Grants for animal shelters

Name: Top 10 Grants for animal shelters
Creator: Cause IQ
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6,944 animal shelters and animal welfare organizations received at least $491.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 11,957 grants made from 3,111 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $13,040. Of these 3,111 foundations, 67% made just a single grant to animal shelters, and 12% 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.

$491,696,277

Total grant dollars given to animal shelters

11,957

Number of grants made annually to animal shelters

3,111

Number of grantmakers funding animal shelters

$13,040

Median grant size to animal shelters

Foundations that support animal shelters and animal welfare organizations

Out of all grants made to animal shelters, 60% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 25% of the dollar-value of grants to animal shelters. Foundations funding animal shelters also made grants to trade / professional associations, youth development programs, land conservation groups, universities, and educational institutions.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	1,866
Medium	652
Large	586

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	360
Private	1,726
Corporate	66
Other	959

Grants made

Grants made to animal shelters	Number of grantmakers
1	2,091
2-3	633
4-10	251
11+	136

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
Network for Good	DC	National	12.4%	1,723	$10,800
Petsmart Charities	AZ	National	63.2%	383	$20,000
The Humane Society of the United States	DC	National	28.6%	43	$90,000
National Philanthropic Trust	PA	National	0.5%	157	$16,000
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals	NY	National	69.3%	164	$25,000
American Online Giving Foundation	DE	National	2.6%	388	$10,101
Schwab Charitable Fund	CA	National	0.9%	199	$11,555
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)	DC	National	2.1%	50	$56,780
PayPal Giving Fund	DC	National	5.2%	358	$9,765
American Endowment Foundation	OH	National	1.4%	117	$13,752

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Animal shelters and animal welfare organizations grantees

Animal shelters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 41% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 24% of all animal shelters.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	3,540
$10k-$25k	4,755
$25k-$100k	2,733
$100k+	929

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$10,000
$100k-$500k	$12,000
$500k-$1M	$15,000
$1M-$5M	$16,000
>$5M	$20,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	1,622
Texas	907
Florida	819
New York	683
Other	7,926

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Washington DC	597
New York City	539
San Francisco	404
Los Angeles	384
Other	8,562

Top 25 grants made to animal shelters

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League	$2,486,354	General Support	Eunice Joyce Gardiner Charitable Foundation
Wildlife Protection Solutions	$2,329,500	Environmental and Animals	Schwab Charitable Fund
The Fund For Animals	$2,304,053	Cash Transfers	The Humane Society of the United States
Revive & Restore	$2,213,463	Health	National Philanthropic Trust
Spay Neuter Network	$2,200,377	General Support	The Dallas Foundation
The Humane Society of the United States	$2,090,624	Cash Transfers	Humane Society International (HSI)
SPCA of Texas	$2,024,486	General Support	The Dallas Foundation
Best Friends Animal Society	$2,006,100	Environment & Animal Protection	Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund (GSPF)
Humane Network	$1,817,000	Animal Welfare	Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation
International Crane Foundation	$1,700,000	General	The Walbridge Fund
Lawrence Humane Society	$1,675,856	Capital and General	Douglas County Community Foundation
fka Heartland SPCA	$1,660,000	Animal Welfare	The Quinn Foundation
American Bird Conservancy (ABC)	$1,556,335	Various Conservation	National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
San Antonio Humane Society	$1,555,500	Satellite Adoption Center With Retail Adoption Partner	San Antonio Area Foundation
Animal Care and Control of New York City (ACC)	$1,555,000	Live Release	The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)	$1,445,000	Environment, Animals	National Philanthropic Trust
Humane Society Legislative Fund	$1,435,251	Program Grant	The Humane Society of the United States
Humane Society Legislative Fund	$1,435,251	Funds To Cover Federal Affairs Costs	The Humane Society of the United States
Save the Chimps	$1,430,063	General Operating Support	Arcus Foundation
Best Friends Animal Society	$1,425,000	An Unrestricted Grant To Further the Donee's Exempt Purpose	The Rachael Ray Foundation
No Kill Contra Costa County	$1,416,540	Program Expenses	Meals On Wheels of Contra Costa
Paws - Gulf Coast Humane Society	$1,380,000	Operations	Window Ledge Foundation
Humane Pennsylvania (HSBC)	$1,364,263	Cash	Humane Pennsylvania Foundation
Humane Pennsylvania (HSBC)	$1,364,263	Shelter and Operational Support	Humane Pennsylvania Foundation
Humane Pennsylvania (HSBC)	$1,364,263	Cash	Humane Pennsylvania 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.