Tennessee · Public charity
Muttnation Foundation Inc
To promote and facilitate the adoption of shelter pets, encourage spay & neuter for all pets, and educate the public.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 44
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 59%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $716k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $129,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 17
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 59% of the organizations Muttnation Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k 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 | 44 | $716k | 86% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $473k | 59% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $348k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $109k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $155k | 69% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $110k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Good Charities | $466,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Pawsitively Famous Inc | $233,755 | 8 | 99% |
| Waggle Foundation Inc | $118,000 | 4 | 5% |
| United States War Dogs Association Inc | $90,000 | 4 | 3% |
| The Crossroads Campus | $65,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wags and Walks | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Macc | $49,575 | 4 | 17% |
| Shelter Friends of Hickman County | $45,000 | 1 | 39% |
| The Humane Society of Tulsa | $37,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Stafford Animal Shelter | $30,500 | 1 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Muttnation Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 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: Petsmart Charities Inc · Petco Love · Greater Good Charities · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Best Friends Animal Society · Humane World for Animals Inc · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Banfield Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About Muttnation Foundation Inc
- How much does Muttnation Foundation Inc give?
- Muttnation Foundation Inc reported 44 itemized grants totaling $716,199, out of $1,209,974 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Muttnation Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (69%), Philanthropy (20%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are Muttnation Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Greater Good Charities ($467k), Pawsitively Famous Inc ($234k), Waggle Foundation Inc ($118k).
- Does Muttnation Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 59% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Muttnation Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petsmart Charities Inc, Petco Love, Greater Good Charities.
- Where is Muttnation Foundation Inc based?
- Muttnation Foundation Inc is based in TN.
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