Orphan Kitten Club Inc
Spring Valley, CA · EIN 81-3503227. Reported 109 grants totalling $2,614,355 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 Orphan Kitten Club Inc, the IRS classifies it under animal welfare rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE D20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 13% 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. 57% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $18,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $26,000; the smallest was $5,051 and the largest $327,323. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts Under 5000 | Spring Valley, CA | $327,323 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kauai Humane Society | Lihue, HI | $106,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tiny Paws Kitten Rescue Inc | Stillwater, OK | $98,794 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Humane Society Inc | Lawrence, KS | $94,682 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Indianapolis Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $89,050 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spokanimal C a R E | Spokane, WA | $87,525 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lifeline Animal Project Inc | Atlanta, GA | $80,750 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bitty Kitty Brigade | Little Canada, MN | $78,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stray Paws Animal Haven | S El Monte, CA | $72,150 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kitty Bungalow | Los Angeles, CA | $65,100 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control | Fort Wayne, IN | $62,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Little Lion Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $62,140 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feline Advocates of Leon County | Tallahassee, FL | $59,636 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| UC Davis Grant - Research Study 3 | $58,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Planned Pethood of Georgia Inc | Duluth, GA | $56,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Pet Project | Kansas City, MO | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Orphan Kitten Project at UC Davis | Davis, CA | $48,594 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Williamson County Animal Shelter | Georgetown, TX | $46,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society | Philadelphia, PA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lynchburg Humane Society | Lynchburg, VA | $40,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Capital Humane Society | Lincoln, NE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Helping Hands Humane Society Inc | Topeka, KS | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maui Humance Society | Puunene, HI | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oklahoma Humane Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverside County Department | Jurupa Valley, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Runaways Animal Rescue | Port Richey, FL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western West Virginia Animal Rescue Alliance | Huntington, WV | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Antonio Pets Alive Inc | San Antonio, TX | $37,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Animal Shelter Association | Toledo, OH | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rogue Valley Humane Society | Grants Pass, OR | $34,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Skr | Bryan, TX | $33,864 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cat Adoption Team | Sherwood, OR | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Antonio Pets Alive | San Antonio, TX | $26,412 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wisconsin Humane Society | Milwaukee, WI | $25,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc | Asheville, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hearts Alive Village | Las Vegas, NV | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of West Michigan | Walker, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yolo County SPCA | Davis, CA | $24,620 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Newborn Kitten Rescue Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $23,400 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Companion Animal Alliance | Baton Rouge, LA | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Love Your Feral Felines | Bonsall, CA | $21,850 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eden Animal Haven | Brighton, MO | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Scott County | Davenport, IA | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brother Wolf Animal Rescue | Asheville, NC | $20,221 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Meow Parlour Cats Inc | New York, NY | $18,631 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Southern Pines Animal Shelter | Hattiesburg, MS | $18,330 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patty Baker Humane Society Naples | Naples, FL | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Humane Society of Valdosta Lowndes County Inc | Valdosta, GA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kitten Rescue Life | Oceanside, CA | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Newborn Kitten Rescue | Scottsdale, AZ | $14,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society for Hamilton County | Fishers, IN | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Homeward Bound Pet Adoption Center | Blackwood, NJ | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Runaways Animal Rescue | Port Richey, FL | $11,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kitten Nuggets | La Mesa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Montgomery Humane Society | Montgomery, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Humane Society | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richmond SPCA | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Love Your Feral Felines | Vista, CA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Puurfect Peaches Cat Rescue | Douglasville, GA | $8,182 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laurel Cats Inc | Laurel, MD | $7,850 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Providence Animal Rescue League | Providence, RI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wolly Kitten Club | Houston, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Humane Society | Pasadena, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Michigan Humane | Westland, MI | $6,100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of North Texas | Fort Worth, TX | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Animal Action | Brooklyn, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Cat Club Inc | Bellmawr, NJ | $5,051 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
18 of 67 (27%) 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.
- Hearts Alive Village
TO FUND THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF NEONATAL KITTENS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 38 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 | 28 | $477,390 | $16,750 |
| 2022 | 23 | $693,500 | $28,000 |
| 2023 | 38 | $681,447 | $14,100 |
| 2024 | 20 | $762,018 | $20,415 |
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
28% of its giving went to organizations in California. 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 $18,500 -- 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 California.
- 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 Orphan Kitten Club 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.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 633, Spring Valley, CA, 91977.
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