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The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement

The Association conducts seminars and certification programs to carry out its exempt purposes.

$65k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
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02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$400k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $24,800, the rows itemized in this filing. The $64,550 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $39,750 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$24,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Love for Animals$24,800
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PET POPULATION STUDY AND POLICY: $10k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SEDONA: $8k → 14%PAGE ANIMAL ADOPTION AGENCY: $10k → 16%BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 10%PLACER SPCA: $10k → 6%COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA ANIMAL SERVICES: $5k → 8%SACRAMENTO SPCA: $10k → 12%CHEMUNG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA: $5k → 15%ROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL & SHELTER: $10k → 8%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS: $8k → 19%EL PASO ANIMAL SERVICES: $5k → 21%ANIMAL HUMANE NEW MEXICO: $5k → 14%PET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO: $10k → 13%CITRUS COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES: $5k → 17%BOONE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 9%HARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 8%LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $10k → 9%KANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $10k → 15%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY: $15k → 9%SAVING GRACE INC: $10k → 17%METRO ANIMAL CARE & CONTROL: $10k → 14%BROTHER WOLF ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 12%BURLINGTON ANIMAL SERVICES: $5k → 13%UNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHAB: $15k → 11%CACHE HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 12%The Love for Animals: $25k → 13%BAINBRIDGE DECATUR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 23%HUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS INC: $7k → 10%RIFLE ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 10%ANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $5k → 11%HOPE FOR ANIMALS: $5k → 12%EVERETT ANIMAL SHELTER: $5k → 9%HUMANE SOCIETY FOR SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $5k → 9%KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $10k → 18%ALASKA SPCA: $5k → 10%ST SOPHIAS FORGOTTEN FELINES: $10k → 7%PET CENTRAL HELPS: $10k → 11%PEORIA COUNTY ANIMAL PROTECTION SERVICES: $10k → 14%GLOUCESTER-MATHEWS HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 9%PITTSYLVANIA PET CENTER: $10k → 14%LAFOURCHE PARISH ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 17%ST BERNARD PARISH ANIMAL SERVICES: $15k → 22%LOUISIANA SPCA: $10k → 23%BALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER (BARCS): $5k → 6%MIDCOAST HUMANE: $10k → 7%ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $5k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $8k → 8%ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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 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.

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Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
2
Humane Society of Skagit County

We are an animal shelter committed to finding homes for unwanted pets, reuniting lost pets with their owners or new homes, and educating the public on the necessity of spaying and neutering.

Animals
3
Caloosa Humane Society Inc

The mission of Caloosa Humane Society is to serve, shelter, and protect the homeless pets in our care. We are dedicated to finding permanent and loving adoptive homes for our companion animals in need. Our no-kill facility provides low…

Education
4
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
5
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
6
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
7
Humane Society of Union County Inc

The Humane Society of Union County exists to reduce the number of abused, abandoned, and neglected cats and dogs through rescue, rehabilitation, adoption, and spay and neuter.

Animals
8
Tama County Humane Society

To operate as an animal shelter by taking in stray or surrendered animals. We provide medical care and surgical care, including spaying and neutering of all animals if needed prior to adoption.

Animals
9
Humane Society of Central Illinois

HSCIs mission is to find loving, forever homes for abused and unwanted pets.

Animals
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Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
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Safe Harbor Animal Sanctuary

Protect and rescue abandoned and at-risk animals.

Animals
12
Humane Society of Hardy County Inc

The Humane Society Hardy County strives reduce feral animal populations while enhancing the health of our communities and providing for those animals that may be adopted, a safe, nurturing, and healthy environment.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Society of Sheboygan County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bainbridge-Decatur County Humane Society Inc. 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

37 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. 37 of the 49 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/37
Grantees still filing
28/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $15,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INCUNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHAB: $15,000 · AnimalsUNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHABPage Animal Adoption Center: $10,000 · AnimalsST SOPHIAS FORGOTTEN FELINES: $10,000 · AnimalsJourney Home Animal Center: $10,000 · AnimalsMIDCOAST HUMANE: $10,000 · AnimalsKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · AnimalsPET CENTRAL HELPS: $10,000 · AnimalsLOUISIANA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsThe Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA: $10,000 · AnimalsLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $10,000 · AnimalsSACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsSAVING GRACE INC DBA SAVING GRACE HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · AnimalsPET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $10,000 · Animals+19 more: $105,000 · Animals+19 moreLOVE FOR ANIMALS INC: $24,800 · OtherLOVE FOR ANIMALS INCST BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT: $15,000 · OtherST BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENTNATIONAL COUNCIL ON PET POPULATION STUDY AND POLICY: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL ON PET POPULATION STU…Pittsylvania County Parks and Recreation: $10,000 · OtherPittsylvania County Parks and Recreati…PEORIA COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION: $10,000 · OtherPEORIA COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONMETRO NASHVILLE PARKS AND RECREATIO: $10,000 · OtherMETRO NASHVILLE PARKS AND RECREATIOROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTER: $10,000 · OtherROSENBERG ANIMAL CONTROL AND SHELTERLAFOURCHE PARISH ANIMAL SHELTER: $10,000 · OtherLAFOURCHE PARISH ANIMAL SHELTERCITRUS COUNTY SUPPORT SERVICES: $5,000 · OtherCACHE HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 · OtherCity of Burlington: $5,000 · OtherCounty of Santa Clara: $5,000 · OtherEL PASO MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 · OtherHOPE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,000 · OtherCITY OF EVERETT: $5,000 · Other
Animals$265,000Other$134,800

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE AND REHAB: $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetST SOPHIAS FORGOTTEN FELINES: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetJourney Home Animal Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMIDCOAST HUMANE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetKANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPET CENTRAL HELPS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetLOUISIANA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Placer County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals SPCA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLITTLE TRAVERSE BAY HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAVING GRACE INC DBA SAVING GRACE HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPET ALLIANCE OF GREATER ORLANDO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SEDONA INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF PAGOSA SPRINGS: $7,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetALASKA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL HUMANE ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCACHE HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALTIMORE ANIMAL RESCUE AND CARE SHELTER BARCS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHARBOR HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVANCOUVER HUMANE SOCIETY AND SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOUCESTER-MATHEWS HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHEMUNG COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY & SPCA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDAKIN PIONEER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOONE AREA HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% 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.

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 Duffield Family F…Best Friends Animal S…Petco LovePetsmart Charities IncGreater Good CharitiesThe American Society …Humane World for Anim…BISSELL Pet FoundationBanfield FoundationPedigree FoundationVca CharitiesThe Michelson Found A…
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA51.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Best Friends Animal Society · Petco Love · Petsmart Charities Inc · Greater Good Charities · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Humane World for Animals Inc · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Banfield Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Vca Charities · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report 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.

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 49 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 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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