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Ada M and Gertrude Goble Pearl Strickland Foundation at a glance

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Ada M and Gertrude Goble Pearl Strickland Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Animals$487kEnvironment$4k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
POPULAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY$5,000
ROCKFISH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY$5,000
WHISPERING RISE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUA$5,000
SPCA OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC$5,000
BOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WEL$5,000
GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE$5,000
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNT$5,000
FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE$5,000
FRIENDS OF THE LINDA KELLEY ANIMAL$5,000
SOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%BACK TO THE WILD: $7k → 11%ST SETON'S ORPHANED ANIMALS: $5k → 6%ROCKFISH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: $5k → 13%FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $7k → 5%GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE: $7k → 6%SPCA OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC: $7k → 6%POPULAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $7k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES: $7k → 8%WHISPERING RISE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUA: $7k → 11%THE GOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY: $7k → 13%BACK TO THE WILD: $6k → 11%ST SETON'S ORPHANED ANIMALS: $5k → 6%FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $6k → 5%GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE: $6k → 6%SPCA OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC: $6k → 6%POPULAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $6k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES: $6k → 8%BOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WEL: $7k → 11%WHISPERING RISE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUA: $6k → 11%THE GOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY: $6k → 13%BACK TO THE WILD: $5k → 11%FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $5k → 5%GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE: $5k → 6%SPCA OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC: $5k → 6%POPULAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES: $5k → 8%BOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WEL: $6k → 11%WHISPERING RISE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUA: $5k → 11%THE GOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY: $5k → 13%BACK TO THE WILD: $5k → 11%FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $5k → 5%GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE: $5k → 6%SPCA OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY INC: $5k → 6%POPULAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5k → 8%SOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES: $5k → 8%BOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WEL: $5k → 11%WHISPERING RISE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUA: $5k → 11%FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $5k → 5%GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE: $5k → 6%POPULAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $5k → 8%BOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WEL: $5k → 11%WHISPERING RISE FARM ANIMAL SANCTUA: $5k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY: $6k → 5%FRIENDS OF THE LINDA KELLEY ANIMAL: $7k → 5%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNT: $7k → 5%FRIENDS OF THE LINDA KELLEY ANIMAL: $6k → 5%FRIENDS OF THE LINDA KELLEY ANIMAL: $5k → 5%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNT: $5k → 5%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$468k · 15 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$468k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+28%

Still filing today

60%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentOther
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 OF CALVERT COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +113%
  • GG
    GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +133%
  • FH
    FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +116%

Funded once

  • WT
    WOLF TRAP ANIMAL RESCUEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +120%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +28%
  • PA
    PATUXENT ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +1%
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
Meows and Mutts Rescue

We are an animal rescue who takes dogs and cats from high kill shelters, off the streets and owner surrenders and get them vetted and adopted and we transport them out of high volume areas to the northeast.

Animals
2
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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3
Cat Tail Farms Feline Sanctuary

Animal rescue and housing

Animals
4
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
5
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
6
Grace Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctu
Animals
7
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
8
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
9
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
10
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
11
Bristow Barnyard Farm and Domestic Animal Rescue
Animals
12
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Best Friends Animal Society; the most unlike its peers is World Wildlife Fund Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $43,725 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTDFREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $43,725 · AnimalsFREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUESOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $42,725 · AnimalsSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL…POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $40,025 · AnimalsPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARYBACK TO THE WILD INC: $38,725 · AnimalsBACK TO THE WILD INCGOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY INC: $26,325 · AnimalsGOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $11,700 · Animals+7 more: $32,200 · Animals+7 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY INC: $43,725 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY INCWHISPERING RISE FARM AND ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $43,725 · OtherWHISPERING RISE FARM AND ANIMAL SANCTUARYFRIENDS OF THE LINDA KELLEY ANIMAL: $35,325 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE LINDA KELLEY ANIMALSOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES LTD: $31,325 · OtherSOUTHERN MARYLAND EQUINE MIRACLES LTDBOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WEL: $27,325 · OtherBOWIE CITIZENS FOR LOCAL ANIMAL WELSaint Setons Orphaned Animals: $26,325 · OtherSaint Setons Orphaned AnimalsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 · Environment
Animals$279,150Other$207,750Environment$4,000

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 budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY INC: $43,725 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $43,725 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE: $43,725 over 9y, 7.5% of budgetSOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC: $42,725 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $40,025 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBACK TO THE WILD INC: $38,725 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetSaint Setons Orphaned Animals: $26,325 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY INC: $26,325 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $11,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTMARY'S ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE INC: $5,550 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWOLF TRAP ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROCKFISH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $3,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA CAT'S FRIEND INC: $1,850 over 1y, 7.2% 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.

  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF CALVERT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HILL HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD INC ↗
  • Who funds POPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds BACK TO THE WILD INC ↗
  • Who funds Saint Setons Orphaned Animals ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SHEPHERD CAT SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds RUDE RANCH ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds STMARY'S ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds WOLF TRAP ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds ROCKFISH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds PATUXENT ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Alley Cat Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds A CAT'S FRIEND INC ↗

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.

Give Back FoundationThe United Way of Cen…The Duffield Family F…America's CharitiesThe Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Give Back FoundationWI15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Give Back Foundation · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · America's Charities · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Ada M and Gertrude Goble Pearl Strickland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ada M and Gertrude Goble Pearl Strickland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    8get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.

    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 21 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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