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Bruce G Geary Foundation at a glance

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Bruce G Geary Foundation

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.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
84
Grants FY2025still arriving
22
States reached
$111k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$9.7MScience & Tech$290kHuman Services$242kPublic Benefit$105kHousing & Shelter$75kEnvironment$70kHealth$69kPublic Safety & Disaster$60kOther$0
02FY2025 · 84 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k74 grants · $1.2M
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $111k
$12,500
Median grant
22
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC$111,000
CATS EXCLUSIVE INC$44,000
NY SAVE ANIMALS IN VETERINARY EMERG$35,000
SI COUNCEL FOR ANIMAL WELFARE-SEC$35,000
LOUIE'S LEGACY ANIMAL RESCUE INC$30,000
SCHWARXMAN ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER$30,000
CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND$30,000
LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER INC$30,000
ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY$28,000
COLUMBIA GREENE-HUMANE SOCSPCA$25,000
GREEN CHIMNEYS$25,000
WILD BIRD FUND INC$25,000
WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION$25,000
INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US$25,000
FARMS SANCTUARY$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $345k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDERS: $18k → 13%GOOD DOG FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%DOGS INC: $10k → 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $12k → 8%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDERS: $15k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%LANGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDERS: $15k → 13%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDERS: $15k → 13%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDERS: $15k → 13%RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDERS: $15k → 13%HIDDEN HOLLOW FARM RIDING CENTER: $5k → 9%HIDDEN HOLLOW FARM RIDING CENTER: $5k → 9%EMERALD HOLLOW THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $10k → 8%GOOD DOG FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%GOOD DOG FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $15k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%LONG ISLAND CARES: $15k → 7%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%LONG ISLAND CARES: $15k → 7%URBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $10k → 17%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

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DC
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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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 85 repeat orgs$548k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

85 repeat relationships: 55 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

85
14

Total granted

$10M
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

68%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $396k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesScience & TechPublic BenefitPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • LM
    LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $290k · revenue +38%
  • Cheetah Conservation Fund
    9× · 2017–2025 · $270k · revenue +147%
  • LL
    Louies Legacy Animal Rescue
    9× · 2017–2025 · $270k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • MC
    MONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
  • OM
    OPERATION MIGRATION
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • AH
    ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +28%
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
Raskels Rescue
Animals
2
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
3
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
4
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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5
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
6
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
7
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
8
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
9
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
10
Starfish Animal Rescue
Animals
11
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
12
Jl Animal Rescue Inc
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Suncoast Animal League Inc; the most unlike its peers is Long Island Bulldog Rescue. 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

91 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. 91 of the 128 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)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/91
Grantees still filing
53/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Cheetah Conservation Fund: $270,000 · AnimalsCheetah Conservation FundLouies Legacy Animal Rescue: $270,000 · AnimalsLouies Legacy Animal RescueBIDEAWEE INC: $240,000 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $225,000 · AnimalsWILD BIRD FUND INC: $225,000 · AnimalsCOROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC: $190,000 · AnimalsGUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC: $182,500 · AnimalsSTATEN ISLAND HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $180,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $170,000 · AnimalsPIKE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $168,000 · AnimalsTIGER HAVEN INC: $165,000 · AnimalsTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $165,000 · Animals+57 more: $2,219,000 · Animals+57 moreSI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,173,700 · OtherSI ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INCNY SAVE ANIMALS IN VETERINARY EMERG: $395,000 · OtherNY SAVE ANIMALS IN VETERINARY EMERGPRIDE CENTER-PROUD PU: $330,000 · OtherPRIDE CENTER-PROUD PUSI COUNCEL FOR ANIMAL WELFARE-SEC: $315,000 · OtherSI COUNCEL FOR ANIMAL WELFARE-SECMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CEN: $210,000 · OtherPET LOVERS UNITED TOGETHER AS ONE: $202,500 · OtherCOLUMBIA GREENE-HUMANE SOCSPCA: $190,000 · OtherGREEN CHIMNEYS: $182,500 · OtherTHE ASSOC HUMANE SOC INC-POPCORN: $160,000 · Other+34 more: $1,464,500 · Other+34 moreLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $289,500 · Science & TechATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY INC: $243,000 · Science & TechTHE GOOD DOG FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 · Human ServicesRESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDIERS CORP: $92,500 · Human ServicesURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $75,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesLong Island Cares Inc: $30,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $22,000 · Human Services+3 more: $35,000 · Human ServicesWILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC: $90,000 · PhilanthropyMuddy Paws Rescue: $30,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $95,000 · Public BenefitPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $10,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Health
Animals$4,669,500Other$4,623,200Science & Tech$532,500Human Services$494,500Philanthropy$120,000Public Benefit$105,000Health$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC: $289,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetCheetah Conservation Fund: $270,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetLouies Legacy Animal Rescue: $270,000 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY INC: $243,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetBIDEAWEE INC: $240,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $225,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWILD BIRD FUND INC: $225,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetTHE GOOD DOG FOUNDATION INC: $210,000 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetCOROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC: $190,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetGUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC: $182,500 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetSTATEN ISLAND HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE: $180,000 over 9y, 29% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC: $170,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetPIKE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $168,000 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $165,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER: $165,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMr Bones & Company Inc: $135,000 over 9y, 14% of budgetCATS EXCLUSIVE INC: $134,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetLiberty Humane Society Inc: $120,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetMID ATLANTIC BULLDOG RESCUE: $112,500 over 9y, 24% of budgetEAGLEWATCH INC: $107,500 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $95,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDIERS CORP: $92,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetWILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC: $90,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetLONG ISLAND BULLDOG RESCUE: $90,000 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetSOPHIE'S CIRCLE INC: $90,000 over 9y, 4.4% of budgetYORKIE911 RESCUE INC: $87,500 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $85,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF VENTURA COUNTY: $80,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF ROME INC: $80,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetURBAN RESOURCE INSTITUTE: $75,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS UNITE PEOPLE INC: $75,000 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetLucky Orphans Horse Rescue Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $62,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE DEBRIS PROJECT INC: $60,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMOHAWK & HUDSON RIVER HUMANE SOCIETY: $57,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE AID CORPORATION: $52,500 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetPEOPLE FOR ANIMALS INC: $50,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAnimal Rescue Corps Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMONMOUTH COUNTY SPCA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $45,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetBrother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLIFESTYLES FOR THE DISABLED INC: $39,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLong Island Cares Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuddy Paws Rescue: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% 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 LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Cheetah Conservation Fund ↗
  • Who funds Louies Legacy Animal Rescue ↗
  • Who funds ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIDEAWEE INC ↗
  • Who funds FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds WILD BIRD FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GOOD DOG FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds COROLLA WILD HORSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIANS OF RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds STATEN ISLAND HOPE ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE US INC ↗
  • Who funds PIKE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds TIGER HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Mr Bones & Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds CATS EXCLUSIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Liberty Humane Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds MID ATLANTIC BULLDOG RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds EAGLEWATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE DOGS RESCUE SOLDIERS CORP ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE WARRIORS USA INC ↗
  • Who funds LONG ISLAND BULLDOG RESCUE ↗

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.

Petsmart Charities IncThe Duffield Family F…Greater Good CharitiesThe American Society …Leslie L Alexander Fo…BISSELL Pet FoundationThe Gerald B Shreiber…Humane World for Anim…American Express Foun…Best Friends Animal S…Petco LovePedigree Foundation
Petsmart Charities IncAZ38.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petsmart Charities Inc · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Greater Good Charities · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · BISSELL Pet Foundation · The Gerald B Shreiber Foundation · Humane World for Animals Inc · American Express Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · Petco Love · Pedigree Foundation

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 Bruce G Geary Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce G Geary Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Marine Mammal Stranding Center: 10% of income from government
  • Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
  • People for Animals Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
14report 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

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How do I get to Bruce G Geary Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bruce G Geary 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 128 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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