Oregon · Public charity
Friends of the Animals
FRIENDS OF THE ANIMALS (fotas) recruits and trains volunteers who improve the quality of life for jackson county animal shelter animals dogs, resulting in increased adoptions. Volunteers foster non-shelter dogs and cats as a registered oregon department of agriculture foster organization in their homes. Fotas spays/neuters before…
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Friends of the Animals funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $50k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $118k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $96k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $102k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $66k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County Health Department | $534,369 | 7 | n/a |
| Spay-Neuter Your Pet | $194,165 | 8 | 19% |
| Rogue Valley Street Dogs | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Feral Cats Advocacy Rogue Community Cat Rescue | $7,000 | 1 | 4% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Friends of the Animals
- How much does Friends of the Animals give?
- Friends of the Animals reported 1 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $28,821 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Friends of the Animals fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%).
- Who are Friends of the Animals's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jackson County Health Department ($534k), Spay-Neuter Your Pet ($194k), Rogue Valley Street Dogs ($10k).
- Does Friends of the Animals fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of the Animals?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Friends of the Animals based?
- Friends of the Animals is based in OR.
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