Muttnation Foundation Inc
Nashville, TN · EIN 27-0713907. Reported 80 grants totalling $1,646,344 to 67 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Muttnation Foundation Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for animal welfare (NTEE D122).
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 22% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 36% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $129,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Good Charities | Seattle, WA | $366,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pawsitively Famous Inc | Peotone, IL | $197,155 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Waggle Foundation Inc | Hadlyme, CT | $93,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United States War Dogs Association Inc | Towson, MD | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Crossroads Campus | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wags and Walks | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shelter Friends of Hickman County | Centerville, TN | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stafford Animal Shelter | Livingston, MT | $30,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Houston Humane Society | Houston, TX | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Macc | Nashville, TN | $27,100 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Erwin Unicoi & Unicol County Animal Welfare Board | Erwin, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Furry Friends Humane Inc | Jupiter, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lucky Break Ranch Corp | Phoenix, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hearts Alive Village | Las Vegas, NV | $24,339 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asheville Humane Society Inc | Asheville, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gateway Pet Guardians | E Saint Louis, IL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peoples Animal Welfare Society | Tinley Park, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pure Mutts Animal Sanctuary | Conroe, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scooters Underdogs Inc | Newland, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Rescue Corps Inc | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City of Pasadena Dba Pasadena Animal Shelter | Pasadena, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Patty Baker Humane Society Naples | Naples, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saving Cheatham Animals Mission Pawsible Inc | Franklin, TN | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Proverbs 12 10 Animal Rescue & Adoption | Burns, TN | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hopkins County Animal Protection League Inc | Sulphur Spgs, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Coalition for Animal Protection | Ft Worth, TX | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| True Rescue | Mount Juliet, TN | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of North Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $11,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Humane Association of Wilson | Lebanon, TN | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Adopt-An-Angel | Wilmington, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Albany Humane Society Inc | Albany, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animal Services Foundation of Ventura County | Camarillo, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Animals for Life Inc | Naugatuck, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc | Asheville, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central California Animal Disaster Team | Fresno, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Forsyth Humane Society | Winston Salem, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Austin & Travis County | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Erie County | Sandusky, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Tampa Bay Inc | Tampa, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Tulsa | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association Inc | Charleston, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kentucky River Regional Humane Society Inc | Hazard, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lucky Dog Animal Rescue | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Paws for Life K9 Rescue | Thousand Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Peace River Wildlife Center Inc | Punta Gorda, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pet Community Center Inc | Nashville, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Polk Co Tx | Livingston, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sonoma Community Animal Response Team | Santa Rosa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spay Tennessee | Gainesboro, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Starfish Animal Rescue | Geneva, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Start II of Bergen County a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation | Naples, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valley Humane Society Inc | Pleasanton, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nashville Pittie | La Vergne, TN | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| A Home 4 Spot Animal Rescue | Las Vegas, NV | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dehart Veterinary Foundation | Reklaw, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Manatee County Animal Services | Bradenton Beach, FL | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gracies Project | Amarillo, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jasper County Humane Society Inc | Shady Dale, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Valley Animal Disaster Group | Chico, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Renegade Paws Rescue | Savannah, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Humane Society for Greater Savannah Inc | Savannah, GA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angels Among US Pet Rescue Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Animal Birth Control Clinic Inc | Waco, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kohala Animal Relocation and Education Service | Kamuela, HI | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| SPCA of East Texas | Tyler, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
6 of 67 (9%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
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What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 63 of 67 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | $108,756 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $347,950 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 17 | $473,439 | $14,000 |
| 2024 | 44 | $716,199 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
22% of its giving went to organizations in Washington. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Washington.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Muttnation Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 44 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: C/O Fbmm Inc Po Box 340020, Nashville, TN, 37203.
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