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Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption at a glance

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Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$958k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$389k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$2.1MPhilanthropy$332kHealth$153kEnvironment$15kCommunity Improvement$15kInternational$10kHuman Services$6kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $189k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $317k
  • $250k+1 grant · $389k
$18,238
Median grant
3
States reached
$694k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION$389,016
DR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUE$106,765
Individual grant recipient$83,492
ACE OF HEARTS DOG RESCUE$66,360
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POMERANIAN RESCUE$60,632
ALL FOR LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE$40,755
Individual grant recipient$35,124
SECOND CHANCE$25,275
BALOOJA'S FOUNDATION$24,278
GIVE FUND$22,840
MAD LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE$22,500
Individual grant recipient$18,238
INDEPENDENT SOCAL FRENCH BULLDOG RESCUE INC$9,399
Individual grant recipient$8,786
PUPS WITHOUT BORDERS$7,907
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 (FY24–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HUSKY HOUSE: $4k → 9%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

AK
ME
VT
IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
RI
CA
UT
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 75% of Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 73% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 13%.

Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoptionlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 17 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
106

Total granted

$1.4M
$991k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+2%

Still filing today

71%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TH
    TWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $550k · revenue +7%
  • AO
    ACE OF HEARTS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $117k · revenue +52%
  • SC
    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POMERANIAN RESCUE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $104k · revenue +232%

Funded once

  • FT
    FURRY TALES INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $55k · revenue -86% · 38% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $54k
  • LL
    LIVE LOVE ANIMAL SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $42k · revenue -80%
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
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
2
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
3
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
4
Forgotten Tails Animal Rescue Inc

Saving dogs

Animals
5
Where the Wild Things Are Rescue in

The rescue and rehabilitation of canines.

Animals
6
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
7
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

Rescue dogs, which includes housing, vetting, and transport.

Animals
8
Muttsnstuff

Rescue animals

Animals
9
Rescuesforjojo

Dog rescue

Animals
10
Pets Without Partners

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

Animals
11
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
12
Peppy Pet Rescue

rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome animals in need

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mad Love Animal Rescue; the most unlike its peers is The Magic Yarn Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

84 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. 84 of the 137 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
77/84
Grantees still filing
45/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATION: $549,975 · AnimalsTWO HANDS FOUR PAWS FOUNDATIONDR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUE: $137,449 · AnimalsDR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUEACE OF HEARTS: $116,607 · AnimalsACE OF HEARTSSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POMERANIAN RESCUE INC: $103,714 · AnimalsSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POMERANIAN RESCUE INCANIMAL RESCUE MISSION: $65,377 · AnimalsALL FOR LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $62,642 · Animals+64 more: $698,743 · Animals+64 moreIndividual grant recipient: $83,492 · OtherIndividual grant recipientROAD DOGS RESCUE: $55,450 · OtherROAD DOGS RESCUEIndividual grant recipient: $54,023 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMUTTVILLE SENIOR DOG RESCUE: $53,000 · OtherMUTTVILLE SENIOR DOG RESCUETWO HANDS FOUR PAWS: $42,700 · OtherTWO HANDS FOUR PAWSLIVE LOVE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $41,972 · OtherLIVE LOVE ANIMAL SERVICES INCIndividual grant recipient: $35,124 · OtherGIVEBUTTER: $26,642 · Other+51 more: $384,255 · Other+51 moreThe Magic Yarn Project: $81,000 · HealthSECOND CHANCE INC: $25,275 · HealthA Doll Like Me INC: $20,000 · Health+1 more: $1,574 · HealthDEITY ANIMAL RESCUE AND FOUNDATION: $16,340 · Recreation & SportsNEW ISRAEL FUND: $10,000 · InternationalHusky House Inc: $4,063 · Human ServicesAnimal Authority Rescue Team: $3,000 · Human Services
Animals$1,734,507Other$776,658Health$127,849Recreation & Sports$16,340International$10,000Human Services$7,063

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUE: $137,449 over 2y, 77% of budgetACE OF HEARTS: $116,607 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA POMERANIAN RESCUE INC: $103,714 over 2y, 23% of budgetThe Magic Yarn Project: $81,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE MISSION: $65,377 over 2y, 14% of budgetALL FOR LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $62,642 over 2y, 22% of budgetFURRY TALES INTERNATIONAL INC: $55,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetWags and Walks: $54,400 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetLIVE LOVE ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $41,972 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $29,239 over 1y, 0.3% of budget4 Dogs Farm Rescue: $27,875 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetSECOND CHANCE INC: $25,275 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUGAR FACES SENIOR DOG RESCUE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBobshouse 4Dogs Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetMAD LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE: $24,500 over 2y, 31% of budgetBalooja's Foundation Inc: $24,278 over 1y, 14% of budgetCAITIE S FOSTER FAM: $23,796 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION: $22,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $20,600 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBULLY PAWS PIT BULL PATRIOTS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetA Doll Like Me INC: $20,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetCanines With a Cause: $20,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREAL GOOD DOG RESCUE: $20,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetKOREAN K9 RESCUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetDC DOGOS INC: $16,612 over 2y, 11% of budgetDEITY ANIMAL RESCUE AND FOUNDATION: $16,340 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetASPIRE APPALACHIA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDowntown Dog Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVintage Pet Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetREAL TIME RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMastiffs To Mutts: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTRAY DOG SUPPORT INC: $9,950 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetINDEPENDENT SOCAL FRENCH BULLDOG RESCUE INC: $9,399 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTAZZY ANIMAL RESCUE FUND INC: $9,226 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetPUPS WITHOUT BORDERS: $7,907 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $7,310 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REAL BARK THE RESPONSIBLE ETHICAL ANIMAL LEAGUE: $7,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetVERMONT ENGLISH BULLDOG RESCUE INC: $6,900 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetASSOCIATION OF GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUERS INC: $6,624 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROAD DOGS & RESCUE: $6,341 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROCK & RESCUE INC: $6,278 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetNO DOGS LEFT BEHIND INC: $5,170 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetI Stand With My Pack Inc: $5,106 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMARLEY'S MUTTS DOG RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPAY NEUTER NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Pedigree FoundationMarion and Richard Gr…Mary Jo and Hank Gree…Thornton S Jr and Kat…Petco LoveKayne Anderson Capita…The Michelson Found A…Jason Debus Heigl Fou…Greater Good CharitiesBest Friends Animal S…The Duffield Family F…Sempra Foundation
Pedigree FoundationTN26.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pedigree Foundation · Marion and Richard Graham Foundation · Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Petco Love · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · Jason Debus Heigl Foundation · Greater Good Charities · Best Friends Animal Society · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Sempra 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 Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption?

    Find your warmest path to Max Goldenson Foundation for Modern Dog Adoption 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 137 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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