How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Kentucky?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Kentucky, currently The Jockey Club, Network for Good, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Kentucky?

The Jockey Club gives the most to animals organizations in Kentucky, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Kentucky?

$92M reached 242 animals organizations in Kentucky, from 727 funders. 33% came from funders also based in Kentucky.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Kentucky · Animals

Who funds animals in Kentucky

$92M reached 242 animals organizations in Kentucky, from 727 funders, with no single one dominating.

$92M

granted

242

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

727 funders gave $92M to 242 animals organizations in Kentucky across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in Kentucky; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Kentucky is The Jockey Club, at $7M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue, at $12M.

Largest funders of animals in Kentucky

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Kentucky, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Jockey Club$7M 2Network for Good$4M 3Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance$4M 4Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$4M 5Petsmart Charities Inc$4M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 7William D Mattingly Education Center Inc$3M 8Frazier-Joy Family Foundation Inc$3M 9The Joanne W Gauntt Foundation Dated$3M 10The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc$2M

Animals organizations in Kentucky that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

232 other animals organizations$38M

Kentucky Humane Society - Animal Rescue$12M Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance$11M Louisville Zoo Foundation Inc$6M New Vocations Racehorse Adoption$6M Old Friends Inc$4M Amphibian & Reptile Conservancy Inc$4M The Fugate Mattingly Foundation Inc$3M

How to find animals funders in Kentucky

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Start with the funders already active in Kentucky
The funders giving the most to animals in Kentucky are The Jockey Club, Network for Good, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
67% of animals money in Kentucky comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Kentucky.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Kentucky?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Kentucky, currently The Jockey Club, Network for Good, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Foundati Dba Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Kentucky from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Kentucky?: The Jockey Club gives the most to animals organizations in Kentucky, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Kentucky?: $92M reached 242 animals organizations in Kentucky, from 727 funders. 33% came from funders also based in Kentucky.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.