Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE DOG AGING PROJECT
THE DOG AGING PROJECT (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,187 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC ($42,387). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $482k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $324k
What The Dog Aging Project does
Mission
Inspired by the power of the human-companion dog bond, the non-profit dog aging institute promotes, supports and sustains research into healthy aging in companion dogs by generating financial support, facilitating partnerships, and developing educational resources. The institute works to enhance public enthusiasm for innovative research discoveries that help people and their dogs live healthier, longer lives. Funds raised by the institute are given as grants to enable basic research, dissemination of findings, and use of new knowledge to benefit dogs, their owners and the veterinary community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
During the 2024 calendar year, the dog aging institute launched its first major fundraising campaigns, and successfully raised funds through several large donations, in addition to small donor contributions. We also made our first donations to researchers working on the biology of aging in dogs. On dec 6, 2024, the dog aging institute made a 30,000 contribution to arizona state university. These funds were used by dr. Noah snyder-mackler to support measuring and analyzing the canine blood epigenome in samples from dogs enrolled in The Dog Aging Project. On oct 9, 2024, the dog aging institute made a 60,000 contribution to the university of washington. These funds were used by dr. Dan raftery in the northwest metabolomics research center to measure metabolome profiles in blood samples from dogs enrolled in The Dog Aging Project.
$137,586 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $137,586.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 THE DOG AGING PROJECT’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
THE DOG AGING PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% 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
99% 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 THE DOG AGING PROJECT.
“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
THE DOG AGING PROJECT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE DOG AGING PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE DOG AGING PROJECT
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DOG AGING PROJECT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DOG AGING PROJECT?
- THE DOG AGING PROJECT (Massachusetts) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,187 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC ($42,387). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DOG AGING PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $50,187 in grants to THE DOG AGING PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DOG AGING PROJECT?
- AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH INC is the largest funder on record, with $42,387 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DOG AGING PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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