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Black Dog Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$137kEnvironment$122kHealth$57kInternational$41kEducation$34kArts & Culture$10kCivil Rights$8kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Vermont Land Trust$10,000
Northeast Wilderness Trust$9,798
Nambian Rural Education Fund$6,000
Boulder Alano Club$5,000
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust$5,000
Tisch MS Research Center$4,000
Front Range Hippotherapy$3,000
Queer Asterisk$3,000
Black Hat Humane Society$3,000
HEAL Raising Our World Foundation I$3,000
American Bird Conservancy$3,000
The Nature Conservancy of VT$3,000
Dumb Friends League$2,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Front Range Hippotherapy: $3k → 12%Front Range Hippotherapy: $3k → 12%Front Range Hippotherapy: $2k → 12%One Colorado: $3k → 12%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

VT
NH
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$346k · 21 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +98% since the first grant, against +71% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
24

Total granted

$346k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+98%
+71%

Still filing today

86%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthInternationalEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • VERMONT LAND TRUST INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $35k · revenue +67%
  • NORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +448%
  • HM
    HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $25k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOMA PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +222%
  • HR
    HEAL Raising Our World Foundation I
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • PW
    PLANET WOMENgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +459%
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
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
2
Wild Earth Society Incorporated

Wildlands Network works to reconnect, restore and rewild North America so that life-in all its diversity-can thrive.

Arts & Culture
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
5
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
6
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.

Animals
7
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
8
Alaska Wildlife Alliance

Support ecosystem-based wildlife management by increasing public awareness of wildlife issues, responding to information requests, advocating for science-based wildlife habitat management through proposal and comment submissions, and…

Environment
9
Wolfe Ranch Rescue
Animals
10
Wildlife Sos

Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.

Animals
11
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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12
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Equine Advocates Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Namibian Rural Education Fund 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

34 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. 34 of the 47 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
27/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · AnimalsHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIAT…THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRU…BLACKHAT HUMANE SOCIETY: $18,000 · AnimalsBLACKHAT HUMANE SOCIETYThe Dorset Equine Rescue Inc: $15,000 · AnimalsThe Dorset Equine Rescue IncSONOMA COUNTY WILDLIFE RESCUE: $14,000 · AnimalsSONOMA COUNTY WILDLIFE RESCUEEAGLE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $12,000 · AnimalsEAGLE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY A NO…DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $9,000 · AnimalsDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUEMUTTVILLE: $7,000 · AnimalsMUTTVILLE+3 more: $9,000 · Animals+3 moreI-KODI: $32,000 · OtherI-KODITisch MS Research Center: $24,000 · OtherTisch MS Research CenterThe Nature Conservancy of VT: $23,000 · OtherThe Nature Conservancy of VTHEAL Raising Our World Foundation I: $10,000 · OtherHEAL Raising Our World Foundation …The David Trust USA: $5,000 · OtherUnited We Dream: $5,000 · OtherThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: $5,000 · OtherJonathan Kirst Foundation: $5,000 · OtherFRONT RANGE HIPPOTHERAPY: $8,000 · OtherFRONT RANGE HIPPOTHERAPYThe Z Space Studio: $5,000 · Other+7 more: $16,500 · Other+7 moreVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $35,000 · EnvironmentVERMONT LAND TRUST INCNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $34,798 · EnvironmentNORTHEAST WILDERNESS T…Russian Riverkeeper: $7,000 · EnvironmentRussian RiverkeeperSARATOGA PLAN INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentSARATOGA PLAN INCTOMPKINS CONSERVATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentTOMPKINS CONSERVATION+1 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentHEAL Raising Our World Foundation Inc: $16,000 · InternationalHEAL Rais…THE BOMA PROJECT INC: $10,000 · InternationalTHE BOMA …PLANET WOMEN: $10,000 · InternationalPLANET WO…CAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $3,000 · InternationalCAMFED US…Boulder Alano Club: $15,000 · HealthGREENLIGHT CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthWINDHORSE GUILD INC: $4,000 · HealthQUEER ASTERISK: $3,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 · HealthReady For Reading Inc: $8,000 · EducationGATEWAY MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $7,000 · EducationCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationNAMIBIAN RURAL EDUCATION FUND INC: $12,000 · Philanthropy
Animals$129,000Other$138,500Environment$88,798International$39,000Health$29,000Education$20,000Philanthropy$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVERMONT LAND TRUST INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHEAST WILDERNESS TRUST CORPORATION: $34,798 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLACKHAT HUMANE SOCIETY: $18,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetHEAL Raising Our World Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetThe Dorset Equine Rescue Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetBoulder Alano Club: $15,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY WILDLIFE RESCUE: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNAMIBIAN RURAL EDUCATION FUND INC: $12,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $12,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTHE BOMA PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLANET WOMEN: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReady For Reading Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetFRONT RANGE HIPPOTHERAPY: $8,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetRussian Riverkeeper: $7,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetGATEWAY MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $7,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGREENLIGHT CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSARATOGA PLAN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOMPKINS CONSERVATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Z Space Studio: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMFED USA FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQUEER ASTERISK: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetONE COLORADO: $3,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLandPaths: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $1,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Marin Community Found…Colorado Gives Founda…Silicon Valley Commun…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …
Marin Community FoundationCA15.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · 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 Black Dog Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Black Dog Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Vermont Land Trust Inc: 42% of income from government
  • Northeast Wilderness Trust Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to Black Dog Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Black Dog Foundation Inc 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 47 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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