Illinois · Private foundation
George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $235k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $235k | 22% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $317k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $315k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $157k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $226k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $123k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $287k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Center | $168,428 | 6 | 48% |
| Spay Illinois Pet Well Clinics Inc | $166,100 | 5 | 2% |
| Paws Chicago | $83,734 | 4 | 0% |
| Save-A-Pet Inc | $78,750 | 4 | 1% |
| Anderson Animal Shelter | $75,000 | 1 | 2% |
| South Suburban Humane Society | $53,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Orphans of the Storm | $35,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Illinois Horse Rescue of Will County Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 22% |
| ALIVE Rescue NFP | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Animal Welfare League | $9,996 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund
- How much does George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund give?
- George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund reported 9 grants totaling $235,293 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (88%), Youth Development (9%), Health (3%).
- Who are George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Center ($168k), Spay Illinois Pet Well Clinics Inc ($166k), Paws Chicago ($84k).
- Does George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arthur J Gallagher Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund based?
- George Reed McNeill Animal Welfare Fund is based in IL.
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