Illinois · Nonprofit
FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION
FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,497 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Four Paws Animal Foundation does
Mission
Feline rescue and adoption plus trap-neuter-return program (tnr).
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $900 → $118.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 95% · 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
87% of FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,587 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,587 animals nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION?
- FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,497 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $29,497 in grants to FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOUR PAWS ANIMAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing