California · Private foundation
The Ark Watch 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $56,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,007,080
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Ark Watch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $1.6M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $743k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $679k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $317k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $499k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $479k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $488k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $495k | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bell Run Foundation Inc | $1,917,399 | 5 | 80% |
| The Fund for Animals Inc | $1,826,354 | 8 | 10% |
| Institute of the Range & the American Mustang | $770,105 | 8 | 7% |
| Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc | $296,724 | 8 | 4% |
| Humanity for Horses | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wally Adams Foundation | $57,619 | 3 | 6% |
| Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings | $56,091 | 4 | 1% |
| Humane Society of North Texas | $34,340 | 2 | 0% |
| Farmhouse Fresh Animal Sanctuary | $30,638 | 2 | 3% |
| DreamCatcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary Inc | $24,027 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bell Run Foundation Inc | $1,917,399 | 5 | 80% |
| The Fund for Animals Inc | $1,826,354 | 8 | 10% |
| Institute of the Range & the American Mustang | $770,105 | 8 | 7% |
| Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc | $296,724 | 8 | 4% |
| Humanity for Horses | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wally Adams Foundation | $57,619 | 3 | 6% |
| Villa Chardonnay Horses With Wings | $56,091 | 4 | 1% |
| Humane Society of North Texas | $34,340 | 2 | 0% |
| Farmhouse Fresh Animal Sanctuary | $30,638 | 2 | 3% |
| DreamCatcher Wild Horse and Burro Sanctuary Inc | $24,027 | 3 | 2% |
| Rocking R Ranch Rescue | $13,120 | 3 | 9% |
| T & D Donkey Rescue Inc | $7,604 | 2 | 5% |
| Valley View Ranch Equine Rescue | $6,294 | 1 | n/a |
| Evanescent Mustang Rescue and Sanctuary Inc | $5,770 | 2 | n/a |
| Saving Horses Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hastys Haven Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Saving Grace Inc Dba Saving Grace Humane Society | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Red Bucket Equine Rescue | $726 | 1 | 0% |
| Race Fund Inc | $425 | 1 | 1% |
| Equine Wellbeing Rescue Inc | $187 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Place | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Peaceful Acres Horses Inc | $96 | 1 | n/a |
| Last Chance Corral | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ark Watch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Humane World for Animals Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Greater Good Charities · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About The Ark Watch Foundation
- How much does The Ark Watch Foundation give?
- The Ark Watch Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,570,908 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ark Watch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (99%), Philanthropy (1%), Education (0%).
- Who are The Ark Watch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Red Bell Run Foundation Inc ($1.9M), The Fund for Animals Inc ($1.8M), Institute of the Range & the American Mustang ($770k).
- Does The Ark Watch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ark Watch 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 The Ark Watch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation, The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation, Bradford Family Foundation.
- Where is The Ark Watch Foundation based?
- The Ark Watch Foundation is based in CA.
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