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The Westminster Kennel Club

THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB ("wkc") was established to increase interest in dogs, improve breeds and hold annual dog show in new york city.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.1MAnimals$302kFood & Nutrition$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kPublic Benefit$9kHealth$7kRecreation & Sports$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $70,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $125,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $55,000 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.
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VALOR SERVICE DOGS$20,000
NOT ONE MORE VET$20,000
UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER$10,000
PASADENA HUMANE$10,000
LA COUNTY ANIMAL CARE$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MIGHTYVET: $10k → 9%MIGHTYVET: $10k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
NC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 9 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
12

Total granted

$1.1M
$106k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+33%

Still filing today

100%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationHealthArts & CultureFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • Trustees of Tufts College
    3× · 2018–2020 · $210k · revenue +36%
  • Cornell University
    3× · 2018–2020 · $210k · revenue +49%
  • MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $210k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +67%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • TA
    The AKC Humane Fund Incgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +172%
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.

04Its 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
American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation

American kennel club companion animal recovery (akc car)'s mission is to promote identification of pets and reunite lost pets with their owners. akc car also supports animal relief and recovery efforts during natural or civil disasters,…

Animals
2
The Pet Care Trust
Animals
3
Operational K9 Medical Team of Wisconsin
Animals
4
Animal Cancer Foundation

Animal cancer foundation is dedicated to finding new treatments and eventual cures for cancer by funding research in and increasing public awareness of comparative oncology, the study of naturally occurring, similar cancers in people and…

Health
5
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

The mission of the american college of veterinary internal medicine (acvim) is to enhance animal and human health by advancing veterinary internal medicine through training, education, an discovery. the acvim is the american certifying…

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6
Student Chapter American Veterinary Medical Assoc

Tufts SAVMA is the Tufts Student Chapter

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7
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
8
American College of Vet Radiology

The american college of veterinary radiology (acvr) is a member-driven, not-for-profit organization consisting of over 800 accredited veterinary radiologists and radiation oncologists. the college was founded in 1961 by veterinarians…

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9
Companion Animal Nutrition and Wellness Institute Inc

To educate the pet community on nutrition and wellness for companion animals. become recognized as a credible source of independent unbiased source of nutrition and wellness information. perform unbiased independent nutrition research and…

Animals
10
No Dogs Left Behind
Animals
11
The Animal Medical Center

Dedicated to providing compassionate and collaborative care to animals and to leading the advancement of veterinary medicine through innovative clinical research and education.

Animals
12
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc

To assist disabled veterans, active military personnel, first responders with disabilities, and those who have served our country honorably to live with dignity and independence. america's vetdogs trains and places guide dogs for…

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Rescue & Welfare Trust Fund of the Btca. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 26 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Trustees of Tufts College: $210,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeCornell University: $210,000 · EducationCornell UniversityMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $210,000 · EducationMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $210,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATuskegee University: $210,000 · EducationTuskegee UniversityAmerican Kennel Club Inc: $34,200 · AnimalsAmerican K…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERIC…VALOR SERVICE DOGS INC: $20,000 · AnimalsVALOR SERV…The AKC Humane Fund Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsThe AKC Hu…LOS ANGELES COUNTY ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsLOS ANGELE…PASADENA HUMANE: $10,000 · AnimalsPASADENA H…AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,182 · AnimalsNATIONAL BRUSSELS GRIFFON RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsNOVA SCOTIA DUCK TOLLING RETRIEVER CLUB USA INC: $5,000 · AnimalsRESCUE & WELFARE TRUST FUND OF THE BTCA: $5,000 · AnimalsKRUISIN KANINES OF PERKASIE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsThe American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: $107,500 · Arts & CultureUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherMORRIS HILLS DOG TRAINING CLUB: $5,000 · OtherFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $8,597 · OtherTAKE THE LEAD INC: $30,500 · Food & NutritionNOT ONE MORE VET INC: $20,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,158 · HealthMIGHTYVET: $20,000 · Human Services
Education$1,050,000Animals$134,382Arts & Culture$107,500Other$58,597Food & Nutrition$30,500Health$27,158Human Services$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $210,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $210,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $210,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $210,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTuskegee University: $210,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog: $107,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Kennel Club Inc: $34,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTAKE THE LEAD INC: $30,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOT ONE MORE VET INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMIGHTYVET: $20,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetThe AKC Humane Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFDNY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURPLE HEART HOMES INC: $8,597 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $7,158 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN KENNEL CLUB CANINE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,182 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL BRUSSELS GRIFFON RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetRESCUE & WELFARE TRUST FUND OF THE BTCA: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC9.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Westminster Kennel Club funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Westminster Kennel Club. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Westminster Kennel Club?

Find your warmest path to The Westminster Kennel Club 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 26 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 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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