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Barr Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$9k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$6kHuman Services$3kFood & Nutrition$3kInternational$2kAnimals$2kEnvironment$2kArts & Culture$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
9
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,000
CURE EPILEPSY$800
Individual grant recipient$400
FAMILY HOUSE$400
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER SAN FR$300
DIABETES RESEARCH AND WELLNESS FOUN$300
THRIVE NETWORKS$300
PUPPIES BEHIND BARS$300
PENNINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA$300
EDDY HOUSE$250
NEPPA$250
FRIENDS OF NEVADA WILDERNESS$250
ANIMAL ARK$250
SAFE EMBRACE$250
FOOD BANK OF NORTHER NV$250
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 (FY20–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $600 → 11%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $300 → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $400 → 10%ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN: $250 → 11%BILL WILSON CENTER: $400 → 8%PUPPIES BEHIND BARS: $300 → 17%MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $500 → 8%GUIDE DOGS OF AMERICA: $600 → 14%EDDY HOUSE: $250 → 10%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

MN
IL
NY
NV
IA
PA
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
TX
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.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6k · 7 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
37

Total granted

$6k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+47%

Still filing today

71%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’24
Human ServicesHealthInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • AF
    Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation
    2× · 2020–2024 · $850 · revenue +31%
  • AA
    Animal Ark Incorporated
    2× · 2020–2024 · $750 · revenue +22%
  • FH
    FAMILY HOUSE INC
    2× · 2020–2024 · $700 · revenue +459%

Funded once

  • EJ
    EARTH JUSTICE
    one grant, 2020 · $800
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $800
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST
    one grant, 2020 · $800
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
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
2
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
3
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
4
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
5
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
6
Noah's Animal House Foundation

To remove the "no pets allowed" sign on the doors of domestic violence shelters. women should not have to choose between leaving their abuser and leaving their pets behind to be abused.

Animals
7
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
8
Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Nevada spca saves the lives of southern nevada's most vulnerable pets, inspires human companions to uphold the best possible care and increases the human-animal bond through adoption, foster and preventative care.

Animals
9
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
10
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
11
La Casa de las Madres

La Casa de las Madres' mission is to respond to calls for help from DV victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the…

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12
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cambodian Childrens Fund; the most unlike its peers is Health Frontiers. 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

37 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 37 of the 65 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
24/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFOOD BANK OF NORTHER NV: $950 · OtherFOOD BANK OF NORTHER NVEARTH JUSTICE: $800 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $800 · OtherSECOND HARVEST: $800 · OtherCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $800 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $600 · OtherSOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $600 · Other+29 more: $9,450 · Other+29 moreArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $850 · Human ServicesArizona Frien…PUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $600 · Human ServicesPUPPIES BEHIN…International Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $600 · Human ServicesInternational…MARTHA'S KITCHEN: $500 · Human ServicesMARTHA'S KITC…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $400 · Human ServicesAmerican Nati…BILL WILSON CENTER: $400 · Human ServicesBILL WILSON C…EDDY HOUSE: $250 · Human ServicesEDDY HOUSECitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $800 · HealthCitizens Un…FAMILY HOUSE INC: $700 · HealthFAMILY HOUS…NAMI National: $500 · HealthNAMI Nation…Lead with Horses: $250 · HealthLead with H…NAMI of Southern Arizona: $250 · HealthNAMI of Sou…SAFE EMBRACE: $250 · HealthSAFE EMBRAC…American Heart Association Inc: $200 · HealthAmerican He…Thrive Networks Global: $600 · InternationalWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $400 · InternationalHealth Frontiers: $400 · InternationalLINK GLOBAL: $250 · InternationalBEYOND BORDERS INC: $200 · InternationalAnimal Ark Incorporated: $750 · AnimalsSPCA OF MARIPOSA COUNTY: $250 · AnimalsFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $250 · AnimalsNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 · AnimalsActerra Action for a Healthy Planet: $800 · EnvironmentEarth Island Institute Inc: $400 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $200 · Education
Other$17,400Human Services$3,600Health$2,950International$1,850Animals$1,500Environment$1,200Education$700

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 budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActerra Action for a Healthy Planet: $800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens United for Research in Epilepsy: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Ark Incorporated: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY HOUSE INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPUPPIES BEHIND BARS INC: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThrive Networks Global: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Guiding Eyes Inc DBA Guide Dogs of America: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ARIZONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARTHA'S KITCHEN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealth Frontiers: $400 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPoverello House: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILL WILSON CENTER: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCambodian Childrens Fund: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER SAN FRANCISCO: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Bridges: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLead with Horses: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEDDY HOUSE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI of Southern Arizona: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLINK GLOBAL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEVADA WILDERNESS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA OF MARIPOSA COUNTY: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Pima Animal Care Center: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE EMBRACE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MR HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKICKSTART INTERNATIONAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND BORDERS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUITARS NOT GUNS INC: $200 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Texas Instruments Fou…Bright Funds Foundati…Aetna Foundation IncCommunity Foundation …The Intuit FoundationGordon E and Betty I …Salesforce FoundationJewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…Vanguard Charitable E…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA18.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Bright Funds Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · The Intuit Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · Salesforce Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · 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 Barr Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barr Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Barr Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Barr Charitable 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 65 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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