Ohio · Public charity
Pets for the Elderly Foundation
The foundation helps pay the fees to participating animal shelters throughout the united states for senior citizens (age 60 and over) who adopt a companion dog or cat from a participating shelter - including pre-adoption veterinary exams and spay/neuter, if part of the adoption fee.
- $539k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $481k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,875
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,085
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 27
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Pets for the Elderly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | 36 | $481k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $371k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $279k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $454k | 49% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $196k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $232k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $190k | 25% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho Humane Society Inc | $129,101 | 9 | 0% |
| Oregon Humane Society | $127,244 | 9 | 0% |
| Yavapai Humane Society | $123,365 | 9 | 1% |
| Greenhill Humane Society Spca | $122,476 | 9 | 1% |
| The Animal Foundation | $118,580 | 8 | 0% |
| Animal Protective League of Springfield and Sangamon County | $113,726 | 8 | 1% |
| Toledo Humane Society | $112,911 | 7 | 1% |
| Dona Ana County Humane Society Inc | $83,482 | 6 | 6% |
| The Anti-Cruelty Society | $83,197 | 4 | 0% |
| Paws Chicago | $70,550 | 6 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pets for the Elderly 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: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Petsmart Charities Inc · Petco Love · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Best Friends Animal Society · Greater Good Charities · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · The Grey Muzzle Organization · Banfield Foundation · Simple Generosity Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pets for the Elderly Foundation
- How much does Pets for the Elderly Foundation give?
- Pets for the Elderly Foundation reported 36 itemized grants totaling $481,481, out of $539,307 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pets for the Elderly Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%).
- Who are Pets for the Elderly Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Idaho Humane Society Inc ($129k), Oregon Humane Society ($127k), Yavapai Humane Society ($123k).
- Does Pets for the Elderly Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pets for the Elderly Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, Petsmart Charities Inc, Petco Love.
- Where is Pets for the Elderly Foundation based?
- Pets for the Elderly Foundation is based in OH.
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