South Carolina · Private foundation
The Button and Rod Cook 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.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $717k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations The Button and Rod Cook Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 11 | $90k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $90k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $67k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $59k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $42k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $9k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pets With Disabilities Inc | $151,000 | 7 | 10% |
| The Grey Muzzle Organization | $149,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Dog Squad | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pets for the Elderly Foundation | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Thulani Senior German Shepherd Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Carolina Waterfowl Rescue Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Whispering Willows Senior Dog Sanctuary Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Animal Care Inc | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbit Sanctuary Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pets With Disabilities Inc | $151,000 | 7 | 10% |
| The Grey Muzzle Organization | $149,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Dog Squad | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pets for the Elderly Foundation | $15,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Thulani Senior German Shepherd Rescue Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Carolina Waterfowl Rescue Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Whispering Willows Senior Dog Sanctuary Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The South Carolina Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Animal Care Inc | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Rabbit Sanctuary Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 2% |
| The Asher House | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Anakins Trails Animal Search | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hoppy Hearts Sc | $2,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Bunny Blessings Inc | $1,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Paws Animal Wildlife Sanctuary Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pilots to the Rescue Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Paws4people Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamptons Hope Sanctuary | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Button and Rod Cook 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.
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How this is measured
Compare The Button and Rod Cook Foundation with peer funders
About The Button and Rod Cook Foundation
- How much does The Button and Rod Cook Foundation give?
- The Button and Rod Cook Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $90,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Button and Rod Cook Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%), Human Services (0%).
- Who are The Button and Rod Cook Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pets With Disabilities Inc ($151k), The Grey Muzzle Organization ($149k), Dog Squad ($25k).
- Does The Button and Rod Cook Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Button and Rod Cook 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 Button and Rod Cook Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is The Button and Rod Cook Foundation based?
- The Button and Rod Cook Foundation is based in SC.
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