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Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends

MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR SICK AND INJURED ANIMAL ADOPTIONS OF UNWANTED CAT AND DOGS PAYMENT OF VETERINARIAN EXPENSES 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.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$189kFood & Nutrition$8kHealth$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNDER DOG RESCUE SQUAD$8,000
Individual grant recipient$6,000
FURRYTAIL ENDINGS$6,000
REJECT RANCH$6,000
WINGS OF RESCUE$5,000
MONROE COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS$5,000
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
BCAWS$5,000
HANK'S LEGACY FOUNDATION$5,000
UNCONDITIONAL RESCUE$5,000
HOPE 4 PAWS$2,000
PROMISE 4 PAWS$2,000
VBAS VOLUNTEERS OF BURBANK ANIMAL S$1,029
GERMAN SHEPARD RESCUE OF OC$1,000
LANGE FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY25–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LANGE FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.
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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62k · 8 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
41

Total granted

$62k
$115k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
0%

Still filing today

63%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FA
    FOSTER ARMY ANIMAL RESCUE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $6k · revenue +14%
  • AS
    Animal Samaritans
    2× · 2023–2025 · $6k · revenue +11%
  • GD
    Green Dog Foundation
    2× · 2024–2025 · $2k · revenue +248%

Funded once

  • AA
    ACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -16%
  • RR
    Rovers Retreat
    one grant, 2024 · $8k · revenue +10%
  • DD
    DR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUE
    one grant, 2023 · $7k
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
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
2
Raskels Rescue
Animals
3
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
4
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
5
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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6
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
7
Pets Without Partners

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

Animals
8
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
9
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
10
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
11
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

Rescue dogs, which includes housing, vetting, and transport.

Animals
12
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pet Project Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Ark of San Juan Companion Animal Rescue. 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

25 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. 25 of the 63 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
13/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fixn Fidos Inc: $19,000 · AnimalsFixn Fidos IncACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALSRovers Retreat: $8,000 · AnimalsRovers RetreatDR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUE: $7,000 · AnimalsDR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUEHANKS LEGACY FOUNDATION: $6,000 · AnimalsHANKS LEGACY FOUNDATIONFOSTER ARMY ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,000 · AnimalsFOSTER ARMY ANIMAL RESCUEREJECT RANCH: $6,000 · AnimalsREJECT RANCHAnimal Samaritans: $5,500 · AnimalsFALLBROOK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5,000 · AnimalsUNCONDITIONAL INC: $5,000 · AnimalsPASADENA HUMANE: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE ARK OF SAN JUAN COMPANION ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 · AnimalsMONROE COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS: $5,000 · AnimalsWINGS OF RESCUE INC: $5,000 · Animals+9 more: $9,500 · Animals+9 moreUNDER DOG RESCUE SQUAD: $14,879 · OtherUNDER DOG RESCUE SQUADFURRYTAIL ENDINGS: $7,500 · OtherFURRYTAIL ENDINGSIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientANIMAL HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherMAUI ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherPET ADOPTION CENTER: $5,000 · OtherBCAWS: $5,000 · OtherI CARE RESCUE: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherBARKS OF LOVE RESCUE: $5,000 · Other+25 more: $30,408 · Other+25 moreLANGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human Services
Animals$112,000Other$110,787Human Services$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFixn Fidos Inc: $19,000 over 3y, 7.5% of budgetACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRovers Retreat: $8,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHANKS LEGACY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetFOSTER ARMY ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetREJECT RANCH: $6,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAnimal Samaritans: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFALLBROOK ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ARK OF SAN JUAN COMPANION ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONROE COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreen Dog Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetRAMONA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPET PROJECT FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Haven of Asheville: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST TENNESSEE ALLIANCE FOR ANIMALS: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds Fixn Fidos Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACTORS AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds Rovers Retreat ↗
  • Who funds DR DOGHOUSE BULLY CREW RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds HANKS LEGACY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FOSTER ARMY ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds REJECT RANCH ↗
  • Who funds Animal Samaritans ↗
  • Who funds FALLBROOK ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds UNCONDITIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds THE ARK OF SAN JUAN COMPANION ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MONROE COUNTY FRIENDS OF ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds WINGS OF RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Green Dog Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PROMISE 4 PAWS ↗

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.

The American Society …California Community …Petsmart Charities IncPaypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNY13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · California Community Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get no government money at all
    3report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends?

    Find your warmest path to Rescuing Unwanted Furry Friends 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 63 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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