Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Golden Paws Foundation
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.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $525,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Golden Paws Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k 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 | 6 | $3.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $1.7M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $1.1M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $753k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova Health System Foundation | $718,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Potomac School | $490,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Georgia Tech Foundation Inc | $400,000 | 4 | 0% |
| American University | $210,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Madison County Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Blue Ridge Center for Music & Creative Arts | $25,000 | 1 | 34% |
| National Parks Conservation Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), not named here.
About Golden Paws Foundation
- How much does Golden Paws Foundation give?
- Golden Paws Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $3,025,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Golden Paws Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (18%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Golden Paws Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Inova Health System Foundation ($718k), The Potomac School ($490k), Georgia Tech Foundation Inc ($400k).
- Does Golden Paws Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Golden Paws Foundation 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.
- Where is Golden Paws Foundation based?
- Golden Paws Foundation is based in PA.
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