Grants for animal shelters

Name: Top 25 grants made to animal shelters and animal welfare organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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5,597 animal shelters and animal welfare organizations received at least $86.9 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 11,357 grants made from 4,253 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 4,253 foundations, 66% made just a single grant to animal shelters, and 9% made grants to four or more animal shelters. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$86,867,300

Total grant dollars given to animal shelters

11,357

Number of grants made annually to animal shelters

4,253

Number of grantmakers funding animal shelters

$1,000

Median grant size to animal shelters

Foundations that support animal shelters and animal welfare organizations

Out of all grants made to animal shelters, 84% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 81% of the dollar-value of grants to animal shelters. Foundations funding animal shelters also made grants to water and wetland protection organizations, food banks, homeless shelters, land conservation groups, and international humanitarian organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	3,597
Medium	411
Large	244

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	77
Private	3,821
Corporate	193
Other	162

Grants made

Grants made to animal shelters	Number of grantmakers
1	2,820
2-3	1,020
4-10	323
11+	90

Top 10 foundations supporting animal shelters and animal welfare organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to animal shelters	Number of grants made to animal shelters	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.6%	424	$100
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	1.5%	323	$50
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	1.2%	223	$500
Pedigree Foundation	TN	National	30.6%	221	$1,000
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	2.1%	216	$500
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.1%	192	$490
Greatergoodorg Good Charities	WA	National	4.6%	190	$2,848
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	166	$100
Synchrony Foundation	CT	National	0.3%	154	$125
Charity Partners Foundation	MA	National	5.7%	150	$19

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Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations grantees

Animal shelters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 80% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 30% of all animal shelters.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	11,340
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	17

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$600

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	1,222
New York	989
Florida	713
Texas	667
Other	7,766

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	1,004
Washington DC	659
Chicago	426
Los Angeles	346
Other	7,513

Top 25 grants made to animal shelters

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
The Humane Society of the United States	$8,153,353	Cash Transfers	The Fund For Animals
Humane Society International (HSI)	$6,026,650	Program Grant	The Humane Society of the United States
Humane Society International (HSI)	$6,026,650	General Support Including Care of Liberia Chimps	The Humane Society of the United States
Mercy for Animals	$5,601,200	Animal Welfare	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
The Humane League	$5,015,000	Animal Welfare	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
The Humane Society of the United States	$4,927,207	Intercompany Activity	The Fund For Animals
The Humane Society of the United States	$4,853,582	Intercompany Activity	Humane Society International (HSI)
Wayside Waifs	$4,050,930	Animal-Related	Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
Gigi's Shelter for Dogs	$4,000,000	Conservation	The Columbus Foundation
Humane Society International (HSI)	$3,129,242	Salaries	The Humane Society of the United States
The Fund For Animals	$2,916,932	Salaries	The Humane Society of the United States
American Humane - First To Serve	$2,905,873	General Support	Sag-Aftra Producers Industry Advancement and Cooperative Fund
Columbia Animal Shelter	$2,700,000	Rescue of Unwanted Animals	The Harold and Judy Mckonly Family Foundation
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation	$2,573,344	Conservation and Science	David and Lucile Packard Foundation
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)	$2,543,944	Animal Welfare	Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
Gigi's Shelter for Dogs	$2,500,000	Conservation	The Columbus Foundation
Bubye Valley Conservation Research	$2,500,000	To Describe and Understand the General Ecology and Conservation of African Lions in A Large Fenced Reserve	Walter Family Foundation
Dane County Humane Society	$5,000	Animal Welfare Support	Berbeewalsh Foundation
Animal Friends	$5,000	General Support	Ralph and Dorothy Hartwell Schugar Charitable
Mary S Roberts Pet Adoption Center	$5,000	Unrestricted General	Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals	$5,000	Unrestricted General	Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
The Humane Society of the United States	$5,000	Support Pets for Life	Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
Operation Blankets Of Love	$5,000	Support 'help' Program	Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
Pets Are Wonderful Support Los Angeles	$5,000	Unrestricted General	Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation
Volunteers of the Burbank Animal Shelter	$5,000	Support Medical Program	Ethel Frends Charitable Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Animal shelters" category for this page is determined by the "D20: Animal Protection and Welfare" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.