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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “claws”
Where the money went
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UTCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $62,905 · through 2023Largest: $25,725 to PAWS AND CLAWS PET SHELTER — program service support
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $142,000 · through 2025Largest: $105,000 to PAWS AND CLAWS RESCUE INC — environment & animal protection
Largest: $40,000 to Paws & Claws Humane Society — spay neuter partner program
Largest: $25,000 to PAWS & CLAWS ANIMAL RESCUE OF QUAY COUNTY INC — kennel upgrades & animal care
Largest: $2,500 to NASHVILLE ZOO AT GRASSMERE — general support - claws, paws and jaws society. any benefits declined.
Largest: $7,000 to SKIATOOK PAWS AND CLAWS — general operations
Largest: $1,000 to CLAWS FOR PAWS — animal non-profit organization
Largest: $5,000 to KEARNS HIGH SCHOOL — food bank, cougar claw journalism, cougar club preschool
Largest: $5,000 to PAWS CLAWS AND HOOVES ANIMAL RESCUE & SANCTUARY INC — open arms challenge 2024
Largest: $210,000 to Humane Society of Treasure Coast — to pay for construction of new cat adoption center and sponsorship fee for paws & claws annual fundraiser event
Largest: $20,000 to PAWS & CLAWS HUMANE SOCIETY — to help homeless animals
Largest: $15,000 to PAWS AND CLAWS — general operating
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. 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 →