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Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
68
Grants FY2024
65
Organizations funded FY2023
8%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$400,000
Organizations funded a year
63 to 77
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
34
Total assets, FY2024
$19M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $179k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
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
FY2024still arriving68$1.2M6%
FY202365$888k8%
FY202269$828k0%
FY202177$1.2M45%
FY202063$587kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Animals$3.9MEducation$484kPublic Safety & Disaster$150kRecreation & Sports$35kEnvironment$34kHealth$26kArts & Culture$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 85 grantees
All grantees of Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Trustees of Tufts College$400,00010%
California Veterinary Medical Foundation$175,000144%
The Cleveland Animal Protective League$115,05050%
Point Reyes Bird Observatory$105,00030%
Animal Friends Alliance$100,00051%
Woodlands Wildlife Refuge Inc$100,00056%
Animal Friends Inc$85,00050%
Alley Cat Advocates Inc$79,00052%
Animal Rescue League of Iowa Inc$72,00050%
First Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc$70,00040%
Humane Society of Tampa Bay Inc$67,50050%
The Humane Society for Seattleking County$65,00050%
Heartland Humane Society$63,00051%
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit$62,50041%
University of Idaho Foundation Inc$61,19230%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$60,00040%
Longmont Humane Society Inc$60,00050%
Bideawee Inc$55,00050%
Wildcare Eastern Sierra$54,00058%
Animal Rescue Veterinary Services$53,50055%
Animal Welfare Association Inc$51,50040%
Kansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas$50,28550%
Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc$50,00051%
The Animal Medical Center$50,00010%
Rocky Mountain Raptor Program$50,00051%
Hobo Hotel Inc$47,50055%
Community Animal Welfare Society -$45,00043%
The Spayed Club$44,00051%
League for Animal Welfare$42,00051%
Florida Wild Mammal Association Incorporated$42,00054%
Willamette Humane Society$41,00031%
Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc$40,00041%
Project Safe Pet$38,00057%
Cats Exclusive Inc$38,00051%
Cascades Raptor Center$37,20051%
Rockfish Wildlife Sanctuary Inc$36,00044%
Oregon Humane Society$35,00020%
Spay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc$35,00050%
Days End Farm Horse Rescue Inc$33,00050%
Spay & Neuter Kansas City D/B/A Pet Resource Center of Kansas City$32,50050%
The Frederick County Humane Society Inc$32,20052%
Fayette County Humane Society$30,50052%
Community Cat Coalition of Clark County$30,00045%
Humane Society of Putnam County Inc$29,50033%
Tree House Humane Society Inc$29,00040%
Greater Androscoggin Humane Society$28,50040%
Community Partnership for Pets Inc$27,50035%
American Black and Tan Coonhound Rescue Inc$27,00053%
Sarvey Wildlife Care Center$27,00050%
Haywood Pet Care Inc$27,00055%
Paws South Florida Rescue Inc$26,700515%
Friends of the Sea Lions Inc Dba Pacific Marine Mammal Center$26,00040%
Greater New Haven Cat Project Inc$26,00043%
Stop the Suffering Rescue$25,75041%
Fix Our Ferals$24,85540%
Friends of Felines Inc$24,745411%
For Our Friends Inc$24,00054%
Metro East Humane Society$23,85641%
Cat Rescue of Maryland Inc$23,50057%
University of California- Davis$22,5221n/a
Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc$22,50040%
Friends of Ferdinand Indiana Inc$22,50047%
Animals in Need Fund$22,500213%
Mississippi Spay and Neuter (Span)$20,01041%
Suncoast Humane Societyinc$20,00010%
Denver Dumb Friends League$20,00010%
Freedom Hill Horse Rescue$20,00045%
Greater Farallones Association$17,50030%
Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project$16,00021%
Ingham County Humane Society$15,75020%
Second Chance Animal Shelter$15,00015%
Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc$15,00021%
Humane Society of Central Oregon$15,00010%
Greyhound Rescue of New England Inc$14,00039%
Dahlonega Lumpkin Humane Society$13,30033%
Partners for Pets Humane Society$13,00011%
Bennington County Humane Society Inc$12,50021%
Second Chance Animal Services Inc$10,00010%
Animal Rescue Coalition Inc$10,00011%
Jacksonville Humane Society Inc$10,00010%
Stray Cat Relief Fund$7,50013%
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc$7,50010%
Animal Shelter Assistance Program$6,00011%
Advocates 4 Animals Feline Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc$5,00017%
Peninsula Humane Society & Spca$3,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 84 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $400,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Veterinary Medical Foundation: $175,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetThe Cleveland Animal Protective League: $115,050 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPoint Reyes Bird Observatory: $105,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Friends Alliance: $100,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetWoodlands Wildlife Refuge Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $85,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAlley Cat Advocates Inc: $79,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAnimal Rescue League of Iowa Inc: $72,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFirst Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Society of Tampa Bay Inc: $67,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Humane Society for Seattleking County: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Humane Society: $63,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetFriends for Animals of Metro Detroit: $62,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Idaho Foundation Inc: $61,192 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAustin Pets Alive Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLongmont Humane Society Inc: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBideawee Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWildcare Eastern Sierra: $54,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetAnimal Rescue Veterinary Services: $53,500 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetAnimal Welfare Association Inc: $51,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKansas Humane Society of Wichita Kansas: $50,285 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRocky Mountain Raptor Program: $50,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetHobo Hotel Inc: $47,500 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetCommunity Animal Welfare Society -: $45,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetThe Spayed Club: $44,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLeague for Animal Welfare: $42,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetFlorida Wild Mammal Association Incorporated: $42,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetWillamette Humane Society: $41,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMerrimack River Feline Rescue Society Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetProject Safe Pet: $38,000 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetCats Exclusive Inc: $38,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCascades Raptor Center: $37,200 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetRockfish Wildlife Sanctuary Inc: $36,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetOregon Humane Society: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSpay-Neuter Assistance Program Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDays End Farm Horse Rescue Inc: $33,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetSpay & Neuter Kansas City D/B/A Pet Resource Center of Kansas City: $32,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Frederick County Humane Society Inc: $32,200 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetFayette County Humane Society: $30,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCommunity Cat Coalition of Clark County: $30,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetHumane Society of Putnam County Inc: $29,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetTree House Humane Society Inc: $29,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Androscoggin Humane Society: $28,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCommunity Partnership for Pets Inc: $27,500 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetAmerican Black and Tan Coonhound Rescue Inc: $27,000 over 5y, 2.5% 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 84.

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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.

BISSELL Pet FoundationMI47.2× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: BISSELL Pet Foundation · Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Petsmart Charities Inc · Pedigree Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Banfield Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · Humane World for Animals Inc · Greater Good Charities · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · The Grey Muzzle Organization

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 Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40

How much does Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 give?
Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 reported 68 grants totaling $1,175,638 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 63 and 77 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (69%), Education (8%), Public Safety & Disaster (3%).
Who are Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trustees of Tufts College ($400k), California Veterinary Medical Foundation ($175k), The Cleveland Animal Protective League ($115k).
Does Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include BISSELL Pet Foundation, Petco Love, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund.
Where is Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 based?
Bernice Barbour Foundation Inc 5487-00-40 is based in PA.

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 107 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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