California · Public charity
Mercy for Animals Inc
Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. Our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free drives the work we do every day.
- $7.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $233k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $64,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $30M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Mercy for Animals Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $233k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $290k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $379k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $377k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Well-Fed World | $452,800 | 5 | 5% |
| International Documentary Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grassroots Artists Movement | $115,625 | 5 | n/a |
| Better Food Foundation Inc | $80,600 | 3 | 2% |
| Black Vegetarian Society of Maryland | $79,400 | 4 | 12% |
| Apex Advocacy Inc | $76,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Plant the Power | $60,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Rethink Your Food Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 18% |
| Better Health Better Life Inc | $43,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Women for Wellness | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Well-Fed World | $452,800 | 5 | 5% |
| International Documentary Foundation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Grassroots Artists Movement | $115,625 | 5 | n/a |
| Better Food Foundation Inc | $80,600 | 3 | 2% |
| Black Vegetarian Society of Maryland | $79,400 | 4 | 12% |
| Apex Advocacy Inc | $76,000 | 3 | 25% |
| Plant the Power | $60,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Rethink Your Food Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 18% |
| Better Health Better Life Inc | $43,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Women for Wellness | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Veggie Mijas | $20,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Stanford University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Relations United | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgia Animal Rights and Protection Inc | $16,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Spring Plant | $15,217 | 1 | 2% |
| Louisiana Board of Regents | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Let Love Live | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hip Hop Is Green | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Northwest Animal Rights Network | $14,000 | 1 | 5% |
| A Table in the Wilderness | $10,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Stockholm Environment Institute US Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SUPRSEED Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Chilis on Wheels via a Well-Fed World | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vegan Meals That Heal Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Supress Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Plantation Park Heights Urban Farming | $7,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Five Points Youth Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Food Chain Workers Alliance | $6,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Rural Affairs | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Open Space Institute Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women Food & Agriculture Network | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Mercy for Animals Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 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.
Open a dossier: The Quinn Foundation · Vegfund Inc · Animal Charity Evaluators · Impactassetsinc · A Well-Fed World · Karuna Foundation · Seattle Foundation · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Rsf Social Finance Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Mercy for Animals Inc
- How much does Mercy for Animals Inc give?
- Mercy for Animals Inc reported 9 itemized grants totaling $232,800, out of $7,018,515 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Mercy for Animals Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (44%), Animals (37%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Mercy for Animals Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: A Well-Fed World ($453k), International Documentary Foundation Inc ($150k), Grassroots Artists Movement ($116k).
- Does Mercy for Animals Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Mercy for Animals Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Quinn Foundation, Vegfund Inc, Animal Charity Evaluators.
- Where is Mercy for Animals Inc based?
- Mercy for Animals Inc is based in CA.
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