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Animal Assistance Foundation

Name: Animal Assistance Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

230
grants reported: $5.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $8,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Top recipients

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

Dumb Friends League5 grants · $491,500
Larimer Humane Society4 grants · $480,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley7 grants · $355,000
Noco Humane (Formerly Larimer2 grants · $265,000
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Re3 grants · $231,333
Dogster'S Spay & Neuter Program4 grants · $212,800
Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region2 grants · $208,334
Colorado Pet Pantry4 grants · $205,000
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak2 grants · $193,333
Denver Animal Care and Control3 grants · $185,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$1.5M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 230 grants.

$200,000
Larimer Humane Society · Loveland, CO · 2024
General operating
$200,000
Larimer Humane Society · Loveland, CO · 2023
General operating
$165,000
Noco Humane (Formerly Larimer · Loveland, CO · 2025
General operating
$160,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$140,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$133,334
Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Capital grant
$133,333
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Program funding
$133,333
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Re · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Capital funding
$120,000
Dumb Friends League-San Luis Valley · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$103,200
Humane Colorado (Formerly · Denver, CO · 2025
Innovation grants
$100,000
Grand Country Pet Pals · Granby, CO · 2025
Capital grants
$100,000
Noco Humane (Formerly Larimer · Loveland, CO · 2025
Capital grants
$100,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2022
Capital grant
$90,000
Dumb Friends League · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$90,000
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Re · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
General operating
$80,000
Humane Society of the · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General operating
$77,800
Dogster'S Spay & Neuter Program · Durango, CO · 2025
Innovation grants
$76,500
Second Chance Animal · Lamar, CO · 2025
Innovation grants
$75,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating
$75,000
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Capital grant
$75,000
Denver Animal Care and Control · Denver, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$75,000
Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$70,000
Denver Animal Care and Control · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$70,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2024
General operating
$60,000
Animal Welfare Association of · Denver, CO · 2025
General operating
$60,000
Colorado Pet Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2025
General operating
$60,000
Dogster'S Spay & Neuter Program · Durango, CO · 2025
General operating
$60,000
Mesa County Animal Services · Whitewater, CO · 2025
General operating
$60,000
Riverdale Animal Shelter · Brighton, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$60,000
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$50,000
Colorado Pet Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Dogster'S Spay & Neuter Program · Durango, CO · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2024
Program funding
$50,000
Animal Welfare Association of Color · Denver, CO · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Colorado Pet Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Capital grant
$50,000
Animal Welfare Association of Color · Denver, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$50,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2022
Capital grant
$45,000
Colorado Pet Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$40,000
Animal Welfare Association of · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Denver Animal Care and Control · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Dumb Friends League-San Luis Valley · Denver, CO · 2024
Colorado animal population
$40,000
Rezdawg Rescue · Lafayette, CO · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Larimer Humane Society · Loveland, CO · 2023
General operating
$40,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$40,000
Larimer Humane Society · Loveland, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$30,000
Bergen Spay and Neuter Alliance · Denver, CO · 2025
Innovation grants
$30,000
Riverdale Animal Shelter · Brighton, CO · 2024
Colorado animal population
$30,000
Rifle Animal Shelter · Rifle, CO · 2023
General operating
$27,000
Dogster'S Spay & Neuter Program D- · Durango, CO · 2023
Program funding
$25,000
All Breed Rescue & Training · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Fort Morgan Humane Society · Fort Morgan, CO · 2023
Program funding
$25,000
Mesa County Animal Services · Whitewater, CO · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Second Chance Animal Rescue Foundat · Lamar, CO · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$25,000
Dogster'S Spay & Neuter Program · Durango, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$25,000
Mesa County Animal Services · Whitewater, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$25,000
Rifle Animal Shelter · Rifle, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$25,000
Second Chance Animal Rescue Foundat · Lamar, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$24,580
Fort Morgan Humane Society · Fort Morgan, CO · 2023
Program funding
$20,000
Humane Colorado (Formerly · Denver, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$20,000
Humane Society of Boulder Valley · Boulder, CO · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Jjs Helping Paws · Canon City, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$20,000
The Street Do Coalition · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Rifle Animal Shelter · Rifle, CO · 2024
General operating
$20,000
The Street Dog Coalition · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Animal Friends Alliance · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Roice-Hurst Humane Society · Grand Junction, CO · 2023
General operating
$20,000
The Street Dog Coalition · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Roice-Hurst Humane Society · Grand Junction, CO · 2022
Strategic partner grant
$20,000
The Street Dog Coalition · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$19,500
Lamar Animal Shelter · Lamar, CO · 2023
General operating
$18,500
Lamar Animal Shelter · Lamar, CO · 2024
General operating
$18,000
Lamar Animal Shelter · Lamar, CO · 2025
General operating
$17,000
Roice-Hurst Humane Society · Grand Junction, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$17,000
Jjs Helping Paws · Canon City, CO · 2024
Colorado animal population
$16,000
Foothills Animal Shelter · Golden, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$16,000
All Breed Rescue & Training · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
General operating
$16,000
Second Chance Animal Rescue · Lamar, CO · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Los Huerfanos Animal · Walsenburg, CO · 2025
Innovation grants
$15,000
Second Chance Animal · Lamar, CO · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Los Huerfanos Animal Welfare · Walsenburg, CO · 2024
Colorado animal population
$15,000
Roice-Hurst Humane Society · Grand Junction, CO · 2024
General operating
$15,000
Summit County Animal Control and · Frisco, CO · 2024
Colorado animal population
$15,000
Colorado Horse Rescue · Longmont, CO · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Jjs Helping Paws · Canon City, CO · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Lamar Animal Shelter · Lamar, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$13,000
Grand Rivers Humane · Grand Junction, CO · 2023
Program funding
$12,500
For Pets' Sake Humane Society · Cortez, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$12,000
Jj'S Helping Paws · Canon City, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$12,000
Second Chance Humane Society · Ridgway, CO · 2022
Operational/program grant
$10,565
All Breed Rescue & Training · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Program funding
$10,000
Colorado Horse Rescue · Longmont, CO · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Grant Rivers Humane · Grant Junction, CO · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Humane Society of the · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Responsive grants
$10,000
Los Huerfanos Animal · Walsenburg, CO · 2025
Colorado animal population
$10,000
Rezdawg Rescue · Lafayette, CO · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Colorado Horse Rescue · Longmont, CO · 2024
General operating
$10,000
For Pets' Sake Humane Society · Cortez, CO · 2024
Colorado animal population

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