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849 Foundation at a glance

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849 Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$3.3MAnimals$927kHuman Services$706kHealth$432kReligion$55kHousing & Shelter$50kFood & Nutrition$25kEducation$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $280k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUMANE SOCIETY FOR HAMILTON COUNTY INC$120,000
HUMANE INDIANA INC$100,000
AMERICAN LEGION CHARITIES INC$60,000
ZOO FOUNDATION INC$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $20k → 5%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $15k → 5%O'FALLON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $15k → 16%O'FALLON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $10k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
UT
MO
KY
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 13 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
16

Total granted

$1.9M
$3.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+38%

Still filing today

92%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • HS
    Humane Society for Hamilton County
    8× · 2017–2025 · $557k · revenue +185%
  • UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $552k · revenue +24%
  • HI
    HUMANE INDIANA INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $230k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • RR
    Rusty Rabbit Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $3.3M · revenue -73% · 100% of their budget
  • SM
    ST MARGARET QUEEN OF SCOTLAND CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $55k
  • DI
    DOVER INTERFAITH MISSION FOR HOUSING INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
2
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
3
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
4
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
5
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
6
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
7
Mercy for Animals Inc

Mercy for animals' mission is to construct a compassionate food system that is not just kind to animals but essential for the future of our planet and all who share it. our vision of a world where animals are respected, protected, and free…

Animals
8
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc

THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…

Animals
9
Mcpaws Inc

Transforming lives by strengthening the human-animal connection.

Animals
10
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
11
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
12
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Rusty Rabbit Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Rusty Rabbit Foundation: $3,309,744 · PhilanthropyRusty Rabbit Foundation+1 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyHumane Society for Hamilton County: $557,000 · AnimalsHumane Society f…HUMANE INDIANA INC: $230,000 · AnimalsHUMANE INDIANA I…THE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · Animals+1 more: $10,000 · AnimalsUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $552,000 · Public BenefitUNITED SERVI…Pets for Vets Inc: $35,000 · Public BenefitPets for Vet…+1 more: $15,000 · Public BenefitMyasthenia Gravis Association: $201,439 · HealthHORSESENSING INC: $95,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S THERAPLAY FOUNDATION INC: $37,000 · HealthALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Health+3 more: $30,000 · HealthAMERICAN LEGION CHARITIES INC: $60,000 · OtherST MARGARET QUEEN OF SCOTLAND CATHOLIC CHURCH: $55,000 · OtherRandy's Rescue Ranch: $50,000 · OtherALTERNATIVES INCORPORATED OF MADISON COUNTY: $43,200 · OtherFAMILIES FIRST INDIANA INC: $27,805 · OtherBREVARD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $20,000 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $16,000 · OtherTHE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC: $15,000 · Other+4 more: $26,000 · OtherPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $35,000 · Human ServicesO'FALLON COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesDOVER INTERFAITH MISSION FOR HOUSING INC: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$3,324,744Animals$832,000Public Benefit$602,000Health$378,439Other$313,005Human Services$60,000Housing & Shelter$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRusty Rabbit Foundation: $3,309,744 over 1y, 100% of budgetHumane Society for Hamilton County: $557,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetUNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS INC: $552,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE INDIANA INC: $230,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetMyasthenia Gravis Association: $201,439 over 5y, 26% of budgetHORSESENSING INC: $95,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetDOVER INTERFAITH MISSION FOR HOUSING INC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetRandy's Rescue Ranch: $50,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetALTERNATIVES INCORPORATED OF MADISON COUNTY: $43,200 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPets for Vets Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ZOO FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetALS THERAPY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BOONE COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELBY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetMELANOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMyasthenia Gravis Foundation of America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rusty Rabbit Foundati…United Way of Central…Central Indiana Commu…Lilly Endowment IncGlobal ImpactNetwork for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Rusty Rabbit FoundationDE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rusty Rabbit Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Global Impact · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 849 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 849 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to 849 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to 849 Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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