How much does RSO Foundation give?

RSO Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $901,757 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 44 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does RSO Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (55%), Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (10%).

Who are RSO Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Bettertogether Forever ($400k), Vets in Vans Inc ($380k), Mercy Crusade Inc ($319k).

Does RSO Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does RSO 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 RSO Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petco Love, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, Tahoe Community Foundation.

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Nevada · Private foundation

RSO Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$902k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 34
Grants FY2024: 44
Organizations funded FY2023: 75%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $5,250
Largest grant, FY2024: $320,000
Organizations funded a year: 28 to 44; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 9
Total assets, FY2024: $7.7M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations RSO Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	34	$902k	62%
FY2023	44	$928k	75%
FY2022	28	$1.4M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Animals$1.8MArts & Culture$435kHuman Services$310kEducation$150kRecreation & Sports$121kHealth$114kEnvironment$76kCommunity Improvement$55kOther$0

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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Bettertogether Forever	$400,000	2	23%
Vets in Vans Inc	$380,240	2	71%
Mercy Crusade Inc	$319,066	3	6%
OK Foundation	$170,000	2	2%
Paw Works Inc	$100,000	1	5%
Son Care Foundation Inc	$88,600	2	4%
Dogs Trust USA Inc	$80,000	1	5%
Pet Network Humane Society	$63,700	2	2%
Equine Advocates Incorporated	$50,000	1	2%
Animal Balance	$40,000	1	2%

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All grantees of RSO Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Bettertogether Forever	$400,000	2	23%
Vets in Vans Inc	$380,240	2	71%
Mercy Crusade Inc	$319,066	3	6%
OK Foundation	$170,000	2	2%
Paw Works Inc	$100,000	1	5%
Son Care Foundation Inc	$88,600	2	4%
Dogs Trust USA Inc	$80,000	1	5%
Pet Network Humane Society	$63,700	2	2%
Equine Advocates Incorporated	$50,000	1	2%
Animal Balance	$40,000	1	2%
Anything Animal Foundation Corp	$37,000	3	16%
The Forgotten Dog Foundation	$35,000	1	9%
Santa Barbara Foresters Inc	$30,800	3	8%
Olive Crest	$30,400	2	0%
Big Love Animal Rescue	$25,000	2	10%
Valley Oak SPCA	$25,000	1	1%
Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society	$25,000	1	1%
The Mike Tice Foundation	$20,000	2	3%
Women in Distress of Broward County Inc	$20,000	1	0%
ElleVet Project Inc	$20,000	1	13%
Victory Therapeutic Center Inc	$15,000	2	1%
Brazil Foundation	$15,000	2	0%
Bob Hoover Academy	$15,000	2	1%
The Kiddie Hawk Air Academy	$14,560	1	1%
Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates	$10,000	1	21%
Paws for Life K9 Rescue	$10,000	1	1%
Nevada Nordic	$10,000	1	4%
Wylie Animal Rescue Foundation	$10,000	1	4%
Animal Rescue of Fresno	$10,000	1	1%
Kids and Horses Inc	$10,000	1	2%
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Gimme Love Animal Shelter	$5,250	1	n/a
Abandoned Pet Rescue Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Velvet Noses Horse Ministry	$5,000	1	n/a
Rancho Cielo Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Incline Education Fund	$5,000	1	1%
Beaux Arts of the Lowe Art Museum of the University of Miami Inc	$5,000	1	1%
Woods Humane Society Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Send Musicians To Prison	$5,000	1	2%
Tommie Smith Youth Initiative Inc	$5,000	1	5%
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company	$5,000	1	0%
Cache Foundation	$5,000	1	n/a
Council on Foundations Inc	$4,000	1	0%
Ocala Farm Ministry Inc	$2,000	1	1%
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Inc	$2,000	1	0%
Pets In Need	$2,000	1	0%
Wilderness Youth Project Inc	$1,238	1	0%
Jacks Helping Hand Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Pixie Project Inc	$1,000	1	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

RSO Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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 LoveTX22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Tahoe Community Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Otis Booth Foundation · Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · Greater Good Charities · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management 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.

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About RSO Foundation

How much does RSO Foundation give?: RSO Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $901,757 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 44 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does RSO Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (55%), Arts & Culture (14%), Human Services (10%).
Who are RSO Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Bettertogether Forever ($400k), Vets in Vans Inc ($380k), Mercy Crusade Inc ($319k).
Does RSO Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does RSO 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 RSO Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petco Love, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, Tahoe Community Foundation.
Where is RSO Foundation based?: RSO Foundation is based in NV.