Funding search · EIN 530225390 · Grantmaking charity · Washington, DC

The Humane Society of the United States

$90.1M
in grants paid: 258
grants: 178
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$17.9M
Humane World for Animals International Fka Humane Society International · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2.5M
Project Chimps · Morganton, GA · 2024
Funding to provide sanctuary and care for former research chimpanzees
$2.1M
Humane World Action Fund Fka Humane Society Legislative Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$264,681
Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$215,000
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes · Owyhee, NV · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$192,493
The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Nation · Browning, MT · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Animal CARE EXPO funding, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$190,000
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe · Cass Lake, MN · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$176,818
Bethel Friends of Canines · Bethel, AK · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, funding to attend animal CARE EXPO
$150,000
Seattle Humane · Bellevue, WA · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$150,000
Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians · Lac Du Flambeau, WI · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$141,860
State Humane Association of California Dba California Animal Welfare Associ · Penn Valley, CA · 2024
Funding for project to develop resources and supPOrt effective evacuation, care and reunification of animals with their people during disasters in the state of California
$125,000
Quinault Indian Nation · Taholah, WA · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$100,551
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$100,000
Minn-Kota Paaws · Fargo, ND · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$100,000
Friends of the Shelter Dba Better Together Animal Alliance · Ponderay, ID · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$100,000
Auburn Valley Humane Society · Auburn, WA · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$100,000
Fleet of Angels · Denver, CO · 2024
Purchase of hay for hay bank in Red Bell Run North Carolina, for distribution of hay throughout state in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
$95,000
Idaho Humane Society · Boise, ID · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$75,000
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Inc Dba Mountain Humane · Hailey, ID · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$75,000
White Earth Nation · White Earth, MN · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$71,168
University of Denver · Denver, CO · 2024
Researching access to veterinary care and pet inclusive housing and collecting related data to inform POlicy efforts, research focused on understanding trends in animal law enforcement, research on impacts of adoption p… read allResearching access to veterinary care and pet inclusive housing and collecting related data to inform POlicy efforts, research focused on understanding trends in animal law enforcement, research on impacts of adoption program, funding to attend animal CARE EXPO less
$50,000
Chimp Haven · Keithville, LA · 2024
TransPOrtation of chimpanzees from New Mexico facility to Chimp Haven in Louisiana, care for chimpanzees after arrival at Chimp Haven facility
$36,205
Shelter Animals Count · Atlanta, GA · 2024
SupPOrt ongoing work to develop a reliable system used to gather animal shelter data
$32,000
Miami Veterinary Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$30,000
Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries · Washington, DC · 2024
Funding for sanctuary site visits and technology upgrades
$30,000
Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Research, implementation and education related to nonsurgical contraception methods and related projects for dogs and cats
$26,051
Hawaiian Humane Society · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Development of comprehensive programming for community cats, fund cat counting project, fund spay and neuter services, and funding to attend animal CARE EXPO
$25,000
Dane County Humane Society · Madison, WI · 2024
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$21,000
Companion Animal Alliance · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024
Collection of data on the current landscape of affordable, pet-inclusive housing. Funding to provide no cost pet care supplies and services to people in the community, funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet foo… read allCollection of data on the current landscape of affordable, pet-inclusive housing. Funding to provide no cost pet care supplies and services to people in the community, funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program less
$20,000
Harris County Tx · Houston, TX · 2024
Collect data on evictions and housing insecurity to understand the role that affordable housing plays in keeping families and pets together
$20,000
Trustees of Tufts University Dba Tufts University · Somersville, MA · 2024
Funding for development and implementation of humane wildlife fertility controls
$15,000
City of Poplar Bluff · Poplar Bluff, MO · 2024
Funding for removal of gas chamber and to supPOrt transition to humane euthanasia of domestic animals
$15,000
Kitsap Humane Society · Silverdale, WA · 2024
Development of comprehensive programming for community cats
$15,000
The Michelson Found Animals Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024
Research project designed to help eliminate barriers to pet-inclusive housing
$15,000
Nashville Humane Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
provide guidance and supPOrt to rural shelters in the surrounding counties
$12,500
Desert Cross Veterinary Hospital Pllc · Thatcher, AZ · 2024
Provide no cost veterinary services to people and their pets in the San Carlos, Arizona community
$10,000
Susquehanna Spca · Cooperstown, NY · 2024
Funding to provide care for a large number of farm animals rescued as part of a cruelty case handled by New York state POlice
$9,869
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie'S Fund · Pleasanton, CA · 2024
General support
$8,085
Black Pet Business Network · Ocoee, FL · 2024
Offset costs associated with travel, lodging and other expenses related to exhibiting at the 2024 Animal CARE EXPO
$7,500
Colorado Nature League · Denver, CO · 2024
Wildlife protection work in the state of Colorado
$7,500
Owen County Humane Society · Spencer, IN · 2024
Medical expenses for a large number of rescued animals
$5,700
Saipan Humane Society · Saipan, MP · 2024
Community animal control training for Saipan Humane staff as well as governmental animal control officers
$5,000
Southwest Oklahoma Community Action Group · Altus, OK · 2024
Funding to provide no cost access to animal care supplies and services within local community, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$2,500
Team Okanogan Animal Rescue · Oroville, WA · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, GENERAL SUPPORT, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$2,251
Zuni Tribe (Zuni Animal Care Services) · Zuni, NM · 2024
Funding to attend animal care expo, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$2,000
Houston Humane Society · Houston, TX · 2024
Adoption fees and spay and neuter surgery fees, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$2,000
People Assisting Animal Control · Corpus Christi, TX · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$2,000
Village of Bosque Farms · Bosque Farms, NM · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$1,900
Palm Valley Animal Center · Edinburg, TX · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$1,654
Humane Society of Greater Kansas City · Kansas City, KS · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$1,500
Horry County Animal Services · Conway, SC · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$1,103
Hearts Alive Village · Las Vegas, NV · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$1,000
Ruff Haven · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Funds for vaccines, spay/neuter, micro-chips, grooming and supplies, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$884
Cherokee Nation · Tahlequah, OK · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$825
Beyond Fences · Durham, NC · 2024
Spay and neuter services for community owned animals, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$551
Asheville Humane Society · Asheville, NC · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$551
Austin Pets Alive · Austin, TX · 2024
Grant to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$551
Chippewa Cree Tribe · Box Elder, MT · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$500
Good Shepherd Humane Society · Eureka Springs, AR · 2024
Animal CARE EXPO 2024 SPEAKER Grant, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$500
Pointe Coupee Parish Animal Services · New Roads, LA · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$500
Maryland Spca · Baltimore, MD · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$500
Pet Allies · Show Low, AZ · 2024
GENERAL SUPPORT, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$500
Fix West Texas · Midland, TX · 2024
Funding to attend animal CARE EXPO, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$500
County of Ventura Dba Ventura County Animal Services · Camarillo, CA · 2024
Funding for animal CARE EXPO speaker, provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$9.2M
Humane Society International · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$7.2M
The Fund for Animals · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$3.5M
Humane Society Legislative Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$2.5M
Project Chimps · Blue Ridge, GA · 2023
General Support for chimpanzee sanctuary
$585,644
Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support
$169,887
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Washington, DC · 2023
Enhancing capacities of law enforcement in Costa Rica to Counter illegal Wildlife Trafficking
$141,860
State Humane Association of California Dba California Animal Welfare Associ · Penn Valley, CA · 2023
Funding for a disaster program manager to lead a three year project to develop resources, support the effective evacuation, care and reunification of rescued animals with their people during disasters in California
$140,000
The Trustees of Purdue University Dba Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Funding for the next generation of immunocontraceptive vaccines for wild horses and deer
$125,000
Seattle Humane · Bellevue, WA · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$125,000
Bethel Friends of Canines · Bethel, AK · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$125,000
Quinault Indian Nation · Taholah, WA · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$122,500
The Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Nation · Browning, MT · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$115,000
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe · Cass Lake, MN · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$103,000
Peacekeepers Society · Union Gap, WA · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$100,495
Auburn Valley Humane Society · Auburn, WA · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$100,000
Idaho Humane Society · Boise, ID · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$82,000
Miami Veterinary Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$77,800
Trustees of Tufts University Dba Tufts University · Somersville, MA · 2023
Fertility Control Studies for Wild Horses and Burro Populations, and funding to implement wildlife fertility control work
$76,900
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes · Owyhee County, ID · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$70,000
Minn-Kota Paaws · Fargo, ND · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$60,000
Kansas City Pet Project · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$60,000
Wisconsin Humane Society · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$60,000
Guardians of Conservation · Freeport, MN · 2023
Shelter and care for a rhino and hippo transferred from a recently closed zoo
$50,000
Animal Shelter of Wood River Valley Inc Dba Mountain Humane · Hailey, ID · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$50,000
Stray Cat Alliance · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Funding to determine baseline community cat populations in South Los Angeles. Grant will pay for data collection and analysis, and integration of cat count data into ongoing community cat management strategies.
$50,000
Friends of the Shelter Dba Better Together Animal Alliance · Ponderay, ID · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services
$37,605
Shelter Animals Count · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Support ongoing work to develop a reliable system used to gather animal shelter data
$30,000
Days End Farm Horse Rescue · Woodbine, MD · 2023
Long term veterinary care and shelter for a number of rescued horses
$30,000
The Arizona Pet Project · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Fund Pets for Life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, Provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life program
$25,000
Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary · Red Lodge, MT · 2023
Funding for habitat at Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary
$25,000
The Foundation of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Fund the SeeDS program. This program is a research-based assessment tool to measure the health and well-being of private and public animal welfare organizations
$21,000
Helping Paws Across Borders · Placitas, NM · 2023
Cover costs associated with travel and care of animals recently abandoned by another rescue
$20,000
Saipan Humane Society · Saipan, MP · 2023
Provide training to staff and governmental control officers
$17,991
Humane Rescue Alliance · Washington, DC · 2023
Care for animals recently impacted by canine Flu outbreak at the rescue, animal care expo stipends
$15,000
Humane Educational Society of Chattanooga Tn · Chattanooga, TN · 2023
Develop comprehensive program for community cats both in and out of the shelter with the goal of managing populations of cats in their community
$15,000
Animal Rescue League of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023
research and collect data on affordable housing in communities to better understand difficulties in accessing affordable pet inclusive housing

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