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Pedigree Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
93
Grants FY2024still arriving
29
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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$7.2MPhilanthropy$132kHuman Services$13kFood & Nutrition$7kHousing & Shelter$2kHealth$1k
02FY2024 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k46 grants · $220k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $599k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $476k
$10,000
Median grant
29
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION$125,000
AUSTIN PETS ALIVE$100,000
PAWS CHICAGO$50,600
WILLIAMSON ANIMAL SERVICES INC$50,440
WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA$50,000
SHELTER ANIMALS COUNT-NATIONAL DATABASE INITIATIVE$50,000
DALLAS PETS ALIVE$50,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
NEBRASKA HUMANE ASSOCIATION$20,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH$17,500
HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLE-KING CO$17,100
COCHRANE & AREA HUMANE SOCIETY$15,227
HUMANE SOCIETY OF HARRISBURG AREA INC$15,000
MUDDY PAWS RESCUE$15,000
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 (FY17–22, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Pets Are Wonderful SupportLos Angeles: $1k → 14%MOSTLY MUTTS ANIMAL RESCUE AND ADOPTION: $5k → 8%New Rattitude Inc: $1k → 14%International Hearing Dog Inc: $1k → 10%Circle Tail Inc: $1k → 6%Sussex County Fellowship for Animals Inc: $1k → 6%Friends Of Switchpoint Inc: $1k → 10%Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue and Adoption: $1k → 8%NEW RATTITUDE INC: $1k → 14%PAWS AND THINK INC: $6k → 16%Mostly Mutts Animal Rescue and Adoption: $1k → 8%Paws And Think Inc: $1k → 16%PAWS AND THINK INC: $1k → 16%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $2k → 17%Freedom Service Dogs Inc: $1k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $1k → 8%Four Peaks Foundation: $1k → 11%FOUR PEAKS FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%Four Peaks Foundation: $1k → 11%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

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VT
NH
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MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 308 repeat orgs$2.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

308 repeat relationships: 37 still active in FY2024, 271 since wound down; 56 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

308
587

Total granted

$4.7M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+30%

Still filing today

80%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $628k 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 ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentPublic Safety & DisasterRecreation & 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

  • AP
    AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $315k · revenue +30%
  • AH
    AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $255k · revenue +90%
  • WH
    WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $132k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue +37%
  • DT
    DOGS TRUST USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -42%
  • KH
    KAUAI HUMANE SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +30%
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
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
5
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
6
Pets Without Partners

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

Animals
7
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
8
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
9
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
10
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
11
Muttsnstuff

Rescue animals

Animals
12
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Save-a-Pet Inc; the most unlike its peers is Soc Prevt Cruelty Animal Tuw. 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

711 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. 711 of the 951 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
279
Early backer (in before they grew)
679/711
Grantees still filing
503/711
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $314,500 · AnimalsAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INCAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $255,000 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION+147 more: $3,784,069 · Animals+147 moreAPA: $160,000 · OtherAPAIndividual grant recipient: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recip…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherDALLAS PETS ALIVE: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherAGAPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $47,550 · Other+41 more: $650,952 · Other+41 moreGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $130,000 · PhilanthropyMuddy Paws Rescue: $40,000 · PhilanthropyMAEDAY RESCUE INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFYIMS INC: $11,000 · Youth Development
Animals$4,353,569Other$1,098,502Philanthropy$180,000Youth Development$11,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $314,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $255,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $131,900 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $130,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNASHVILLE HUMANE ASSOCIATION AKA NASHVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $126,335 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $120,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRUFF START RESCUE INC: $115,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetPennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $108,020 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetYORK COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $97,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $89,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI: $81,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBerkeley East Bay Humane Society Inc dba Berkeley Humane: $74,550 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $72,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $63,950 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF TULSA: $60,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $55,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $52,540 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAMSON ANIMAL SERVICES INC: $50,440 over 1y, 13% of budgetShelter Animals Count: $50,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetDOGS TRUST USA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetKAUAI HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAGAPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $47,550 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetDELAWARE HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $46,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCaring Hearts for Canines: $44,346 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $42,140 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMuddy Paws Rescue: $40,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $39,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKITSAP HUMANE SOCIETY: $37,600 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCE PET ADOPTIONS INC: $30,760 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA SPCA INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVANCOUVER HUMANE SOCIETY AND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF UTAH: $28,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRENEGADE PAWS RESCUE INC: $27,530 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $27,050 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetANIMAL CARE SANCTUARY: $26,050 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $25,828 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetACTION PROGRAM FOR ANIMALS: $25,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAnimal Rescue Corps Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HANDS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $24,400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHONOR SANCTUARY INC: $22,905 over 2y, 0.9% 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.

BISSELL Pet FoundationThe Duffield Family F…Petco LoveThe Grey Muzzle Organ…The American Society …Best Friends Animal S…Petsmart Charities IncGreater Good CharitiesBanfield FoundationHumane World for Anim…Healthy Paws Foundati…The Michelson Found A…
BISSELL Pet FoundationMI169.4× affinity160 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: BISSELL Pet Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Petco Love · The Grey Muzzle Organization · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Best Friends Animal Society · Petsmart Charities Inc · Greater Good Charities · Banfield Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · Healthy Paws Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Big Dog Ranch Rescue Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.

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 951 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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