About Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation
A $1,000,000 grant to Animal Care and Control of New York City Inc for a veterinary clinic anchors The Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation’s recent giving. That gift stands out not only for its size, but for the way it points to a practical funding pattern: the foundation backs animal-care organizations that provide direct services, especially veterinary treatment and shelter support. Its recent grants also include support for The Animal Medical Center, Dogs Trust USA Inc, Only One Inc, and The Sato Project Inc, showing a strong emphasis on organizations working with companion animals, rescue animals, and front-line care providers. The foundation’s largest awards are paired with many smaller grants in the $5,000 to $25,000 range, suggesting a mix of concentrated support for major service providers and narrower assistance to additional groups. Recent funding also reaches organizations connected to special-needs animal support, animal rescue, and related community services, including several repeat grantees across multiple years. Across the record on file, the foundation gives through targeted, program-oriented grants rather than broad thematic diversification.
What Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Funds
Animal welfare is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, it gave $100,000 to Our Big Fat Caribbean Rescue Inc in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and $50,000 to Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary Inc in Loxahatchee, Florida, both for general purpose support. It also backed rescue-focused work in New York through The Sato Project Inc in Brooklyn, which received $50,000 in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Another animal-focused recipient, Apriles Memorial French Bulldogs Special Needs Support Services in New York, received $98,360 in 2025. Beyond rescue and care, the foundation supported The Ocean Foundation in Washington, DC with $50,000 to support Friends of the Nonsuch Expeditions, showing at least one grant tied to a named partner project outside core animal-care services.
How Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Foundation Gives
The foundation’s grant sizes cluster around modest awards, with a typical range from a $5,000 p25 to a $25,000 p75 and a $10,000 median. The record also includes a small number of much larger awards, including a $1,000,000 grant and several $50,000 to $100,000 gifts. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including The Animal Medical Center, Dogs Trust USA Inc, Animal Nation Inc, Friends of Green Chimneys, Leadership for Educational Equity Foundation, Barky Pines Animal Rescue & Sanctuary Inc, and The Sato Project Inc. The foundation is a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not make program-related investments.