A Family Foundation · Est. 2019

Where every being has the opportunity to thrive.

The Spinner Foundation supports animal sanctuaries, children’s services, and medical causes — in partnership with the people doing the work on the ground.

Inside the stables — Catskill Animal Sanctuary, Saugerties NY.

Nicole, with sanctuary kids.
01 Our Mission

We give to organizations that serve the vulnerable with care, dignity, and follow-through.

We support animal sanctuaries, children’s services, and medical causes — three pillars that have guided our giving since the family began this work in earnest.

We don’t take a cut. We don’t keep an endowment. Every gift gets placed by hand, in conversation with the people on the ground.

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02 Three Pillars

Where we go to work.

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Rowdy the horse, portrait
Rowdy, a few weeks after arriving.Catskill Animal Sanctuary
Rowdy in the pasture
Out in the pasture.Catskill Animal Sanctuary
03 A Story We’re Proud Of

Meet Rowdy.

A gentle soul, rescued from an animal hoarding situation in Saratoga, New York, alongside thirteen other horses.

When Rowdy arrived at Catskill Animal Sanctuary, he was several hundred pounds underweight, suffering from rain rot, and had severely neglected hooves. Today, he is one of the horses we sponsor — part of a 150-acre Hudson Valley refuge that has rescued over 5,000 animals in twenty-five years.

“Life is life — whether in a cat, or dog, or man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man’s own advantage.” Sri Aurobindo
Sanctuary
Catskill Animal Sanctuary
Year sponsored
2026
Read Rowdy’s full story
The Spinner family presenting a $10,000 donation check to Paws of War
Presenting a $10,000 gift to Paws of War.The Spinner Family · Nesconset, NY · September 2024
04 In Their Words

From The Family

To foster empathy and understanding between humans and animals through programs that promote responsible pet care, wildlife conservation, and the ethical treatment of all living creatures.

The Spinner FamilyFrom the foundation’s mission

05 By the Numbers

What the giving adds up to.

13+ Partner organizations
50+ Donations placed
$2M+ In gifts placed since 2019
2019 The foundation began this work
An Open Invitation

Know an organization we should know?

The foundation is always open to new partners across all three pillars — animals, children & families, and medical causes. If you know of an organization doing the work, we’d love to hear about them.

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