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12 funders with a record of paying for “woof”
Where the money went Cecil B De Mille Foundation → Hoofs & Woofs Animal Rescue: $210K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The New York Community Trust → Woof Dog Rescue Inc: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lee Initiative Inc → Woof's Sports Bar: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Sidman Family Foundation Inc → Mspca Angell: $25K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Burnt Hickory Foundation Inc → Woof Avenue Rescue: $21K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Lake County Visitors Bureau Inc → Grand River Cellars: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Middlecott Foundation → Mspca: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Violet & Harold Jaeke Foundation Inc → Woof Gang Rescue Inc: $18K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Frank Steele Foundation Inc → Woof Pet Rescue Society Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of → Woofs Sports Bar: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family → Woof: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Gerhard & Patricia Weiler Family Fou → Hoof Woof & Meow Animal Rescue: $2K across 2 grants, latest 2023 National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of → Woof's: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Frank Steele Foundation Inc → Woof Rescue: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family → Woof Dog Rescue Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Frank Steele Foundation Inc → Woof Pet Rescue: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Frank Steele Foundation Inc → Woof Pet Rescue Woodward: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Cecil B De Mille Foundation: $210K on this topic. Open the funder. Cecil B De Mille Foundation $210K The Frank Steele Foundation Inc: $31K on this topic. Open the funder. The Frank Steele Foundation I… $31K The New York Community Trust: $30K on this topic. Open the funder. The New York Community Trust $30K Lee Initiative Inc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. Lee Initiative Inc $25K The Sidman Family Foundation Inc: $25K on this topic. Open the funder. The Sidman Family Foundation… $25K National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. National Gay & Lesbian Chambe… $23K Burnt Hickory Foundation Inc: $21K on this topic. Open the funder. Burnt Hickory Foundation Inc $21K Lake County Visitors Bureau Inc: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Lake County Visitors Bureau I… $20K Middlecott Foundation: $20K on this topic. Open the funder. Middlecott Foundation $20K Violet & Harold Jaeke Foundation Inc: $18K on this topic. Open the funder. Violet & Harold Jaeke Foundat… $18K Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Family: $15K on this topic. Open the funder. Barbara Bradley Baekgaard Fam… $15K The Gerhard & Patricia Weiler Family Fou: $2K on this topic. Open the funder. The Gerhard & Patricia Weiler… $2K Hoofs & Woofs Animal Rescue: received $210K on this topic Hoofs & Woofs Animal Rescue $210K Woof Dog Rescue Inc: received $35K on this topic Woof Dog Rescue Inc $35K Woof's Sports Bar: received $25K on this topic Woof's Sports Bar $25K Mspca Angell: received $25K on this topic Mspca Angell $25K Woof Avenue Rescue: received $21K on this topic Woof Avenue Rescue $21K Grand River Cellars: received $20K on this topic Grand River Cellars $20K Mspca: received $20K on this topic Mspca $20K Woof Gang Rescue Inc: received $18K on this topic Woof Gang Rescue Inc $18K Woof Pet Rescue Society Inc: received $15K on this topic Woof Pet Rescue Society Inc $15K Woofs Sports Bar: received $13K on this topic Woofs Sports Bar $13K Woof: received $10K on this topic Woof $10K Woof's: received $10K on this topic Woof's $10K Woof Rescue: received $6K on this topic Woof Rescue $6K Woof Pet Rescue: received $5K on this topic Woof Pet Rescue $5K Woof Pet Rescue Woodward: received $5K on this topic Woof Pet Rescue Woodward $5K Hoof Woof & Meow Animal Rescue: received $2K on this topic Hoof Woof & Meow Animal Rescue $2K 12 funders, 16 recipients, grants matching “woof” 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: $100,000 to HOOFS & WOOFS ANIMAL RESCUE — to help the horses in need
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Largest: $15,000 to WOOF PET RESCUE SOCIETY INC — no kill pet shelter with adoption pet resuce
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Largest: $10,000 to MSPCA ANGELL — raise the woof
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Largest: $5,000 to WOOF — community life
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Largest: $6,500 to WOOF GANG RESCUE INC — animal rescue
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Largest: $15,000 to WOOF DOG RESCUE INC — for general support.
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Largest: $15,000 to WOOF AVENUE RESCUE — animal welfare
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Largest: $12,457 to GRAND RIVER CELLARS — 2023 woof wag & wine
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Largest: $10,000 to MSPCA — raise the woof
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Largest: $12,500 to WOOFS SPORTS BAR — to support lgbt-owned restaurants and lgbt affiliate chambers
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Largest: $1,000 to HOOF WOOF & MEOW ANIMAL RESCUE — general operating support
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Largest: $25,000 to WOOF'S SPORTS BAR — racial justice srrj
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