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Healthy Paws Foundation at a glance

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Healthy Paws Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2026still arriving
2
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Animals$1.2MPhilanthropy$32kReligion$6kHuman Services$5kFood & Nutrition$5kArts & Culture$3kEnvironment$3kCommunity Improvement$3kOther$0
02FY2026 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOMEWARD PET ADOPTION CENTER$15,000
ENGLISH SPRINGER RESCUE AMERICA INC$15,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDIERS: $5k → 13%SAFE PLACE FOR PETS: $3k → 9%HOUSE OF HOPE: $3k → 10%GOD'S DOGS RESCUE: $5k → 16%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

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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.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 21 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2026, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
349

Total granted

$189k
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+5%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’26
AnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsPublic BenefitOther
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

  • GG
    GREATER GOOD CHARITIES
    2× · 2021–2022 · $32k · revenue +125%
  • HH
    HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY
    2× · 2021–2024 · $15k · revenue +0%
  • PO
    PATH OF HOPE RESCUE
    2× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • PA
    PAWSITIVE ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $28k · revenue +338%
  • FO
    Friends of Strays Incgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +29%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $17k
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
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
2
Raskels Rescue
Animals
3
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
4
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
5
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
6
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
7
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
8
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
9
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
10
Muttsnstuff

Rescue animals

Animals
11
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
12
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sandi Paws Rescue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Emerald City Pet Rescue. 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

261 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. 261 of the 372 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
54
Early backer (in before they grew)
253/261
Grantees still filing
139/261
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMAN ANIMAL BOND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 · AnimalsHUMAN ANIMAL BOND RESEARCH FOUNDATIONPAWSITIVE ALLIANCE: $28,000 · Animals+125 more: $551,417 · Animals+125 moreIndividual grant recipient: $16,970 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $11,445 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+64 more: $243,090 · Other+64 moreGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $32,125 · PhilanthropyMuddy Paws Rescue: $3,000 · PhilanthropyNational Mill Dog Rescue: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGOD'S DOGS RESCUE: $5,000 · Human ServicesRESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDIERS CORP: $5,000 · Human ServicesDogs to Dog Tags Inc: $3,000 · Public Benefit
Animals$629,417Other$281,505Philanthropy$35,125Recreation & Sports$10,000Human Services$10,000Public Benefit$3,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMAN ANIMAL BOND RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $32,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWSITIVE ALLIANCE: $28,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetFriends of Strays Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $11,445 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProgressive Animal Welfare Society aka PAWS: $10,340 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Mill Dog Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAYV ANIMAL ORGANIZATION: $7,505 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetBarely Used Pets Inc: $6,720 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBEAUTIES AND BEASTS INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPATH OF HOPE RESCUE: $6,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetROCKWALL PETS: $6,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetJELLYS PLACE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBEYOND NINE CAT RESCUE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSIERRA PACIFIC FURBABIES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetHOPE FOR ALL PETS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMARTY'S PLACE SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY: $5,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANOTHER CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,430 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetPEOPLE PROMOTING ANIMAL WELFARE: $5,400 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMicheles Rescue: $5,350 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAST HOPE K9 RESCUE LTD: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWHISKER CITY: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROAMS TO HOMES ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHEARTS ALIVE VILLAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG LOVE RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetGOD'S DOGS RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGULF COAST HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLake Charles Pit Bull Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGuardians of Florida Animal Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWRIGHT-WAY RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFlying Fur Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDIERS CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPETS FOR PATRIOTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWINGS OF RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE ROAD TRIPS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSTREET DOG HERO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCLASSROOM CANINES: $4,880 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLOVEPAWS: $4,880 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDOG ORPHANS INC: $4,392 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRESCUE FOR PTSD: $4,300 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPAWSITIVE DIFFERENCE: $4,250 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetALMOST HOME FOUNDATION: $4,250 over 2y, 0.4% 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.

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.

Petco LoveThe Duffield Family F…BISSELL Pet FoundationGreater Good CharitiesPetsmart Charities IncThe American Society …Best Friends Animal S…Pedigree FoundationThe Summerlee Foundat…Banfield FoundationHumane World for Anim…The Michelson Found A…
Petco LoveTX72× affinity52 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Greater Good Charities · Petsmart Charities Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Best Friends Animal Society · Pedigree Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Banfield Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · The Michelson Found Animals 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 Healthy Paws Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Healthy Paws Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 310%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Forgotten Cats Inc: 4% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
31get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 372 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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