· Private foundation
Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k30 grants · $134k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA | $10,000 |
| OPERATION BLANKETS OF LOVE | $10,000 |
| HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER | $7,500 |
| CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE | $7,500 |
| PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY | $7,500 |
| SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA | $7,500 |
| VOLUNTEERS OF BURBANK ANIMAL SHELTER | $6,000 |
| SPAY NEUTER IMPERATIVE PROJECT | $5,000 |
| CARE 4 PAWS INC | $5,000 |
| SHADOW'S FUND INC | $5,000 |
| RIVERSIDE HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS fka HUMANE | $5,000 |
| WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $237k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
56 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2026, 28 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SDSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA10× · 2017–2026 · $95k · revenue +134%
- IGInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America10× · 2017–2026 · $80k · revenue +17%
- HWHELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER9× · 2017–2026 · $53k · revenue +84%
Funded once
- RERESCUE EXPRESSone grant, 2019 · $5k
- MAMGM ANIMAL FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +641%
- CLCALIFORNIA LABS & MORE DOG RESCUEone grant, 2023 · $4k
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.
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.
Our mission is to save dogs in distressing conditions on both sides of the California/Mexican border. We provide them with essential medical treatment and care to help them regain their health, and ultimately match them with loving homes…
Conduct animal rescues, rehabilitation and rehome senior animals abandoned to the shelter's system.
C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…
Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,
High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…
How this is measured
62 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. 62 of the 83 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA ↗
- Who funds International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America ↗
- Who funds HELEN WOODWARD ANIMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds Operation Blankets Of Love ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds WOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds CARE4Paws Inc ↗
- Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
- Who funds SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds GUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT ↗
- Who funds Ken-Mar Rescue ↗
- Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF THE BURBANK ANIMAL SHELTER ↗
- Who funds SPAY-NEUTER ACTION PROJECT ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY ANIMAL MEDICINE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds COMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RANCHO COASTAL HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Love On 4 Paws Inc ↗
- Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
- Who funds SANTA YNEZ VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
- Who funds BETTERTOGETHER FOREVER ↗
- Who funds SANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Forte Animal Rescue ↗
- Who funds ACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS ↗
- Who funds PROJECT STREET VET ↗
- Who funds LITTLE ANGELS SERVICE DOGS ↗
- Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF POMONA VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds CANINE SUPPORT TEAMS INC ↗
- Who funds GLENDALE HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA ↗
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: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Sempra Foundation · Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · Petsmart Charities Inc · Carol and Kent H Landsberg Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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