ANIMAL COSTA BALLENA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 2.5% 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.

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.

The Summerlee Foundat…BISSELL Pet FoundationGreater Good CharitiesPaypal Charitable Giv…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Petsmart Charities IncNetwork for GoodThe Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Amazonsmile FoundationAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Summerlee FoundationTX19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Summerlee Foundation · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Greater Good Charities · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Petsmart Charities Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 67 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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