Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 438 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,324,300 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,677,201). 238 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44M
- Funders on record
- 438
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $41M
What International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc does
Mission
IFAWs strategy focuses on improving the welfare of individual animals and the conservation status of wildlife populations in priority habitats through on-the-ground efforts community engagement and global advocacy. Our dual emphasis on rescue and conservation promotes animal welfare species population stability and secure habitats. To sustain the welfare of species and the places they call home our work must be comprehensive. Across IFAWs Program portfolio we are pursuing our rescue and conservation goals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation strategies are focused on the following: Wildlife populations are stable or on a path toward population stability Habitats are under improved management Strengthening national and international policies for wildlife and their habitats Engaging with local communities Combatting illegal wildlife trade.
$18,530,334 spentof which $6,103,745 as grants64% of program spendingAnimal Rescue strategies are focused on the following: Wild animals rescued by IFAW are successfully released or progressing toward release into secure habitats Reduce animal suffering before during and after disasters Community animals rescued in disasters and are reunited with owners or rehomed Work with stakeholders on improving and implementing rescue practices.
$10,364,188 spentof which $1,076,073 as grants36% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,894,522.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $59M to $55M (−7%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 4% · 2018 8% · 2019 11% · 2020 8% · 2021 10% · 2022 18% · 2023 8% · 2024 7% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Azzedine Downes
President Chief Executive Officer
Board chair
Mark Beaudouin
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 51 funders to 168 funders, grant income rose $743k → $4.4M.
51 of 438 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 438 funders by total. 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
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 11 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 11 funders to its left
58% 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 INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 23% · 2019 19% · 2020 14% · 2021 14% · 2022 14% · 2023 13% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
45% of INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 40 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 24 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
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC is better cushioned than half of the 134 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 134 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $18.9M on record.
- Agency for International Development$11.6M
- Department of State$5.1M
- Department of the Interior$1.2M
- Department of Commerce$884k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$15k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 14 related entities
- International Fund for Animal Welfare Australia Pty Ltd · exempt
- International Fund for Animal Welfare Belgium AISBL · exempt
- International Fund for Animal Welfare IncFonds international pour la pro · exempt
- Fonds international pour la protection des animaux IFAW France · exempt
- Fonds international pour la protection des animaux IFAW · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC?
- INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 438 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,324,300 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($3,677,201). 238 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC have?
- IRS filings report 438 organizations giving $24,324,300 in grants to INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC, 238 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,677,201 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 438 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing