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Alexander McCausland Charitable

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.0M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
16
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$435,060
Organizations funded a year
23 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$19M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Alexander McCausland Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $285k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving16$1.0M6%
FY202428$966k25%
FY202326$857k4%
FY202228$797k18%
FY202129$850k3%
FY202031$873k16%
FY201924$806k13%
FY201823$1.0M30%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$7.1MHealth$433kEducation$77kHuman Services$55kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Alexander McCausland Charitable by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,768,060935%
Last Chance for Animals$303,90084%
Assisi Animal Clinics Of Virginia Inc$295,00062%
Alley Cat Rescue Inc$250,00092%
Franklin County Humane Society of Missouri$250,000610%
League for Animal Protection Inc$245,000732%
Smiles Forever Animal Rescue and Sanctua$225,000811%
Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue Inc$222,500814%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$170,00080%
National Wildlife Federation$153,05590%
Defenders of Wildlife$135,00090%
Bedford Humane Society Inc$130,000319%
Farm Sanctuary Inc$95,00080%
Friends of Animals Inc$95,00081%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$90,00040%
Healing Strides of Virginia$85,00044%
Barn Cat Buddies$85,000863%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$80,00080%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$80,00050%
In Defense of Animals$75,00021%
American Humane Association$75,00070%
Lynchburg Humane Society Inc$55,00022%
New Freedom Farm Inc$55,000412%
Humane World for Animals Inc$50,00010%
Blue Ridge Zoological Society of Virginia Inc Dba Mill Mountain Zoo$50,00014%
Franklin County Humane Society Inc$45,00011%
Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke Inc$40,00017%
Franklin County Humane Society Inc$40,00014%
National Humane Education Society$35,52740%
Defenders of Animal Rights Inc$25,00031%
Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc$20,00013%
Northeast Animal Shelter Inc$20,00030%
Washington Humane Society$15,00010%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$10,00010%
Clover Cat Rescue Inc$10,000116%
Friends of Bedford County Animal Shelter$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Alexander McCausland Charitable supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $1,768,060 over 9y, 35% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $303,900 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetAssisi Animal Clinics Of Virginia Inc: $295,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $250,000 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetFranklin County Humane Society of Missouri: $250,000 over 6y, 10% of budgetLeague for Animal Protection Inc: $245,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetSmiles Forever Animal Rescue and Sanctua: $225,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetRoanoke Valley Horse Rescue Inc: $222,500 over 8y, 14% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $170,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $153,055 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $135,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBedford Humane Society Inc: $130,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetFarm Sanctuary Inc: $95,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Animals Inc: $95,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHealing Strides of Virginia: $85,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetBarn Cat Buddies: $85,000 over 8y, 63% of budgetUnited Animal Nations Dba Redrover: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIn Defense of Animals: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $75,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLynchburg Humane Society Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNew Freedom Farm Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlue Ridge Zoological Society of Virginia Inc Dba Mill Mountain Zoo: $50,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetFranklin County Humane Society Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSouthwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetFranklin County Humane Society Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetNational Humane Education Society: $35,527 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDefenders of Animal Rights Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBrook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNortheast Animal Shelter Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWashington Humane Society: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClover Cat Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 16% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Community Foundation Serving Western VirginiaVA21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Celanese Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Robertson Family Foundation Inc · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Verizon Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving 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.

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About Alexander McCausland Charitable

How much does Alexander McCausland Charitable give?
Alexander McCausland Charitable reported 16 grants totaling $1,015,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Alexander McCausland Charitable fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (89%), Health (5%), Education (1%).
Who are Alexander McCausland Charitable's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($1.8M), Last Chance for Animals ($304k), Assisi Animal Clinics Of Virginia Inc ($295k).
Does Alexander McCausland Charitable fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Alexander McCausland Charitable accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Alexander McCausland Charitable?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Celanese Foundation.
Where is Alexander McCausland Charitable based?
Alexander McCausland Charitable is based in MO.

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 54 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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