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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 “pets”
Where the money went
The Humane Society of the United StatesWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
111 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to Kansas City Pet Project — fund pets for life activities such as providing pet supplies, spay and neuter services and general veterinary services, provide pet food to pet owners in need through pets for life…
Largest: $50,000 to KANSAS CITY PET PROJECT — kc pet project - keeping pets and people together
Largest: $80,000 to RESCUE PETS SERVING VETS — support pet adoption
Largest: $65,000 to THE PET PROJECT FOR PETS — animal rescue
Petsmart CharitiesPhoenix, AZCharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $10.0M · through 2024Largest: $247,440 to AUSTIN PETS ALIVE — adoptions, access to care/adoptions, adoptions research
Largest: $5,000 to PET CARE FOUNDATION — pet adoption events, pet adoption tv show, grooming shelter pets, free spay/neuter events
Largest: $2,686 to Gatos Callejeros United — (1) description: pet food, pet litter, potty pads, cat trees, pet gates, and pet crates (2) book value: $2,686 (3) method used to determine book value: purchase price (4) method us…
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UTCharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2023Largest: $2.4M to AUSTIN PETS ALIVE — program service support
Largest: $2,500 to THE PET PROJECT FOR PETS — program support
Give Back FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $321,155 · through 2025Largest: $15,288 to KC PET PROJECT (KANSAS CITY PET PROJECT) — program support
Largest: $5,050 to FIRST COAST NO MORE HOMELESS PETS — program/operating support
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $378,202 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to PET COMMUNITY CENTER — spay/neuter 125 community cats, spay/neuter 60 pets in need through our spay neuter assistance fund, and provide 333 wellness exams.
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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 →