Washington · Private foundation
Susan Michaels Compassion Trust
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.
- $159k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Susan Michaels Compassion Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 64% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 | 11 | $159k | 45% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $111k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $110k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $101k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $160k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switch4Good | $85,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Animal Freedom | $44,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Animal Recovery Mission Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Leap Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Direct Action Everywhere | $35,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Place | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open Sanctuary Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switch4Good | $85,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Animal Freedom | $44,000 | 3 | 21% |
| Animal Recovery Mission Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Leap Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 16% |
| Direct Action Everywhere | $35,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Good Food Institute Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Place | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open Sanctuary Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Outlook Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Animal Partisan Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legal Impact for Chickens | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Animal & Vegan Advocacy International Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Peace Ridge Sanctuary | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Better Food Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($115k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Susan Michaels Compassion Trust 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 Quinn Foundation · Karuna Foundation · Vegfund Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Susan Michaels Compassion Trust
- How much does Susan Michaels Compassion Trust give?
- Susan Michaels Compassion Trust reported 11 grants totaling $158,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Susan Michaels Compassion Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (71%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Education (5%).
- Who are Susan Michaels Compassion Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Switch4Good ($85k), Farm Sanctuary Inc ($85k), Pasado's Safe Haven ($75k).
- Does Susan Michaels Compassion Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Susan Michaels Compassion Trust 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 Susan Michaels Compassion Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Quinn Foundation, Karuna Foundation, Vegfund Inc.
- Where is Susan Michaels Compassion Trust based?
- Susan Michaels Compassion Trust is based in WA.
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