New York · Private foundation
The Black Cat Foundation
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.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $35k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Black Cat Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 14 | $35k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $27k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $56k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $59k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Med | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Soi Dog Foundation USA | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| In Defense of Animals | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Farming Association | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The White Coat Waste Project Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildcare Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians Committee for Responsible Med | $21,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Soi Dog Foundation USA | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc | $18,000 | 4 | 0% |
| In Defense of Animals | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Farming Association | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The White Coat Waste Project Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildcare Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane League | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mighty Mutts Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Compassion in World Farming Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Good Charities | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citizens for Alternatives to Animal Research Andexperimentation Caare | $1,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Greenpeace Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Partners in Animal Protection and Conservation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Black Cat Foundation 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: Give Lively Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Black Cat Foundation
- How much does The Black Cat Foundation give?
- The Black Cat Foundation reported 14 itemized grants totaling $35,000, out of $41,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Black Cat Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (30%), Environment (10%), Health (8%).
- Who are The Black Cat Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Physicians Committee for Responsible Med ($21k), New York Botanical Garden ($20k), Soi Dog Foundation USA ($18k).
- Does The Black Cat Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Black Cat 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 Black Cat Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Give Lively Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is The Black Cat Foundation based?
- The Black Cat Foundation is based in NY.
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