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5 funders with a record of paying for “animalwelfare”

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The Copwood Hill Foundation → Avery Co Humane Society in: $18K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Heck Foundation → Humane Society of Sonoma Co: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Craig W Virden Foundation Inc → Best Friends Animal Society: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022Steven A Melman Foundation Inc → American Dog Rescue: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Robert and Joan Rothberg Foundation Inc → Tabby's Place: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Copwood Hill Foundation: $18K on this topic. Open the funder.The Copwood Hill Foundation$18KThe Heck Foundation: $8K on this topic. Open the funder.The Heck Foundation$8KThe Craig W Virden Foundation Inc: $7K on this topic. Open the funder.The Craig W Virden Foundation…$7KSteven A Melman Foundation Inc: $5K on this topic. Open the funder.Steven A Melman Foundation Inc$5KRobert and Joan Rothberg Foundation Inc: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert and Joan Rothberg Foun…$4KAvery Co Humane Society in: received $18K on this topicAvery Co Humane Society in$18KHumane Society of Sonoma Co: received $8K on this topicHumane Society of Sonoma Co$8KBest Friends Animal Society: received $7K on this topicBest Friends Animal Society$7KAmerican Dog Rescue: received $5K on this topicAmerican Dog Rescue$5KTabby's Place: received $4K on this topicTabby's Place$4K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →