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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 it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $35,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $41,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $6,000 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.
$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
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE$3,000
WILDCARE FOUNDATION$3,000
HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS$3,000
WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT$3,000
COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING INC$2,000
GREATER GOOD CHARITIES$2,000
THE HUMANE LEAGUE$2,000
CENTER FOR DIVERSITY BIOLOGICS$1,000
HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION$1,000
SANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUE$1,000
EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE$1,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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%
How this is measured

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

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.

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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Farming Association; 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 grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 ASSOCIATIONSANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUE: $7,000 · AnimalsSANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUETHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $7,000 · AnimalsTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INCWILDCARE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · AnimalsWILDCARE FOUNDATIONFARM 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…CENTER FOR DIVERSITY BIOLOGICS: $2,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DIVERSI…IN DEFENSE OF ANIMAL: $2,000 · OtherIN DEFENSE OF ANIM…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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetSANAGA-YONG CHIMPANZEE RESCUE: $7,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWILDCARE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTY MUTTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCompassion in World Farming Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL RESEARCH ANDEXPERIMENTATION CAARE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGREENPEACE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPartners in Animal Protection and Conservation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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

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.
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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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 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-PF 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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