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Friends of Animals Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Friends of Animals Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$14k
Granted FY2022
22
Grants FY2022
11
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Animals$52kEnvironment$2kHuman Services$2kHealth$2kScience & Tech$450Public Safety & Disaster$300Other$0
02FY2022 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$350
Median grant
11
States reached
$127k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL$4,583
Individual grant recipient$856
INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY$850
ALMOST HOME HUMANE SOCIETY$800
Individual grant recipient$700
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIET$550
WILDCAT VALLEY ANIMAL HOSPITAL$510
PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE$500
WHITE WOLF SANCTUARY$500
OAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC$466
HUMANE SOCIETY OF UNITED STATES$350
TIGER HAVEN$350
SAVING SURVIRORS THREATENED WILDLIF$350
TURNING POINT DONKEY RESCUE$350
BACK TO BASICS PROJECTS$350
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 (FY17–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTERNATIONAL FUND ANIMAL WELFARE: $300 → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $300 → 9%HABITAT FOR HORSES: $300 → 10%PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE: $500 → 13%SMILING DOG FARMS: $300 → 15%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $300 → 14%HUMANE SOCIETY OF MANATEE CTY: $450 → 10%WHITE WOLF SANCTUARY: $500 → 16%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIET: $550 → 9%SAVING SURVIRORS THREATENED WILDLIF: $350 → 15%EMINENCE ANIMAL CLINIC: $978 → 10%OAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC: $2k → 10%PEACEABLE PRIMATE SANCTUARY: $350 → 14%INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $850 → 16%BACK TO BASICS PROJECTS: $350 → 18%LAFAYETTE CAT HOSPITAL: $315 → 19%NOAHS LOST ANIMAL ARK: $300 → 19%PET WELLNESS CENTER: $300 → 13%PEACEFUL VALLEY DONKEY RESCUE: $350 → 13%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIET: $400 → 9%SAVING SURVIRORS THREATENED WILDLIF: $300 → 15%EMINENCE ANIMAL CLINIC: $856 → 10%OAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC: $1k → 10%INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $600 → 16%BACK TO BASICS PROJECTS: $350 → 18%PURDUE ANIMAL CLINIC: $300 → 19%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $300 → 9%EMINENCE ANIMAL CLINIC: $430 → 10%OAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC: $466 → 10%INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $350 → 16%BACK TO BASICS PROJECTS: $300 → 18%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $300 → 9%OAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC: $376 → 10%INDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $300 → 16%HEARTLAND VET SERVICE: $300 → 10%LOST MEADOWS MULE RESCUE: $350 → 13%BORN FREE USA: $500 → 14%OAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC: $288 → 10%ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $5k → 19%ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $4k → 19%WEA ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $2k → 19%ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $2k → 19%ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $2k → 19%ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $2k → 19%ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $2k → 19%ALMOST HOME HUMANE SOCIETY: $800 → 19%WILDCAT VALLEY ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $510 → 19%WILDCAT VALLEY ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $378 → 19%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

NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
TN
DC
LA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55k · 39 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +63% since the first grant, against +47% for those funded once.

39 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2022, 21 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
30

Total granted

$55k
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+47%

Still filing today

44%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman 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

  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2022 · $2k · revenue +31%
  • PV
    Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $1k · revenue +114%
  • TH
    TIGER HAVEN INC
    4× · 2018–2022 · $1k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • BF
    Born Free USA united with APIgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +243%
  • ST
    SAVE THE CHIMPS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $450 · revenue -26%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF MANATEE COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $450 · revenue +147%
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
3
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
6
Martha's Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
7
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
8
Wildlife Sos

Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.

Animals
9
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
10
Peace 4 Animals

Peace 4 animals animal welfare organization supports the conservation of endangered species worldwide. we work on campaigns to promote advocacy and education on how to protect wildlife in peril, as well as the preservation of their natural…

Animals
11
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
12
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Defenders of Animal Rights Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mote Marine Laboratory Inc. 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

31 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. 31 of the 73 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
25/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $15,157 · OtherALL PETS ANIMAL HOSPITALOAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINIC: $3,883 · OtherOAK GROVE VETERINARY CLINICIndividual grant recipient: $2,650 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWEA ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $2,576 · OtherWEA ANIMAL HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $2,364 · OtherINDIANAPOLIS HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,250 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF UNITED STATES: $1,900 · Other+37 more: $16,014 · Other+37 moreBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,700 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCI…Almost Home Humane Society Inc: $1,400 · AnimalsAlmost Home Humane Socie…Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $1,350 · AnimalsPeaceful Valley Donkey R…TIGER HAVEN INC: $1,050 · AnimalsTIGER HAVEN INCNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $800 · AnimalsNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR …Peaceable Primate Sanctuary: $750 · AnimalsPeaceable Primate Sanctu…THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $700 · AnimalsHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $650 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $500 · AnimalsBorn Free USA united with API: $500 · AnimalsWHITE WOLF SANCTUARY: $500 · AnimalsSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $450 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF MANATEE COUNTY: $450 · Animals+10 more: $2,650 · Animals+10 moreDucks Unlimited Inc: $590 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $550 · EnvironmentLAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC: $450 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $150 · EnvironmentLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $550 · Human Services
Other$46,794Animals$13,450Environment$2,040Human Services$550

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $1,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlmost Home Humane Society Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $1,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $1,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeaceable Primate Sanctuary: $750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $590 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBorn Free USA united with API: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE WOLF SANCTUARY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVE THE CHIMPS INC: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC: $450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MANATEE COUNTY: $450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILING DOG FARMS: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHORSEPOWER SANCTUARIES INC DBA REDWINGS HORSE SANCTUARY: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE WAYSTATION: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $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 BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Almost Home Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds TIGER HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds Peaceable Primate Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HORSES INC ↗
  • Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds Born Free USA united with API ↗
  • Who funds WHITE WOLF SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds SAVE THE CHIMPS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MAXINKUCKEE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF MANATEE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Alley Cat Allies Inc ↗

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.

PC Fund for Animals C…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Surendra and Karen Gu…Seckinger Foundation …The Winnick Family Fo…The Gerald B Shreiber…Amg Charitable Gift F…The Janice Spencer Ca…The Patricia Florence…The Weill Family Foun…Inga Ellzey Chis Foun…Paula Knickerbocker F…
PC Fund for Animals Charitable TrWY19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · The Winnick Family Foundation Inc · The Gerald B Shreiber Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Janice Spencer Calkin Foundation · The Patricia Florence Miller Trust · The Weill Family Foundation · Inga Ellzey Chis Foundation Inc · Paula Knickerbocker Foundation 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 Friends of Animals Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friends of Animals Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 73 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home