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12 funders with a record of paying for “puppy”
Where the money went Reiman Foundation Inc → Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project Inc: $198K across 11 grants, latest 2024 Jej Charitable Foundation → Puppy Jake Foundation: $119K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Mark and Linda Kissel Family → Puppies Behind Bars: $100K across 5 grants, latest 2025 Best Friends Animal Society → Priceless Puppy Rescue Corp Dba Priceless Pets: $97K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Community Foundation of North Texas Inc → Trina and Friends K9 Rescue: $93K across 8 grants, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue: $90K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Second Chance Puppies & Kittens: $75K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Gillman Family Charitable Trust → Puppies Behind Bars: $26K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Wags and Menace Make A Difference Foundation → Colorado Puppy Rescue of Colorado: $22K across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Humane Society of the United States → Bailing Out Benji: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Michael J and Patricia Levitt Family → Puppies & More Rescue: $11K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Puppies Behind Bars Inc: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → A Second Chance Puppies & Kittens Rescue: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Best Friends Animal Society → Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Darbster Foundation: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation of North Texas Inc → Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Humane Society of the United States → Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Michael J and Patricia Levitt Family → The Puppy Rescue Mission: $6K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Safe Haven Puppy Sanctuary: $3K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Hush Puppy Haven: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Puppy Food Bank: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Best Friends Animal Society → Wolf Point Pound Puppies Animal Rescue: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Community Foundation of North Texas Inc → The Fresca Fund: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Humane Society of the United States → Carteret County Humane Society Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Puppy Kitty Ny City Inc: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Best Friends Animal Society → The Puppy Mamma: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Knopf Family Foundation Inc → Main Line Animal Rescue: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc → Angels Heart Puppy Rescue: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Humane Society of the United States → Licking County Humane Society: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Humane Society of the United States → Humane Society of Tulsa: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Jpmorgan Chase Foundation → Kitty Claws & Puppy Paws Animal Rescue Inc: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Reiman Foundation Inc: $198K on this topic. Open the funder. Reiman Foundation Inc $198K Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc: $185K on this topic. Open the funder. Leslie L Alexander Foundation… $185K Best Friends Animal Society: $180K on this topic. Open the funder. Best Friends Animal Society $180K Knopf Family Foundation Inc: $155K on this topic. Open the funder. Knopf Family Foundation Inc $155K Community Foundation of North Texas Inc: $120K on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of North… $120K Jej Charitable Foundation: $119K on this topic. Open the funder. Jej Charitable Foundation $119K Mark and Linda Kissel Family: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Mark and Linda Kissel Family $100K The Humane Society of the United States: $38K on this topic. Open the funder. The Humane Society of the Uni… $38K Gillman Family Charitable Trust: $26K on this topic. Open the funder. Gillman Family Charitable Tru… $26K Wags and Menace Make A Difference Foundation: $22K on this topic. Open the funder. Wags and Menace Make A Differ… $22K Michael J and Patricia Levitt Family: $17K on this topic. Open the funder. Michael J and Patricia Levitt… $17K Jpmorgan Chase Foundation: $12K on this topic. Open the funder. Jpmorgan Chase Foundation $12K Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project Inc: received $198K on this topic Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project Inc $198K Puppies Behind Bars: received $126K on this topic Puppies Behind Bars $126K Puppy Jake Foundation: received $119K on this topic Puppy Jake Foundation $119K Priceless Puppy Rescue Corp Dba Priceless Pets: received $97K on this topic Priceless Puppy Rescue Corp Dba… $97K Trina and Friends K9 Rescue: received $93K on this topic Trina and Friends K9 Rescue $93K Second Chance Puppies and Kittens Rescue: received $90K on this topic Second Chance Puppies and Kitte… $90K Second Chance Puppies & Kittens: received $75K on this topic Second Chance Puppies & Kittens $75K A Second Chance Puppies & Kittens Rescue: received $60K on this topic A Second Chance Puppies & Kitte… $60K Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue: received $40K on this topic Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue $40K Hush Puppy Haven: received $40K on this topic Hush Puppy Haven $40K Darbster Foundation: received $25K on this topic Darbster Foundation $25K Puppy Food Bank: received $25K on this topic Puppy Food Bank $25K Wolf Point Pound Puppies Animal Rescue: received $23K on this topic Wolf Point Pound Puppies Animal… $23K Colorado Puppy Rescue of Colorado: received $22K on this topic Colorado Puppy Rescue of Colora… $22K The Puppy Mamma: received $20K on this topic The Puppy Mamma $20K Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund: received $15K on this topic Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund $15K Main Line Animal Rescue: received $15K on this topic Main Line Animal Rescue $15K Bailing Out Benji: received $13K on this topic Bailing Out Benji $13K The Fresca Fund: received $12K on this topic The Fresca Fund $12K Puppies & More Rescue: received $11K on this topic Puppies & More Rescue $11K Alliance for Contraception in Cats & Dogs: received $10K on this topic Alliance for Contraception in C… $10K Angels Heart Puppy Rescue: received $10K on this topic Angels Heart Puppy Rescue $10K The Puppy Rescue Mission: received $6K on this topic The Puppy Rescue Mission $6K Puppies Behind Bars Inc: received $6K on this topic Puppies Behind Bars Inc $6K Carteret County Humane Society Inc: received $5K on this topic Carteret County Humane Society… $5K Licking County Humane Society: received $5K on this topic Licking County Humane Society $5K Humane Society of Tulsa: received $5K on this topic Humane Society of Tulsa $5K Safe Haven Puppy Sanctuary: received $3K on this topic Safe Haven Puppy Sanctuary $3K Puppy Kitty Ny City Inc: received $2K on this topic Puppy Kitty Ny City Inc $2K Kitty Claws & Puppy Paws Animal Rescue Inc: received $1K on this topic Kitty Claws & Puppy Paws Animal… $1K 12 funders, 30 recipients, grants matching “puppy” 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: $16,900 to TRINA AND FRIENDS K9 RESCUE — as follows: a) the transport of 16 puppies from california and new mexico to new york ($8,000); b) boarding owing for the california puppies ($4,100); c) boarding owing for the new…
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Largest: $32,700 to Wisconsin Puppy Mill Project Inc — general operations
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Largest: $10,000 to PUPPY FOOD BANK — to help with the puppy food supporting the pets until they are adopted and supporting pet no-kill rescue shelters with the pet food
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Largest: $55,000 to SECOND CHANCE PUPPIES & KITTENS — animal rescue
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Largest: $8,000 to PUPPIES BEHIND BARS — honorary sponsorship of a puppy
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Largest: $20,000 to PUPPIES BEHIND BARS — social welfare
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Largest: $10,000 to Alliance For Contraception In Cats & Dogs — study into where and how people find their pet dogs as part of the stop puppy mill campaign
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Largest: $48,500 to PRICELESS PUPPY RESCUE CORP DBA PRICELESS PETS — program service support
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Largest: $9,000 to COLORADO PUPPY RESCUE OF COLORADO — in support of the medical fund
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Largest: $2,112 to PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC — matching contribution (general operating support)
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Largest: $50,000 to PUPPY JAKE FOUNDATION — assist mission
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Largest: $3,500 to PUPPIES & MORE RESCUE — program support
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