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Petfinder Foundation

To prevent the euthanasia of adoptable pets and support animal welfare groups to this end.

$580k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2025.

Animals$620kPublic Safety & Disaster$25k
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $20,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $580,065 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $560,065 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.
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pasadena Humane$10,000
Los Angeles County Animal Care Foun$10,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Arizona Humane Society: $10k → 11%Town and Country Humane Society: $5k → 6%Ruff Start Rescue: $6k → 11%Great River Rescue: $15k → 17%Brandywine Valley SPCA: $9k → 6%Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society: $20k → 22%High Plateau Humane Society: $20k → 14%Pasadena Humane: $10k → 14%Humane Society of MO: $25k → 14%Fort Worth Animal Care & Control: $10k → 11%Operation Kindness: $10k → 14%Darlington County Humane Society: $7k → 21%St Francis Animal Rescue of Venice: $7k → 9%Animal Welfare League of Charlotte: $7k → 9%Animal Refuge Center: $7k → 11%Humane Society of Greater Miami: $10k → 15%Friends of Companion Animals: $7k → 10%Always & Forever Midwest Animal: $10k → 7%St Charles County Pet Adoption Ctr: $9k → 5%Open Doors Animal Sanctuary: $6k → 9%APA Adoption Center: $8k → 11%Polk County Humane Society: $6k → 18%Humane Society of Missouri: $15k → 21%Unicoi County Animal Shelter: $25k → 15%Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary: $12k → 14%Cache Humane Society: $14k → 12%PAWS Atlanta Inc: $8k → 14%New Hope Rescue Inc: $20k → 9%Humane Indiana: $6k → 15%HELP the Animals Inc: $6k → 18%Humane Society of Summit County: $13k → 13%Humane Society for SeattleKing Cty: $7k → 9%Heart of Phoenix Equine Rescue: $20k → 18%Animal Protective League: $5k → 11%Humane Society of Central Illinois: $12k → 11%South Suburban Humane Society: $6k → 14%Gateway Pet Guardians: $7k → 16%SPCA of Northern Nevada: $10k → 10%Gerdas Equine Rescue: $8k → 11%Louisiana SPCA: $6k → 23%Paris Animal Welfare Society Inc: $15k → 17%Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society: $7k → 22%Five Acres Animal Shelter: $6k → 5%APA Adoption Center: $6k → 11%Humane Society of Missouri: $6k → 21%Take Paws Rescue: $10k → 23%Animal Protective Association of MO: $5k → 11%County of LA Department of Animal C: $6k → 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

VT
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
NV
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
SC
HI
LA
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.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$142k · 7 repeat orgs$503k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
53

Total granted

$142k
$493k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+29%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI
    3× · 2017–2019 · $47k · revenue +56%
  • PHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $27k · revenue +8%
  • AP
    ANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI
    3× · 2017–2019 · $19k · revenue +656%

Funded once

  • EU
    ERWIN UNICOI AND UNICOI COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE BOARDgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +410%
  • BW
    Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF PUERTO RICO INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -24%
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
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
2
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
3
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
4
Raskels Rescue
Animals
5
Humane Society of Union County Inc

The Humane Society of Union County exists to reduce the number of abused, abandoned, and neglected cats and dogs through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and spay and neuter.

Animals
6
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
7
Save a Pet Animal Rescue Inc

Save-A-Pet Animal Rescue believes it is their moral responsibility to protect and improve the lives of abused, abandoned and homeless animals and to place them in loving, permanent homes. They provide spay and neuter services and any…

Animals
8
Pound Pets Inc

Animal Rescue - finding homes for abandoned animals in Granite City, spaying and neutering stray animals and feral cats

Animals
9
Paws Animal Rescue Center

To help rescue unwanted pets

Animals
10
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
11
Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary

Protect and rescue abandoned and at-risk animals.

Animals
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Help the Animals Inc; the most unlike its peers is Gerdas Equine Rescue Inc. 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

56 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. 56 of the 61 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/56
Grantees still filing
42/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $46,525 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURIPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $27,000 · AnimalsERWIN UNICOI AND UNICOI COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD: $25,000 · AnimalsBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $25,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF PUERTO RICO INC: $20,000 · AnimalsHEART OF PHOENIX EQUINE RESCUE INC: $20,000 · AnimalsNEW HOPE RESCUE INC: $20,000 · AnimalsANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI: $18,875 · Animals+43 more: $352,225 · Animals+43 moreHIGH PLATEAU HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherHIGH PLATEAU HU…CACHE HUMANE SOCIETY: $14,000 · OtherCACHE HUMANE SO…CITY OF FORT WORTH: $10,000 · OtherCITY OF FORT WO…SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF NORTHERN NV: $10,000 · OtherSOCIETY FOR THE…ST CHARLES COUNTY: $9,150 · OtherST CHARLES COUN…OPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $6,225 · OtherOPEN DOOR ANIMA…LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL: $6,000 · OtherLOS ANGELES COU…City of Bloomington: $5,000 · OtherCity of Bloomin…MISSY'S HAVEN CANINE RESCUE: $5,000 · OtherMISSY'S HAVEN C…Muddy Paws Rescue: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Animals$554,625Other$85,375Philanthropy$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI: $46,525 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $27,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetERWIN UNICOI AND UNICOI COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PUERTO RICO INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHIGH PLATEAU HUMANE SOCIETY: $20,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetHEART OF PHOENIX EQUINE RESCUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetNEW HOPE RESCUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI: $18,875 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGREAT RIVER RESCUE: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPARIS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPASADENA HUMANE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCACHE HUMANE SOCIETY: $14,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPAWS ATLANTA INCORPORATED: $13,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS: $12,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE BLIND SPOT ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN: $12,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetRUFF START RESCUE INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTAKE PAWS RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE ANIMAL SHELTER OF ORANGE PARK: $10,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetAlways & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF NORTHERN NV: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIFELINE ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArizona Humane Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRANDYWINE VALLEY SPCA: $8,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetSt Francis Animal Rescue of Venice Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGATEWAY PET GUARDIANS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SEATTLEKING COUNTY: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY FLORIDA INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE CENTER INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF COMPANION ANIMALS: $7,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetDarlington County Humane Society Inc: $6,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN DOOR ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $6,225 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASHLAND ANIMAL RESCUE FUND: $6,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLOUISIANA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE INDIANA INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOLK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetHELP THE ANIMALS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFIVE ACRES ANIMAL SHELTER: $5,600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH SUBURBAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE OF SPRINGFIELD AND SANGAMON COUNTY: $5,325 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBrazoria County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFurry Friends Humane Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPUPPY KITTY NY CITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPUPS WITHOUT BORDERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Petco LoveBISSELL Pet FoundationThe Duffield Family F…Petsmart Charities IncPedigree FoundationGreater Good CharitiesThe American Society …Best Friends Animal S…Humane World for Anim…Banfield FoundationLeslie L Alexander Fo…Assurant Foundation
Petco LoveTX54.4× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · BISSELL Pet Foundation · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Petsmart Charities Inc · Pedigree Foundation · Greater Good Charities · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Best Friends Animal Society · Humane World for Animals Inc · Banfield Foundation · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Assurant Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%1%4%8%15%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
    7get no government money at all
    10report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to Petfinder Foundation 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 61 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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