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Eric Holby Animal Welfare Foundation at a glance

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Eric Holby Animal Welfare Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$55k
Granted FY2024still arriving
42
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$201kHuman Services$43kEnvironment$10kHealth$8kReligion$5kFood & Nutrition$3kHousing & Shelter$2kArts & Culture$100Other$0
02FY2024 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$945k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Tabbys Place$8,000
C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter$6,750
Longhopes Donkey Shelter$2,500
The Mower County Humane Society$2,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust$2,000
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med$1,500
Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center$1,500
Best Friends Animal Society$1,500
Dumb Friends League$1,500
Cat Care Society$1,500
The Hermitage Cat Shelter$1,500
Beavers Wetlands & Wildlife$1,500
International Wolf Center$1,500
Purrfect Pals$1,000
Harmony House for Cats$1,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 51% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%Wolf Hollow: $2k → 10%International Wolf Center: $2k → 8%The Mower County Humane Society: $2k → 10%Albert Lea Veterinary Clinic: $2k → 12%Rolling Dog Animal Sanctuary: $2k → 16%Animal Legal Defense Fund: $2k → 9%Beavers Wetlands & Wildlife: $2k → 13%Humane Society of The United States: $3k → 14%Cat Depot: $2k → 9%C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter: $11k → 8%Valley of the Kings: $2k → 10%Best Friends Animal Society: $2k → 9%Cat Care Society: $2k → 7%Colorado Wolf Wildlife Center: $2k → 8%Longhopes Donkey Shelter: $3k → 10%Dumb Friends League: $3k → 12%Wolf Hollow: $2k → 10%Tabbys Place: $14k → 4%Rolling Dog Farm: $2k → 13%The Hermitage Cat Shelter: $2k → 15%International Wolf Center: $2k → 8%Mower County Humane Society: $2k → 10%Beavers Wetlands & Wildlife: $2k → 13%C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter: $7k → 8%Best Friends Animal Society: $2k → 9%Cat Care Society: $2k → 7%Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center: $2k → 8%Longhopes Donkey Shelter: $2k → 10%Dumb Friends League: $3k → 12%Tabbys Place: $8k → 4%The Hermitage Cat Shelter: $2k → 15%The Mower County Humane Society: $2k → 10%C&W Rustic Hollow Shelter: $5k → 8%Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center: $2k → 8%Longhopes Donkey Shelter: $2k → 10%Dumb Friends League: $3k → 12%Tabbys Place: $8k → 4%The Mower County Humane Society: $2k → 10%C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter: $4k → 8%Tabbys Place: $8k → 4%The Mower County Humane Society: $2k → 10%C & W Rustic Hollow Shelter: $4k → 8%Tabby's Place: $3k → 4%Physicians Committee for Responsible Med: $2k → 14%Physicians Committee for Responsible Med: $2k → 14%Catnap From The Heart: $2k → 14%Cat Nap from the Heart: $2k → 14%Cat Nap from the Heart: $2k → 14%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
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
IN
NJ
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$264k · 45 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

45 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
20

Total granted

$264k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+27%

Still filing today

73%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
AnimalsEnvironmentPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • DD
    DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +329%
  • MC
    MOWER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +25%
  • CW
    COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $9k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • TD
    THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +254%
  • RD
    Rolling Dog Animal Sanctuary
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
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
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
2
Raskels Rescue
Animals
3
Cat Tail Farms Feline Sanctuary

Animal rescue and housing

Animals
4
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
5
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
6
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
7
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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8
Paws and Claws Animal Welfare Society Inc

Animal Rescue

Animals
9
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
10
Illinois Animal Welfare Networkers Association
Animals
11
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
12
Pound Pets Inc

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

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Suburban Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is The Rolling Dog Farm. 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

45 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. 45 of the 68 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/45
Grantees still filing
35/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $11,000 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUEMOWER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · AnimalsMOWER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INCCOLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER: $9,000 · AnimalsCOLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTERThe Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter: $8,347 · AnimalsThe Hermitage No Kill Cat ShelterCATNAP FROM THE HEART: $8,000 · AnimalsCATNAP FROM THE HEARTINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $7,500 · AnimalsLonghopes Donkey Shelter Inc: $7,500 · AnimalsCAT CARE SOCIETY: $7,000 · AnimalsBEAVERS WETLANDS & WILDLIFE INC: $6,500 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $6,028 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,500 · AnimalsWEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 · AnimalsCAT DEPOT: $4,900 · Animals+24 more: $50,100 · Animals+24 moreTabbys Place: $40,500 · OtherTabbys PlaceThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: $8,500 · OtherThe David Sheldrick Wildlife TrustIndividual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHarmony House for Cats: $5,000 · OtherValley of the Kings: $4,500 · OtherPURRFECT PALS: $3,700 · OtherNaperville Humane Society: $3,500 · Other+19 more: $23,186 · Other+19 moreC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $30,046 · PhilanthropyC & Ws RUSTI…Physicians Committee for Responsible Med: $8,000 · HealthTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $1,900 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500 · EnvironmentARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $100 · Arts & Culture
Animals$146,375Other$94,386Philanthropy$30,046Health$8,000Environment$3,400Arts & Culture$100

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $30,046 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOWER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter: $8,347 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCATNAP FROM THE HEART: $8,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $7,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLonghopes Donkey Shelter Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCAT CARE SOCIETY: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBEAVERS WETLANDS & WILDLIFE INC: $6,500 over 5y, 20% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $6,028 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCAT DEPOT: $4,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetORPHANS OF THE STORM: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFelines Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLeech Lake Legacy: $4,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetPURRFECT PALS: $3,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMIDWEST GREYHOUND ADOPTION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTHE ROLLING DOG FARM: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetANDERSON ANIMAL SHELTER: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTAILS HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $2,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Hearts Hooves and Paws Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetExotic Feline Rescue Center: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL ALLIES: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetVALLEY OF THE KINGS SANCTUARY AND RETREAT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRUFF START RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT RIVER RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAPERVILLE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 C & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds MOWER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO WOLF AND WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter ↗
  • Who funds CATNAP FROM THE HEART ↗
  • Who funds Physicians Committee for Responsible Med ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Longhopes Donkey Shelter Inc ↗
  • Who funds CAT CARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BEAVERS WETLANDS & WILDLIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WEST SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CAT DEPOT ↗
  • Who funds ORPHANS OF THE STORM ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Felines Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Anti-Cruelty Society ↗
  • Who funds Leech Lake Legacy ↗
  • Who funds PURRFECT PALS ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST GREYHOUND ADOPTION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ROLLING DOG FARM ↗
  • Who funds ANDERSON ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds TAILS HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Alley Cat Allies Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALASKA RAPTOR REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER ↗

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.

Petsmart Charities IncPetco LoveAbbVie FoundationThe American Society …Xcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Pedigree FoundationGreater Good CharitiesPaypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodShell USA Company Fou…Muntwyler Wanda Char …
Petsmart Charities IncAZ19.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petsmart Charities Inc · Petco Love · AbbVie Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Greater Good Charities · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · Shell USA Company Foundation · Muntwyler Wanda Char 0 Main

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 Eric Holby Animal Welfare Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Eric Holby Animal Welfare Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Cat Depot: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 68 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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