Nevada · Private foundation
Paws Up Foundation
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.
- $306k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $252,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $659k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Paws Up Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 | 16 | $306k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $107k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $171k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $51k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $58k | 56% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $63k | 77% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $32k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $50k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc | $263,800 | 2 | 2% |
| Blackfoot Challenge Inc | $88,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Missoula Food Bank & Community Center | $42,850 | 5 | 0% |
| Missoula Economic Partnership | $29,000 | 7 | 1% |
| American Quarter Horse Association | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Yoga Haven | $16,225 | 3 | 21% |
| Angel Horses Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Las Vegas Victims' Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Watson Children's Shelter Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($266k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paws Up Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Werler Family Charitable Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Montana · The Bill & Rosemary Gallagher Foundation · Headwaters Health Foundation of Western Montana · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Paws Up Foundation
- How much does Paws Up Foundation give?
- Paws Up Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $306,138 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Paws Up Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Environment (11%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Paws Up Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Inc ($264k), Blackfoot Challenge Inc ($88k), Missoula Food Bank & Community Center ($43k).
- Does Paws Up Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paws Up Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Paws Up Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NV Energy Charitable Foundation, Montana Community Foundation Inc, Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation.
- Where is Paws Up Foundation based?
- Paws Up Foundation is based in NV.
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