Grants awarded
Who does The Giant Steps Foundation fund?
The Giant Steps Foundation has awarded $9.8 million across 206 grants to 125 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in animals. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$9.8M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
125
Grants
206
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$3.4M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| S Stanford University | $720K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L La Planta | $675K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Farmlink Project
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$631K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $480K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $369K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| B Better Food Foundation (vegans of La) | $290K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Wild Horse Campaign | $263K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $177K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$168K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| P Pawpads | $165K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Wild Horse Conservation | $144K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wildcare | $138K | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$130K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
National Disaster Search Dog Foundation INC
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$120K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Better Food Foundation INC
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$118K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
The Bhutan Foundation
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$116K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| I Individual recipient | $115K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$112K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| T The Jane Goodall Institute | $90K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$65K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$62K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| A American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign | $60K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Fleet of Angels | $60K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wood River Land Trust | $60K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
University of Colorado Foundation
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$55K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| I Into the Light Horse Rescue & Sanctuary INC | $55K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Into the Light | $50K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Fixnation | $50K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Temple Beth El of Great Neck | $45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Follow Your Dream Foundation | $45K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $32K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$30K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Salt River Wild Horse Management Group INC
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$28K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | AZ | |
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$25K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
The Trust for Public Land
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$25K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| N National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Flag Ranch Foundation | $23K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
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$22K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| G Giving Hope Project | $22K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| E Education for All Children | $18K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Giving Hope Project | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Ka Hale a Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Food for Life Global | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Women Donors Network
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$15K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for Wildlife Protection & Education | $12K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Center for Animals Protection & Education | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates
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$10K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
United Help Ukraine INC
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$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VA | |
Wildlife Conservation Network INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CA | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| L La Planta | $10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NM | |
| H Hawaii Animal Rescue Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | ID | |
Winter Sun Horse Park INC
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | ID | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| H Hale Makua Health Service | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Catherine Violet Hubbard Foundation | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Gizmo-Cda INC
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | ID | |
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$8K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| S Shanti Project | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Peninsula Open Space Trust
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| W Wood River Bicycle Coalition | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| W Wood River Trail Coalition | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Chasing Horses Wild Horse Advocates | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
High Atlas Foundation
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$8K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| P Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jane Goodall Institute | $6K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mitzvah Fund INC | $6K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VT | |
Colorado Horse Rescue
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CO | |
| L Leilani Farm Sanctuary | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | HI | |
| T Trust for Public Land | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Women Donors Network | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Humane Society of Boulder Valley | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Razom INC
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| H Honi Honi Cats Maui INC | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | HI | |
| F Furry Friends Food Relief Program Corp | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County INC
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| W Women's Donor Network | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Caps | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Big Little Life Animal Rescue | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Max's Helping Paws Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Madre INC
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$5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| M Maxs Helping Paws Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | ID | |
| V Vermont Institute of Natural Science | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U Unega Mountain Dog Rescue | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Prairie Reserve | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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