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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 FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0187% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Animals$107kEnvironment$37kHealth$28kHuman Services$2kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 14 grants below total $35,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $41,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $6,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$3,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS (PETA)$5,000
SOI DOG FOUNDATION$5,000
NY BOTANICAL GARDENS$3,000
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$3,000
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT$3,000
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE$3,000
WILDCARE FOUNDATION$3,000
GREATER GOOD CHARITIES$2,000
COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING INC$2,000
THE HUMANE LEAGUE$2,000
CENTER FOR DIVERSITY BIOLOGICS$1,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE$1,000
HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION$1,000
SANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUE$1,000
02Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$145k · 14 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 9 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
10

Total granted

$145k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+25%

Still filing today

79%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’21’22’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentPhilanthropyHealthHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Med
    4× · 2021–2025 · $21k · revenue +10%
  • NY
    NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +27%
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • CF
    Center For Biological Care
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • FS
    FARM SANCTUARY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue -6%
  • WF
    WOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +101%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
4
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
5
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
6
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
7
Last Chance for Animals

Dedicated to ending animal abuse and exploitation through education, public outreach and investigations.

Animals
8
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
9
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
10
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
11
Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law and Policy Inc
Philanthropy
12
Animal Protection and Rescue League Inc

Exposing and eliminating animal cruelty.

Animals

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Farming Association and the most unlike its peers is African Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
13/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC — $18,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INCIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS — $12,000 · AnimalsIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALSHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATIONWILDCARE FOUNDATION — $7,000 · AnimalsWILDCARE FOUNDATIONTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC — $7,000 · AnimalsTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INCSANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUE — $7,000 · AnimalsSANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUEFARM SANCTUARY INC — $4,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc — $3,000 · AnimalsWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC — $3,000 · Animals+6 more — $9,500 · Animals+6 moreNY BOTANICAL GARDENS — $11,000 · OtherNY BOTANICAL GARDE…Oklahoma Wildcare — $8,000 · OtherOklahoma WildcareCenter For Biological Care — $5,000 · OtherCenter For Biologi…IN DEFENSE OF ANIMAL — $2,000 · OtherIN DEFENSE OF ANIM…CENTER FOR DIVERSITY BIOLOGICS — $2,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DIVERSI…GREENPEACE INC — $1,000 · Other+1 more — $1 · OtherNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $20,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTAN…OCEAN CONSERVANCY — $2,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVA…Earth Island Institute Inc — $1,000 · EnvironmentPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med — $21,000 · HealthPhysicians Co…Soi Dog Foundation USA — $18,000 · PhilanthropySoi Dog Foun…GREATER GOOD CHARITIES — $2,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER GOOD…Compassion in World Farming Inc — $2,000 · Human Services
Animals$80,500Other$29,001Environment$23,000Health$21,000Philanthropy$20,000Human Services$2,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med — $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSoi Dog Foundation USA — $18,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC — $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS — $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION — $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWILDCARE FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC — $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUE — $7,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTY MUTTS INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion in World Farming Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL RESEARCH ANDEXPERIMENTATION CAARE — $1,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGREENPEACE INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Animal Protection and Conservation — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Give Lively Foundatio…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…Verizon FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Give Lively Foundation IncNY13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Black Cat Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Black Cat Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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