Minnesota · Public charity
Wild Animal Initiative Inc
Wild animal initiative's mission is to research, raise awareness, and reduce the suffering of animals.
- $715k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $90k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Wild Animal Initiative Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 91% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $315k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents Univ of California | $114,943 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $59,130 | 2 | n/a |
| Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England | $56,600 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tufts University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $29,696 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regents Univ of California | $114,943 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas Athletics Inc | $95,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Massachusetts | $59,130 | 2 | n/a |
| Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England | $56,600 | 1 | 0% |
| George Mason University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon State University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tufts University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Auburn University | $29,696 | 1 | n/a |
| Colorado Mesa University | $28,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University Kingsville | $25,860 | 1 | n/a |
| San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Wild Animal Initiative Inc
- How much does Wild Animal Initiative Inc give?
- Wild Animal Initiative Inc reported 3 itemized grants totaling $89,696, out of $715,066 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Wild Animal Initiative Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (100%).
- Who are Wild Animal Initiative Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Regents Univ of California ($115k), Kansas Athletics Inc ($95k), University of Massachusetts ($59k).
- Does Wild Animal Initiative Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wild Animal Initiative Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Wild Animal Initiative Inc based?
- Wild Animal Initiative Inc is based in MN.
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