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H3 Foundation Inc

Stamford, CT · EIN 47-2395215. Reported 67 grants totalling $2,027,078 to 31 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$12,500median grant
$2,027,078granted, 2021-2025
31recipients, as named on its returns
56%of grantees funded again the next year
$6,957,786assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. H3 Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $12,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $6,000 and $26,321; the smallest was $575 and the largest $600,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
6 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
11 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
27 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
13 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
2 grants
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Nowzad Animal RescueFrisco, TX$600,000112021
New Mexico Wildlife CenterEspanola, NM$445,844552025
Bideawee IncNew York, NY$204,623552025
Anjellicle Cats RescueNew York, NY$116,970442024
Pet Animal Welfare SocietyNorwalk, CT$115,643552025
Blind Hope Cat SanctuaryRogers, AR$100,599552025
Omega Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation Center IncAirville, PA$62,500332025
Adopt-a-DogGreenwich, CT$62,360442024
Wildlife in CrisisWeston, CT$50,000442024
Positive TailsBrooklyn, NY$40,000112024
Friends of Felines IncStamford, CT$30,000222022
Southwest Wildlife Conservation CenterScottsdale, AZ$25,000112021
Humane Society of WestchesterNew Rochelle, NY$20,000222023
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT$18,464332025
Furrr 911Crompond, NY$16,950222025
Cat AssistanceArdsley, NY$16,750332025
Starelief and Pet AssistanceWest Haven, CT$15,000332023
Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife IncSanibel, FL$12,500112023
North Shore Animal LeaguePort Washington, NY$12,500112025
The Little GuildWest Cornwall, CT$12,500112025
Misfit AcresAmboy, MN$10,000112021
Saint Frances Animal CenterGeorgetown, SC$10,000112025
Connecticut Humane SocietyNewington, CT$5,000112021
House Rabbit SocietyRichmond, CA$5,000112024
Opin IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112025
Opin Inc (outreach to Pets in Need)Riverside, CT$5,000112021
Adore a Bullie Paws and Claws IncBronx, NY$3,750112023
Pitter Patter Feline RescueStamford, CT$2,500112021
New York City Cat CoalitionBronx, NY$1,250112025
The Purr Project IncNorth Haven, CT$800112025
Snarr NortheastWhite Plains, NY$575112023

14 of 31 (45%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 56%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 49 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.

Animal Welfare
49 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$968,838$18,680
202210$273,499$16,200
202316$305,969$12,500
202411$224,001$22,000
202514$254,771$8,600

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

30% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.

Texas
$600K
New Mexico
$446K
New York
$438K
Connecticut
$299K
Arkansas
$101K
Pennsylvania
$62K
Arizona
$25K
Utah
$18K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.

Paypal Charitable Giving Fund16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund14 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc14 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust11 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program9 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $12,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Related guides

Foundations funding animal welfare in New YorkEvery funder in this group

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from H3 Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.

Address of record on the latest return: 680 Washington Blvd 7TH Floor, Stamford, CT, 06901. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 47-2395215 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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