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Alice a Paxton Charitable Trust at a glance

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Alice a Paxton Charitable Trust

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.

$189k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$785kEnvironment$300kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $180k
$15,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY$30,000
IRVINE NATURE CENTER$25,000
FREDERICK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC$25,000
ALLEY CAT RESCUE INC$25,000
HART FOR ANIMALS INC$20,000
MidAtlantic Horse Rescue$15,500
CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE$15,000
EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC$12,500
RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER$12,000
MARYLAND SPCA$5,000
POPLAR SPRINGS ANIMAL SANCTUARY$4,000
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $50k → 9%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $25k → 12%FREDERICK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $25k → 6%POPLAR SPRINGS ANIMAL SANTUARY: $5k → 8%MidAtlantic Horse Rescue: $40k → 10%CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE: $50k → 10%ALLEY CAT RESCUE INC: $25k → 11%BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $30k → 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $20k → 12%HART FOR ANIMALS INC: $20k → 15%EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $35k → 9%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $15k → 12%FREDERICK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $15k → 6%MidAtlantic Horse Rescue: $26k → 10%CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE: $50k → 10%ALLEY CAT RESCUE INC: $15k → 11%BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $30k → 11%LITTLE WONDERS ANIMAL RESCUE: $35k → 12%HART FOR ANIMALS INC: $20k → 15%EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $16k → 9%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $12k → 12%MidAtlantic Horse Rescue: $20k → 10%CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE: $35k → 10%ALLEY CAT RESCUE INC: $15k → 11%BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $26k → 11%LITTLE WONDERS ANIMAL RESCUE: $35k → 12%HART FOR ANIMALS INC: $15k → 15%EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $13k → 9%RED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER: $8k → 12%MidAtlantic Horse Rescue: $16k → 10%CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE: $20k → 10%BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $18k → 11%LITTLE WONDERS ANIMAL RESCUE: $28k → 12%HART FOR ANIMALS INC: $15k → 15%EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $13k → 9%MidAtlantic Horse Rescue: $12k → 10%CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE: $15k → 10%BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $12k → 11%HART FOR ANIMALS INC: $14k → 15%EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $12k → 9%CHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE: $15k → 10%BALTIMORE HUMANE SOCIETY: $10k → 11%IRVINE NATURE CENTER: $25k → 11%IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $25k → 11%IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $25k → 11%IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $20k → 11%IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $10k → 11%IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $10k → 11%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 13 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
1

Total granted

$1.1M
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
-5%

Still filing today

85%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’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

  • TH
    THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $126k · revenue +78%
  • IN
    IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $115k · revenue +65%
  • HF
    HART FOR ANIMALS INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $84k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue -5%
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
Bristow Barnyard Farm and Domestic Animal Rescue
Animals
2
Pet Rescue of Maryland Indepen Sanctuary & Education Inc

Animal rescue dedicated to saving the lives of all dogs and cats. staffed only by volunteers and rely on contributions and adoption fees all animals are fostered in homes and allows us to find suitable h

Animals
3
Raskels Rescue
Animals
4
Last Chance Animal Rescue Inc

Last chance is a non-profit corporation that rescues and cares for animals and places them in good homes in maryland, washington, dc, and northen virginia. their animal clinic provides high quality, high volume, low cost spay and neuter…

Animals
5
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
6
Humane Society of Wicomico County Inc

The humane society is working to make a difference in the lives of animals and the people who love and care for them, and is dedicated to relieving the pain and suffering of animals through education and direct intervention.

Animals
7
Humane Society of Charles County

The Humane Society of Charles County has the dual mission of promoting the humane treatment of animals and of fostering a respect for all life, both animal and human.

Animals
8
Martinsville Henry County Spca

The spca aids mistreated, unwanted or injured animals of every kind & seeks to educate the public in the humane treatment of all animals. pet adoptions are offered as a service to the community.

Animals
9
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
10
Realtors to the Rescue

Animal Rescue

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11
From the Heart Animal Sanctuary
Animals
12
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Society of Washington County Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Red Creek Wildlife Center 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

13 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. 13 of the 14 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
7/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $137,977 · AnimalsEAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INCTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $126,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INCMIDATLANTIC HORSE RESCUE INC: $113,500 · AnimalsMIDATLANTIC HORSE RESCUE INCHART FOR ANIMALS INC: $83,500 · AnimalsHART FOR ANIMALS INCRED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $60,000 · AnimalsRED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER INCAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $55,000 · AnimalsAlley Cat Rescue IncTHE FREDERICK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $40,000 · AnimalsTHE FREDERICK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INCPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $26,000 · AnimalsTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $25,000 · Animals+1 more: $20,000 · AnimalsCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC: $185,193 · EnvironmentCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE I…IRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $115,000 · EnvironmentIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER …LITTLE WONDERS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $98,000 · OtherLITTLE WONDER…Individual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual gr…
Animals$686,977Environment$300,193Other$128,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHESAPEAKE WILDLIFE HERITAGE INC: $185,193 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetEAST COAST EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $137,977 over 6y, 7.8% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE COUNTY INC: $126,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $115,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMIDATLANTIC HORSE RESCUE INC: $113,500 over 5y, 8.2% of budgetLITTLE WONDERS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $98,000 over 3y, 72% of budgetHART FOR ANIMALS INC: $83,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetRED CREEK WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $60,000 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $55,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE FREDERICK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $40,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetPOPLAR SPRING ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $26,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

America's CharitiesMary Jean and Oliver …Amica Companies Found…T Rowe Price Program …Paypal Charitable Giv…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodCharities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
America's CharitiesVA15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: America's Charities · Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Foundation Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Alice a Paxton Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alice a Paxton Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    7get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 14 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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