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Bill Pauline Trust Ua

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$33k
Granted FY2026still arriving
13
Grants FY2026still arriving
6
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$101kEnvironment$23kHealth$20kEducation$10k
02FY2026 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,717
Median grant
6
States reached
$723k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER$4,341
FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC$3,257
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF$3,257
WORLD SOC FOR PROTECT OF ANIMALS$2,717
WILDERNESS SOCIETY$2,717
AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION$2,717
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC$2,717
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US$2,717
RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND$2,174
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$2,174
MSPCA$2,174
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY$1,087
ANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE$1,087
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 (FY21–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 56% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $4k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $4k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3k → 7%MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $5k → 7%RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3k → 11%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $4k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $4k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3k → 7%MAINE MEDICAL CTR PORTLAND: $5k → 7%RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3k → 11%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $3k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2k → 7%MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $4k → 7%RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 11%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $3k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%MAINE MEDICAL CTR PORTLAND: $3k → 7%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $2k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $2k → 9%MAINE MEDICAL CTR PORTLAND: $3k → 7%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $2k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $2k → 9%MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $3k → 7%MSPCA: $3k → 16%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%MSPCA: $3k → 16%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $3k → 14%MSPCA: $2k → 16%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $3k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $2k → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $3k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $2k → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $2k → 14%WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $2k → 14%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$175k · 13 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
0

Total granted

$175k
$0

Still filing today

69%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
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

  • ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON
    6× · 2021–2026 · $18k · revenue +24%
  • AH
    AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2021–2026 · $15k · revenue +136%
  • DO
    Defenders of Wildlife
    6× · 2021–2026 · $15k · revenue +12%

Funded once

    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
    Global Animal Partnership
    Animals
    2
    Humane World for Animals International

    HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

    Animals
    3
    Animal Wellness Action

    To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

    Human Services
    4
    Washington Humane Society

    The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

    Animals
    5
    The Animal Rescue League
    Animals
    6
    The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

    The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

    Animals
    7
    Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

    A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

    Animals
    8
    Humane World Action Fund

    To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

    Animals
    9
    World Animal Protection

    World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

    Animals
    10
    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
    11
    All About Animals Rescue

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

    Animals
    12
    Environmental and Animal Defense

    At Environmental and Animal Defense, our mission is to provide Colorado with access to affordable legal services for environmental and animal issues, in addition to protecting wildlife and their habitats through enforcement of the law. No…

    Crime & Legal
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the most unlike its peers is American Humane Association. 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

    10 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. 10 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.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    0
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/10
    Grantees still filing
    6/10
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $18,452 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTONFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $18,452 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INCHumane World for Animals Inc: $15,392 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $15,392 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATIONDefenders of Wildlife: $15,392 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $12,312 · AnimalsMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $6,159 · AnimalsANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLANDCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $6,159 · AnimalsCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETYWORLD SOC FOR PROTECT OF ANIMALS: $15,392 · OtherWORLD SOC FOR PROTECT OF ANIMALSMAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $12,810 · OtherMAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTERRITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $12,312 · OtherRITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUNDTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $12,312 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYMAINE MEDICAL CTR PORTLAND: $11,779 · OtherMAINE MEDICAL CTR PORTLANDTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $15,392 · EnvironmentTHE WILDE…
    Animals$107,710Other$64,605Environment$15,392

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

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $18,452 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $18,452 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $15,392 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $15,392 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $15,392 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $15,392 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $12,312 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $12,312 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $6,159 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $6,159 over 6y, 0.0% 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 ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
    • Who funds FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC ↗
    • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
    • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
    • Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
    • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
    • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
    • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
    • Who funds ANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND ↗
    • Who funds CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY ↗

    How much its grantees rely on government

    Each dot is one organization Bill Pauline Trust Ua funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bill Pauline Trust Ua. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
    • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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