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· 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 FY2024still arriving
44
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$129k
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$1.4MPhilanthropy$387kHousing & Shelter$115kPublic Safety & Disaster$90kHuman Services$20kEducation$3k
02FY2024 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 44 grants below total $716,199, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,209,974 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $493,775 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k31 grants · $441k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $194k
$10,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GreaterGoodorg$129,000
Pawsitively Famous Inc$65,449
Houston Humane Society$27,500
Furry Friends Humane Inc$25,000
United States War Dogs Association Inc$25,000
Lucky Break Ranch Corp$25,000
Erwin Unicoi and Unicoi Co Animal Welfare Board$25,000
Asheville Humane Society Inc$20,000
Scooter's Underdogs Inc$20,000
Peoples Animal Welfare Society$20,000
Pure Mutts Animal Sanctuary$20,000
Animal Rescue Corps Inc$15,000
True Rescue$12,500
Texas Coalition for Animal Protection$12,500
Hopkins County Animal Protection League Inc$12,500
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 (FY18–24, $90k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Animal Services Foundation of Ventura County: $10k → 10%Puppies Behind Bars Inc: $10k → 17%VENTURA COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES: $5k → 10%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $50k → 14%CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $15k → 14%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
MT
IL
NY
NV
OH
NJ
CT
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 10 repeat orgs$859k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 38 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
30

Total granted

$1.1M
$392k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+1%

Still filing today

100%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $467k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyOther
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
    6× · 2018–2024 · $467k · revenue +242%
  • PF
    PAWSITIVELY FAMOUS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $234k · revenue +91% · 99% of their budget
  • WF
    WAGGLE FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $118k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • WA
    Wags and Walks
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +21%
  • SF
    SHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $45k · revenue -67% · 39% of their budget
  • SA
    STAFFORD ANIMAL SHELTER
    one grant, 2022 · $31k · revenue -45%
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
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
3
Raskels Rescue
Animals
4
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
5
Tennessee River Rescues

we exist to spay and neuter unwanted pets in our local area trying to find them a home to thrive in until the end of their time

Animals
6
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
7
Pets Without Partners

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

Animals
8
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
9
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
10
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
11
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
12
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Furry Friends Humane Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dehart Veterinary Foundation. 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

72 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. 72 of the 78 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/72
Grantees still filing
32/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PAWSITIVELY FAMOUS INC: $233,755 · AnimalsPAWSITIVELY FAMOUS INCWAGGLE FOUNDATION INC: $118,000 · AnimalsWAGGLE FOUNDATION INCUNITED STATES WAR DOGS ASSOCIATION INC: $90,000 · AnimalsUNITED STATES WAR DOGS ASSOCIATION INCWags and Walks: $50,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF MACC: $49,575 · AnimalsSHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY: $45,000 · Animals+57 more: $718,089 · Animals+57 moreGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $466,500 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD CHARITIESPure Mutts Animal Sanctuary: $20,000 · OtherCity of Pasadena: $15,000 · OtherHumane Society of Putnam County Inc: $15,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 · OtherSPAY TENNESSEE: $10,000 · OtherAGAPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 · OtherNASHVILLE PITTIE: $8,500 · OtherPUTNAM COUNTY DISASTER ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM: $5,000 · OtherWILSON COUNTY DART ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $65,000 · Human ServicesANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15,000 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION: $12,500 · EducationTYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Education
Animals$1,304,419Philanthropy$466,500Other$98,500Human Services$90,000Education$15,000

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 budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $466,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPAWSITIVELY FAMOUS INC: $233,755 over 8y, 99% of budgetWAGGLE FOUNDATION INC: $118,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetUNITED STATES WAR DOGS ASSOCIATION INC: $90,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE CROSSROADS CAMPUS: $65,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWags and Walks: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF MACC: $49,575 over 4y, 17% of budgetSHELTER FRIENDS OF HICKMAN COUNTY: $45,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA: $37,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetSTAFFORD ANIMAL SHELTER: $30,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $27,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetERWIN UNICOI AND UNICOI COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFurry Friends Humane Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLUCKY BREAK RANCH CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetHEARTS ALIVE VILLAGE INC: $24,339 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGATEWAY PET GUARDIANS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPET COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPEOPLES ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAnimal Rescue Corps Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetANIMAL SERVICES FOUNDATION OF VENTURA COUNTY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHumane Society of Putnam County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSAVING CHEATHAM ANIMALS MISSION PAWSIBLE INC: $14,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetPROVERBS 1210 ANIMAL RESCUE AND ADOPTION: $13,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWINGS OF RESCUE INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTEXAS COALITION FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPKINS COUNTY ANIMAL PROTECTION LEAGUE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRUE RESCUE: $12,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHumane Society of North Texas: $11,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HUMANE ASSOC OF WILSON COUNTY: $11,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPEACE RIVER WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTIN & TRAVIS COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCentral California Animal Disaster Team: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetKENTUCKY RIVER REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELTER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetForsyth Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTART II OF BERGEN COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALBANY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADOPT AN ANGEL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Petsmart Charities IncPetco LoveGreater Good CharitiesThe Duffield Family F…The American Society …Best Friends Animal S…Humane World for Anim…BISSELL Pet FoundationPedigree FoundationBanfield FoundationThe Community Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…
Petsmart Charities IncAZ43.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Muttnation Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Muttnation Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%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
    9get no government money at all
    11report 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 Muttnation Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Muttnation Foundation Inc 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 78 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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