DKR Foundation is strongly focused on animal welfare, with a particular emphasis on wildlife rehabilitation centers and exotic bird sanctuaries. They favor capital and expansion investments—helping build or enlarge physical facilities and support clinical/wellness services—typically funding nonprofit animal-care organizations. While based in Fresno, CA, the foundation’s support includes both local providers and out-of-state sanctuaries that align with their mission to improve animal rescue, rehabilitation, and long-term care.
Concentrated, large capital grants to a small number of animal-welfare organizations focused on facility construction and expansion; primarily single-purpose awards rather than broad operating grants.
DKR Foundation’s giving is anchored by large capital gifts for animal care facilities, including a $1,200,000 grant to Pacific Wildlife Care for construction of a wildlife rehabilitation center. That pattern appears across its recent grants: the foundation has supported building and expansion work for wildlife rehabilitation and exotic bird sanctuaries, alongside direct service support for animal clinics and shelter operations. A second major grant went to Florida Exotic Bird Sancturary Inc for expansion of the exotic bird sanctuary, showing that the funder will back organizations beyond California when the mission fits its animal-welfare priorities. In California, DKR Foundation has also supported Fresno Wildlife Rehabilitation Service for rehabilitation-center construction and Fresno Hope Animal Foundation for clinic and wellness services. The grant list points to a funder that favors nonprofit animal-care infrastructure rather than small, short-term awards, with recipients serving wildlife patients, exotic birds, and shelter animals. Its support includes both construction-focused grants and operating support tied to animal health and community services.
Animal welfare is the clearest throughline in DKR Foundation’s recent grantmaking. The foundation backed Pacific Wildlife Care with $1,200,000 for construction of a wildlife rehabilitation center, and Fresno Wildlife Rehabilitation Service with $369,000 for construction of a rehabilitation center. It also supported exotic bird care through an $800,000 grant to Florida Exotic Bird Sancturary Inc for expansion of the exotic bird sanctuary. Beyond facility projects, DKR Foundation gave $100,000 to Fresno Hope Animal Foundation for clinic services and wellness services, linking its animal focus to direct care. A smaller 2025 grant to Animal Compassion Team of California supported Firebaugh Shelter, extending the portfolio to shelter operations for companion animals.
Typical grant size is sizable: p25 is $100,000, median grant size is $369,000, and p75 is $800,000. The recent list is dominated by large awards tied to capital and expansion work, with a smaller service-oriented grant and a minor shelter grant rounding out the mix. The grant record shows at least one recipient across more than one year in the broader set of recent grants? The provided list itself shows one-off awards to distinct organizations. DKR Foundation is a private foundation, not a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Its support is local in scope, with a strong California concentration.
$2.2M
$639K
$53K
$2.2M
Most grants fall between $100K and $800K, with a median of $369K.
25th Percentile
$100K
Median
$369K
75th Percentile
$800K
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Dkr Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 7 | $4.7M | 87.5% |
| 2 | Albania | 1 |
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Notable grantees: Pacific Wildlife Care, Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary Inc, Fresno Wildlife Rehabilitation Service, Fresno Hope Animal Foundation
DKR Foundation gives mainly in California: 80% of grants in the dataset went to recipients in the HQ state, and California is also the top state by grant count. The recipient city list includes Morro Bay, Clovis, Fresno, and Firebaugh, showing a strong Central and coastal California footprint. One grant reached Hudson, Florida, tied to an exotic bird sanctuary expansion. All listed grants in the recipient country distribution were in the US, with five grants total.
Its recent grants center on animal welfare infrastructure, especially wildlife rehabilitation centers and exotic bird sanctuaries. The largest awards support construction or expansion, while smaller grants also cover clinic services, wellness services, and shelter operations for animal care organizations.
The foundation’s grant sizes are relatively large. The 25th percentile is $100,000, the median is $369,000, and the 75th percentile is $800,000, which shows a portfolio weighted toward major gifts.
Giving is local in scope and heavily concentrated in California. Eighty percent of grants go to recipients in CA, and the recent recipient cities include Morro Bay, Clovis, Fresno, and Firebaugh, with one Florida grant in Hudson.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals, and it does not make program-related investments.
Recent support includes construction of a wildlife rehabilitation center, expansion of an exotic bird sanctuary, construction of another rehabilitation center, clinic and wellness services, and shelter support for Firebaugh Shelter. Those projects point to a facility-and-services approach within animal welfare.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
| $3K |
12.5% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACIFIC WILDLIFE CARE | MORRO BAY, CA | $2,200,000 | 2026 | CONSTRUCTION OF WILDLIFE REHIBILITATION CENTER. |
| ANIMAL COMPASSION TEAM OF CALIFORNIA | FRESNO, CA | $10,511 | 2026 | Firebaugh Shelter |
| Prmet Municipality Education Office | Prmet, Pr | $3,000 | 2026 | EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCES TO PURCHASE USED LAPTOPS |
| ANIMAL COMPASSION TEAM OF CALIFORNIA | FRESNO, CA | $3,200 | 2025 | Firebaugh Shelter |
| PACIFIC WILDLIFE CARE | MORRO BAY, CA | $1,200,000 | 2024 | CONSTRUCTION OF WILDLIFE REHIBILITATION CENTER. |
| FLORIDA EXOTIC BIRD SANCTURARY INC | HUDSON, FL | $800,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT EXPANSION OF THE EXOTIC BIRD SANCTUARY |
| FRESNO WILDLIFE REHABILITATION SERVICE | CLOVIS, CA | $369,000 | 2023 | CONSTRUCTION OF REHABILITATION CENTER |
| FRESNO HOPE ANIMAL FOUNDATION | FRESNO, CA | $100,000 | 2023 | SUPPORT CLINIC SERVICES AND WELLNESS SERVICES |
ANIMAL COMPASSION TEAM OF CALIFORNIA
$10,511Firebaugh Shelter
Prmet Municipality Education Office
$3,000EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCES TO PURCHASE USED LAPTOPS
ANIMAL COMPASSION TEAM OF CALIFORNIA
$3,200Firebaugh Shelter
SUPPORT EXPANSION OF THE EXOTIC BIRD SANCTUARY
FRESNO WILDLIFE REHABILITATION SERVICE
$369,000CONSTRUCTION OF REHABILITATION CENTER
FRESNO HOPE ANIMAL FOUNDATION
$100,000SUPPORT CLINIC SERVICES AND WELLNESS SERVICES