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Lil Bubs Animal Welfare Organization

Lil bub's big fund exists to advocate for special needs companion animals through education, outreach and grant-making

$116k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2024.

Animals$276kEnvironment$14kHealth$14k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $71,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $116,410 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $45,110 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$20,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$257k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BINX HOME$30,500
FOUR WINDS CONNECTIONS$20,500
Individual grant recipient$10,200
MISFIT FELINES$10,100
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 (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FOUR WINDS CONNECTIONS: $21k → 6%STRAY CAT BLUES: $8k → 7%NOBULLY: $14k → 9%FERAL CHANGE: $12k → 10%MILO'S SANCTUARY: $14k → 14%MY DOG IS MY HOME: $16k → 14%COMMUNITY CAT WHITEWATER WI: $8k → 10%MISFIT FELINES: $10k → 10%WAGGLE: $12k → 7%BINX HOME: $31k → 12%SYCAMORE LAND TRUST: $14k → 18%JACKSON GALAXY PROJECT: $12k → 9%LITTLE BLACK DOG RESCUE GROUP: $7k → 6%CAREAWO: $13k → 19%FERAL CHANGE: $7k → 10%MY DOG IS MY HOME: $7k → 14%COMMUNITY CAT WHITEWATER WI: $8k → 10%MISFIT FELINES: $8k → 10%BINX HOME FOR BLACK CATS: $18k → 12%BLOOMINGTON ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 18%CAREAWO: $10k → 19%BINX HOME: $8k → 12%MONROE COUNTY HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 18%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

WA
MN
WI
NY
IN
PA
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$164k · 6 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$164k
$108k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+71%

Still filing today

100%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • BH
    BINXS HOME FOR BLACK CATS CO
    3× · 2022–2024 · $56k
  • CA
    COMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $33k · revenue -26%
  • MD
    MY DOG IS MY HOME INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $23k · revenue +243%

Funded once

  • SL
    SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue +75%
  • NB
    No Bully
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue 0%
  • MS
    MILOS SANCTUARY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue +17%
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
Collaborative Cats Inc

We are a feline foster home based rescue organization providing rescue, rehoming, low-cost spay & neutur services, vaccinations, and farm colony management.

Animals
2
Kitten Around Cat Rescue
Animals
3
Blues Mews Siamese Cat Rescue
Animals
4
PurrHarmony Inc

Rescue and shelter cats

Animals
5
Meows and Mutts Rescue

We are an animal rescue who takes dogs and cats from high kill shelters, off the streets and owner surrenders and get them vetted and adopted and we transport them out of high volume areas to the northeast.

Animals
6
Carolina Animal Network

we are a small animal rescue. We help the community by assisting with vet care and rehoming animals they cannot keep. We also pull dogs cats kittens and puppies from local kill shelters when they run out of space, we provide those animals…

Animals
7
Cat Tail Farms Feline Sanctuary

Animal rescue and housing

Animals
8
Community Cat Advocates and Rescue

TNR feral colonies; rescue & find homes for rescued cats.

Animals
9
Carson Cats Rescue

Carson Cats is dedicated to rescuing cats and kittens from the 6 Los Angeles County shelters, specifically Carson Shelter.

Animals
10
Muttsnstuff

Rescue animals

Animals
11
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
12
Unos Home for Wayward Cats and Dogs

Animal rescue organization

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Waggle Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is My Dog Is My Home 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 18 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BINXS HOME FOR BLACK CATS CO: $56,007 · AnimalsBINXS HOME FOR BLACK CATS COCOMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INC: $32,500 · AnimalsCOMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INCMY DOG IS MY HOME INC: $23,023 · AnimalsMY DOG IS MY HOME INCFOUR WINDS CONNECTIONS: $20,500 · AnimalsFOUR WINDS CONNECTIONSFERAL CHANGE DBA FULL CIRCLE CATS: $18,260 · AnimalsFERAL CHANGE DBA FULL CIRCLE CATSMISFIT FELINES INC: $18,100 · AnimalsMISFIT FELINES INCCOMMUNITY CAT INC: $15,800 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY CAT INCMILOS SANCTUARY INC: $13,500 · AnimalsMILOS SANCTUARY INCWAGGLE FOUNDATION INC: $11,760 · AnimalsSTRAY CAT BLUES INC: $8,000 · AnimalsMONROE COUNTY HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $7,700 · AnimalsNo Bully: $13,500 · OtherNo BullyIndividual grant recipient: $10,200 · OtherIndividual gran…City of Bloomington: $10,000 · OtherCity of Bloomin…LITTLE BLACK DOG RESCUE GROUP: $7,000 · OtherLITTLE BLACK DO…SYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $13,500 · EnvironmentCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $11,760 · Arts & CultureGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $11,760 · Philanthropy
Animals$225,150Other$40,700Environment$13,500Arts & Culture$11,760Philanthropy$11,760

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 budgetBINXS HOME FOR BLACK CATS CO: $56,007 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetCOMPANIONS AND ANIMALS FOR REFORM AND EQUITY INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMY DOG IS MY HOME INC: $23,023 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetFOUR WINDS CONNECTIONS: $20,500 over 1y, 18% of budgetFERAL CHANGE DBA FULL CIRCLE CATS: $18,260 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetMISFIT FELINES INC: $18,100 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CAT INC: $15,800 over 2y, 11% of budgetSYCAMORE LAND TRUST INCORPORATED: $13,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNo Bully: $13,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetMILOS SANCTUARY INC: $13,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $11,760 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAGGLE FOUNDATION INC: $11,760 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $11,760 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAY CAT BLUES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMONROE COUNTY HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $7,700 over 1y, 0.9% 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.

The Duffield Family F…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Lil Bubs Animal Welfare Organization funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lil Bubs Animal Welfare Organization. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Lil Bubs Animal Welfare Organization?

    Find your warmest path to Lil Bubs Animal Welfare Organization through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 18 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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