North Carolina · Public charity
The Grey Muzzle Organization
THE GREY MUZZLE ORGANIZATION improves the lives of at-risk senior dogs by providing funding and resources to animal shelters, rescue organizations, sanctuaries, and other non-profit groups nationwide.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 103
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 88
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.6M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 88
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 34
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations The Grey Muzzle Organization funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $321k 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 | 101 | $1.6M | 41% |
| FY2024 | 88 | $1.1M | 34% |
| FY2023 | 77 | $800k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 70 | $695k | 41% |
| FY2021 | 59 | $533k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $491k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 49 | $364k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 39 | $276k | 72% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Pets Alive Inc | $86,475 | 9 | 0% |
| Second City Canine Rescue | $86,100 | 7 | 2% |
| The Animal Foundation | $85,212 | 7 | 0% |
| Asheville Humane Society Inc | $82,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Foundation for Animal Care & Education | $77,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc | $76,450 | 7 | 1% |
| Jacksonville Humane Society Inc | $73,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc | $71,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Fix Our Ferals | $71,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $69,500 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 256 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($53k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Grey Muzzle Organization supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Pedigree Foundation · Petco Love · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petsmart Charities Inc · Banfield Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Greater Good Charities · Humane World for Animals Inc · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Grey Muzzle Organization
- How much does The Grey Muzzle Organization give?
- The Grey Muzzle Organization reported 103 itemized grants totaling $1,626,691, out of $1,733,105 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 88 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Grey Muzzle Organization fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (96%), Health (2%), Housing & Shelter (1%).
- Who are The Grey Muzzle Organization's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Austin Pets Alive Inc ($86k), Second City Canine Rescue ($86k), The Animal Foundation ($85k).
- Does The Grey Muzzle Organization fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Grey Muzzle Organization?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, Pedigree Foundation, Petco Love.
- Where is The Grey Muzzle Organization based?
- The Grey Muzzle Organization is based in NC.
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