California · Public charity
Vca Charities
See schedule o. Through grants and partnerships with shelters and animal welfare organizations, we help remove barriers to pet ownership and help keep pets in loving homes by funding emergency and specialty veterinary care; supporting adoption readiness and surrender prevention programs; enabling the care and feeding of pets belonging to…
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $93k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,868
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 89% of the organizations Vca Charities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $93k | 77% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $100k | 89% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $67k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $117k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $225k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Humane Society of Tulsa | $119,915 | 5 | 3% |
| Pet Rescue Pilots | $57,000 | 2 | 16% |
| American Veterinary Medical Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks | $34,860 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Good Charities | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $15,705 | 3 | 0% |
| Austin Pets Alive Inc | $15,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter Barcs | $15,137 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends of Baark Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 5% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Vca Charities 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.
Open a dossier: Best Friends Animal Society · Petco Love · Banfield Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Greater Good Charities · Humane World for Animals Inc · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · The Association for Animal Welfare Advancement
How this is measured
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About Vca Charities
- How much does Vca Charities give?
- Vca Charities reported 13 itemized grants totaling $93,170, out of $2,487,681 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Vca Charities fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (77%), Public Safety & Disaster (16%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Vca Charities's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Humane Society of Tulsa ($120k), Pet Rescue Pilots ($57k), American Veterinary Medical Foundation ($50k).
- Does Vca Charities fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Vca Charities?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Best Friends Animal Society, Petco Love, Banfield Foundation.
- Where is Vca Charities based?
- Vca Charities is based in CA.
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