· Private foundation
The Merlin Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $55k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BEST FRIENDS | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $8,500 |
| SAVE THE CHIMPS | $6,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,500 |
| ANIMAL CARE CENTERS OF NYC | $6,000 |
| WOMENS ANIMAL CENTER | $6,000 |
| RED ROVER | $5,000 |
| ENVISIONING ACCESS | $4,500 |
| JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE | $4,000 |
| TIGER HAVEN | $3,000 |
| WILDLIFE FREEDOM FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| THERAPEUTIC HORSES OF SARATOGA INC | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 55% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC2× · 2023–2024 · $8k · revenue +42%- JGJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION2× · 2023–2024 · $6k · revenue +12%
- WFWILDLIFE FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC2× · 2023–2024 · $5k · revenue +42%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $7k
- STSAVE THE CHIMPS INCone grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue -64%
- WHWOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INCone grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
Animal haven is a nonprofit organization that finds homes for dogs and cats throughout the tristate area. it operates out of its adoption center in lower manhattan which has facilities for dog training and grooming as part of the adoption…
Animal welfare organization providing rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption for wild, domestic, and farmed animals.
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Animal shelter for the protection and care of abused and neglected animals.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
Is a volunteer-based non profit organization that saves dogs and cats from death (high kill shelters) and adopts them to loving families.
THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…
Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…
Catskill animal sanctuary rescues farmed animals, ignites social change to end their exploitation, and champions vegan living.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL OF NEW YORK CITY INC ↗
- Who funds SAVE THE CHIMPS INC ↗
- Who funds JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ENVISIONING ACCESS INC ↗
- Who funds TIGER HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds THERAPEUTIC HORSES OF SARATOGA INC ↗
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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Merlin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Merlin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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