The Harold & Ruth Allen Foundation

Paul G Arpin Charitable Trust 000531

Essex, CT

The trust’s 2024 grants supported program services and general support, with reported awards ranging from $2,000 to $3,577,632; the median was $7,000, though most of the total went to one recipient. It is based in Essex, Connecticut, and all 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in Rhode Island. The available information does not say whether it accepts unsolicited requests.

The Phyllis & Donald Epstein Foundation

West Hollywood, CA

Shared Vision Charitable Foundation

Jamul, CA

The foundation supports a range of charitable work, including wildlife conservation, hunger relief, animal welfare, and education. Its 2025 grants ranged from $500 to $11,000, with a median of $4,500, and went to organizations in several states, especially California. It funds only preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Terence and Michaelle Lammers

Auburn, WA

This Auburn, Washington-based foundation supports education, public media, arts, community services, animal welfare, public safety, and veterans’ services, with recent grants going mainly to organizations in Washington and Montana and also to groups in other states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $200 to $5,000, with a median of $500. It funds only preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Rodney & Phyllis Kunishige Charitable Foundation

Huntington Beach, CA

The foundation supports Catholic charities’ religious activities and other community-benefiting nonprofits, including animal-welfare organizations, with most recent giving in California. Its 2025 grants totaled $6,082 across 33 awards, ranging from $25 to $1,853 (median $100). It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Arison Family Foundation

West Orange, NJ

The foundation supports a varied mix of charitable organizations, including educational and medical institutions, wildlife and conservation groups, and food-access organizations. In 2024, grants ranged from $100 to $2,500, with a median of $250; giving was concentrated in New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. It does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only to preselected organizations.

The Art Laboe Foundation Inc

Palm Springs, CA

The Art Laboe Foundation supports charities working in animal and wildlife causes, arts and culture, health, veterans, and youth services, with most of its giving going to California organizations. Its 2025 grants ranged from $1,500 to $57,500, with a median grant of $3,000. It gives only to preselected charities and does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Eric Holby Animal Welfare Foundation

Elburn, IL

The foundation supports animal welfare and environmental work, including shelters, rescue and adoption groups, and wildlife organizations, with grants typically around $1,000 (2024 awards ranged from $100 to $8,000). It funds organizations in multiple states, with the largest shares going to Illinois, New Jersey, Colorado, Iowa, and Minnesota. It accepts requests by letter, with an IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter, before October each year.

Bradford Family Foundation

St Louis, MO

The Bradford Family Foundation supports a broad range of charitable organizations, including Catholic institutions, food assistance, education, and services for people with disabilities. Its 2024 grants ranged from $104 to $15,000, with a median of $1,000, and went to organizations in multiple states, especially Missouri. The filing names an application contact and says giving is not limited to preselected organizations, but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation

New York, NY

The Robert & Arnold Hoffman Foundation supports a range of charitable work, including humanitarian aid, animal welfare, wildlife conservation, housing, and environmental protection, with grants distributed across multiple states. Its 2025 grants ranged from $150 to $15,000, with a median of $2,000. It accepts letters of request addressed to Carol Evarts; no deadline or award restrictions are stated.

Aetna Foundation Inc

Hartford, CT

Aetna Foundation supported health and wellness, access to health care, and related community needs; its 2021 grants ranged from $5,000 to $1 million, with a median of $40,000, and went to organizations across multiple states, especially in D.C. and Connecticut. Its 2021 filing was marked final, so it appears to have ended or be winding down grantmaking; that filing said there were no restrictions on who could apply and pointed applicants to its website for application materials.

Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund

Chicago, IL

The Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund supports a range of charitable organizations, including animal welfare, social services, education, culture, and conservation, with most of its 2025 grant dollars going to Illinois recipients. Grants ranged from $200 to $12,800, with a median of $400. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.