Connecticut · Private foundation
Pepper Whiston Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 13
- Total assets, FY2025
- $37M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Pepper Whiston Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $569k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 19 | $1.9M | 26% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $729k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $77k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $128k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Land Trust | $500,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $228,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $188,500 | 3 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Connecticut Humane Society | $158,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pets for Vets Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Everycat Health Foundation Inc | $146,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $146,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada Land Trust | $500,000 | 1 | 16% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $228,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $188,500 | 3 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Connecticut Humane Society | $158,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Pets for Vets Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $158,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Everycat Health Foundation Inc | $146,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $146,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Panthera Corporation | $146,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alley Cat Allies Inc | $138,500 | 3 | 0% |
| One Health Organization | $70,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Alley Cat Rescue Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denver Dumb Friends League | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Meriden Humane Society Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Kitty Harbor | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Branford Compassion Club Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Town of Branford | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community 4 Veterans | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($340k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pepper Whiston 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.
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How this is measured
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About Pepper Whiston Foundation
- How much does Pepper Whiston Foundation give?
- Pepper Whiston Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $1,945,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Pepper Whiston Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (77%), Environment (23%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are Pepper Whiston Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Nevada Land Trust ($500k), The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($229k), Humane World for Animals International ($189k).
- Does Pepper Whiston Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pepper Whiston 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 Pepper Whiston Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Chubb Charitable Foundation, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Pepper Whiston Foundation based?
- Pepper Whiston Foundation is based in CT.
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