Funding search · EIN 943318485 · Alameda, CA

Thelma Doelger Trust for Animals

Name: Thelma Doelger Trust for Animals grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

59
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

litigation raptors roadside solution brown campaign capital crisis

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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.

2 grants matching “roadside” · $40,000

$20,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
For Roadside Zoo Litigation
$20,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2022
For roadside zoo litigation

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Marine Mammal Center2 grants · $75,000
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe2 grants · $60,000
International Bird Rescue2 grants · $55,000
Marine Mammal Center1 grant · $50,000
Muttville1 grant · $50,000
Humane Society of Sonoma County1 grant · $50,000
Cat Town2 grants · $50,000
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium2 grants · $45,000
Tri County Wildlife Care1 grant · $40,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$355,500

2022

$417,000

2023

$410,000

2024

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Humane Society of Sonoma County · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Muttville · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For capital campaign donation matching
$40,000
Tri County Wildlife Care · Jackson, CA · 2023
General support
$35,000
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe · Truckee, CA · 2024
General support
$35,000
Vets in Vans · Alameda, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
Cat Town · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
International Bird Rescue · Fairfield, CA · 2023
Emergency grant for brown pelican crisis
$27,000
Bird Rescue Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Cat Town · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Fix Our Ferals · Pinole, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Friends of Oakland Animal Services · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Marine Mammal Center · Sausalito, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Pasadena Humane · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$25,000
Gold Country Wildlife Rescue · Auburn, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe · Truckee, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
International Bird Rescue · Fairfield, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Placer Spca · Roseville, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Vets in Vans · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$25,000
Cat Town · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Gold Country Wildlife Rescue · Auburn, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe · Truckee, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$20,000
East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$20,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2023
For Roadside Zoo Litigation
$20,000
Lindsay Wildlife Experience · Walnut Creek, CA · 2023
General support
$20,000
Animal Legal Defense Fund · Cotati, CA · 2022
For roadside zoo litigation
$20,000
Fix Our Ferals (Dba Animal Fix Clinic) · Richmond, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
International Bird Rescue · Fairfield, CA · 2022
General support
$20,000
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For vet sos project
$15,000
Compassion Without Borders · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Pets Lifeline · Sonoma, CA · 2024
General support
$15,000
Dwight Center for Conservation Science at Pepperwood · Santa Rosa, CA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
For Raptors Are The Solution project
$15,000
East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$15,000
Compassion Without Borders · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Earth Island Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2022
For raptors are the solution project
$15,000
East Bay Spca · Oakland, CA · 2022
General support
$15,000
Lindsay Wildlife Experience · Walnut Creek, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Nine Lives Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Pacific Wildlife Care · Morro Bay, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Town Cats of Morgan Hill · Morgan Hill, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Wildcare · San Rafael, CA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Contra Costa Humane Society · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Nine Lives Foundation · Redwood City, CA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Oscar'S Place Adoption Center & Sanctuary · Hopland, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Pets Lifeline · Sonoma, CA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Town Cats of Morgan Hill · Morgan Hill, CA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Humboldt Spayneuter Network · Eureka, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Lindsay Wildlife Experience · Walnut Creek, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Trinity Animal Shelter Auxiliary · Weaverville, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Jelly'S Place · San Pablo, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Town Cats of Morgan Hill · Morgan Hill, CA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Contra Costa Humane Society · Pleasant Hill, CA · 2022
General support
$4,500
Humboldt Spayneuter Network · Eureka, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Paws in Need · San Ramon, CA · 2022
General support

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