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12 funders with a record of paying for “kittens”
Where the money went Best Friends Animal Society → Kitten Rescue: $366K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Shirley Shattuck Windsor Charitable → Dakin Humane Society: $125K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc → Kitten Rescue: $115K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2025 May and Bill Allison Foundation → Resqcats: $80K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Fleming Family Foundation → Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Second Chance Puppies & Kittens: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Duffield Family Foundation → National Kitten College: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 → Community Animal Welfare Society: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Kitten Rescue: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Rufus Foundation → Orphan Kitten Rescue of Oregon: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Susanne P Boyd and Darrel Boyd → Stray Help Inc: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Save Our Cats and Kittens: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Best Friends Animal Society → Kitten Central of Placer County: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fleming Family Foundation → Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beachs Inc: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Caring Fields Felines: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Duffield Family Foundation → Fieldhaven Feline Center: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 → Friends of Felines Inc: $20K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Rufus Foundation → Orphan Kitten Rescue: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Stray Cat Alliance: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Susanne P Boyd and Darrel Boyd → Cat Wranglers of Claverack: $9K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → A Second Chance Puppies & Kittens Rescue: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Darbster Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Animal Samaritans: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Duffield Family Foundation → Animal Welfare League of Arlington: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Rufus Foundation → Hazel's House Rescue: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Best Friends Animal Society → The Foster Kitten Project: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 → Fayette Humane Society Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Lucky Cat Adoptions: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Humane Society of Greater Miami: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → The Kitten Cabin: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Silicon Valley Pet Project: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Feral Cat Caretakers Coalition: $11K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Homeless Animal Rescue Team: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Animalsave: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Kitten Central of Placer County Inc: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Stray Paws Animal Haven: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Itsie Bitsie Rescue Inc: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Kitten Central Norcal: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Duffield Family Foundation → Save Our Cats and Kittens Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Alley Cat Rescue Inc: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Whisker Warriors Animal Defense Fund: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → Merced Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Chesed Foundation: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Thornton S Jr and Katrina D → North Eastern Colorado Feral Cat Coalition: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Duffield Family Foundation → Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Best Friends Animal Society: $419K on this topic. Open the funder. Best Friends Animal Society $419K Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc: $220K on this topic. Open the funder. Leslie L Alexander Foundation… $220K Knopf Family Foundation Inc: $188K on this topic. Open the funder. Knopf Family Foundation Inc $188K Shirley Shattuck Windsor Charitable: $125K on this topic. Open the funder. Shirley Shattuck Windsor Char… $125K Thornton S Jr and Katrina D: $124K on this topic. Open the funder. Thornton S Jr and Katrina D $124K Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation Inc: $115K on this topic. Open the funder. Stanley W Ekstrom Foundation… $115K Fleming Family Foundation: $110K on this topic. Open the funder. Fleming Family Foundation $110K The Duffield Family Foundation: $90K on this topic. Open the funder. The Duffield Family Foundation $90K May and Bill Allison Foundation: $80K on this topic. Open the funder. May and Bill Allison Foundati… $80K Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. Bernice Barbour Foundation In… $60K The Rufus Foundation: $45K on this topic. Open the funder. The Rufus Foundation $45K Susanne P Boyd and Darrel Boyd: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. Susanne P Boyd and Darrel Boyd $18K Kitten Rescue: received $501K on this topic Kitten Rescue $501K Dakin Humane Society: received $125K on this topic Dakin Humane Society $125K Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue: received $90K on this topic Second Chance Puppies and Kitte… $90K Resqcats: received $80K on this topic Resqcats $80K Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League: received $75K on this topic Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League $75K Second Chance Puppies & Kittens: received $75K on this topic Second Chance Puppies & Kittens $75K Save Our Cats and Kittens: received $70K on this topic Save Our Cats and Kittens $70K A Second Chance Puppies & Kittens Rescue: received $60K on this topic A Second Chance Puppies & Kitte… $60K National Kitten College: received $50K on this topic National Kitten College $50K Kitten Central of Placer County: received $45K on this topic Kitten Central of Placer County $45K Community Animal Welfare Society: received $35K on this topic Community Animal Welfare Society $35K Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beachs Inc: received $35K on this topic Peggy Adams Animal Rescue Leagu… $35K Caring Fields Felines: received $30K on this topic Caring Fields Felines $30K Darbster Foundation: received $25K on this topic Darbster Foundation $25K Fieldhaven Feline Center: received $24K on this topic Fieldhaven Feline Center $24K Orphan Kitten Rescue of Oregon: received $20K on this topic Orphan Kitten Rescue of Oregon $20K Lucky Cat Adoptions: received $20K on this topic Lucky Cat Adoptions $20K Humane Society of Greater Miami: received $20K on this topic Humane Society of Greater Miami $20K Friends of Felines Inc: received $20K on this topic Friends of Felines Inc $20K Orphan Kitten Rescue: received $15K on this topic Orphan Kitten Rescue $15K Stray Cat Alliance: received $15K on this topic Stray Cat Alliance $15K The Kitten Cabin: received $15K on this topic The Kitten Cabin $15K Animal Samaritans: received $13K on this topic Animal Samaritans $13K Silicon Valley Pet Project: received $13K on this topic Silicon Valley Pet Project $13K Feral Cat Caretakers Coalition: received $11K on this topic Feral Cat Caretakers Coalition $11K Animal Welfare League of Arlington: received $10K on this topic Animal Welfare League of Arling… $10K Hazel's House Rescue: received $10K on this topic Hazel's House Rescue $10K Stray Help Inc: received $10K on this topic Stray Help Inc $10K Cat Wranglers of Claverack: received $9K on this topic Cat Wranglers of Claverack $9K The Foster Kitten Project: received $8K on this topic The Foster Kitten Project $8K Homeless Animal Rescue Team: received $8K on this topic Homeless Animal Rescue Team $8K Animalsave: received $7K on this topic Animalsave $7K Kitten Central of Placer County Inc: received $7K on this topic Kitten Central of Placer County… $7K Stray Paws Animal Haven: received $6K on this topic Stray Paws Animal Haven $6K Itsie Bitsie Rescue Inc: received $6K on this topic Itsie Bitsie Rescue Inc $6K Fayette Humane Society Inc: received $5K on this topic Fayette Humane Society Inc $5K Kitten Central Norcal: received $5K on this topic Kitten Central Norcal $5K Save Our Cats and Kittens Inc: received $5K on this topic Save Our Cats and Kittens Inc $5K Alley Cat Rescue Inc: received $4K on this topic Alley Cat Rescue Inc $4K Whisker Warriors Animal Defense Fund: received $4K on this topic Whisker Warriors Animal Defense… $4K Merced Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: received $3K on this topic Merced Society for the Preventi… $3K Chesed Foundation: received $3K on this topic Chesed Foundation $3K North Eastern Colorado Feral Cat Coalition: received $2K on this topic North Eastern Colorado Feral Ca… $2K Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue Inc: received $1K on this topic Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue Inc $1K 12 funders, 44 recipients, grants matching “kittens” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $5,000 to KITTEN CENTRAL NORCAL — food for neonatal kittens. this includes formula, canned kitten food and hard food and litter for calendar year 2025.
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Largest: $30,000 to CARING FIELDS FELINES — to help with the kitten's food supplies, litter, veterinary care, and medicine for the sanctuary cats
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Largest: $105,000 to KITTEN RESCUE — program service support
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Largest: $55,000 to SECOND CHANCE PUPPIES & KITTENS — animal rescue
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Largest: $15,000 to Community Animal Welfare Society — caws cat & kitten adoption
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Largest: $50,000 to NATIONAL KITTEN COLLEGE — maddie's university online course development (series) - kitten college
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Largest: $5,000 to Orphan Kitten Rescue — contribution to 501c3 for cat kitten rescue and care.
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Largest: $55,000 to KITTEN RESCUE — devoted to saving cats & kittens from euthanazia, abandonment, cruelty & neglect.
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Largest: $40,000 to DAKIN HUMANE SOCIETY — to support the kitten street team program
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Largest: $35,000 to PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF THE PALM BEACHS INC — for the kitten nursery
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Largest: $20,000 to RESQCATS — rescue, care and adoption of abandoned cats and kittens
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Largest: $5,000 to STRAY HELP INC — to help you help the community cats you care about. through our trap-neuter-return/place, cat adoption, cat and kitten fostering, and humane education programs, we are able to impr…
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