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Cadre Foundation Inc at a glance

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Cadre Foundation Inc

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.

$4k
Granted FY2024still arriving
28
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$760
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$14kEnvironment$5kInternational$5kArts & Culture$3kPublic Benefit$2kReligion$2kEducation$2kPhilanthropy$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$138
Median grant
15
States reached
$142k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$760
WORLD FOOD PROGRAM US$350
LADY FREETHINKER$320
ANIMAL RESCUE FUND$309
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK$240
MERCY SHIPS$180
JUDICIAL WATCH$180
NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY$175
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION$175
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH$165
NATURE CONSERANCY$165
NRDC- NATIONAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COU$140
GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION$140
Individual grant recipient$138
HABITAT FOR HORSES$105
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 (FY19–24, $660) land where the poverty rate runs at 23%, 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%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%GOOD COUNSEL INC: $40 → 14%MERCY CHEFS INC: $100 → 20%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $220 → 26%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $120 → 26%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $70 → 26%CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT: $10 → 26%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

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
KY
VA
MD
AZ
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$51k · 49 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

49 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
36

Total granted

$51k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+39%

Still filing today

67%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentHuman ServicesCivil RightsInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • LF
    LADY FREETHINKER
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +233%
  • PV
    PROJECT VERITAS
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3k · revenue +70%
  • Mercy Ships International
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • MF
    MERCY FOR ANIMALS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $500 · revenue +86%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $250 · revenue +50%
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
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
2
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
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Humane World Action Fund

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

Animals
5
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
6
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
7
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
8
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
9
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
10
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
11
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
12
Predator Defense

Protecting vital native predators & ending war on wildlife.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Judicial Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Brownstone Family Foundation. 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

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 88 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
45/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PCRM: $15,950 · OtherPCRMPROJECT VERITAS: $2,603 · OtherPROJECT VERITASIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHeritage Foundation Inc: $1,250 · OtherNATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,450 · Other+43 more: $13,026 · Other+43 moreANIMAL RESCUE FUND INC: $776 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE …Alley Cat Allies Inc: $715 · AnimalsAlley Cat Alli…Network for Animals USA Inc: $700 · AnimalsNetwork for An…CENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES: $680 · AnimalsCENTER FOR AQU…PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $670 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE…SPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $600 · AnimalsSPEAK UP FOR H…MERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $500 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIM…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $455 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDL…ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $420 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL D…Humane World for Animals Inc: $401 · AnimalsHumane World f…FOOD ANIMAL CONCERNS TRUST (FACT INC): $390 · AnimalsHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $310 · AnimalsTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $290 · Animals+6 more: $590 · Animals+6 moreLADY FREETHINKER: $3,350 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $720 · Civil Rights+1 more: $50 · Civil RightsMercy Ships International: $2,172 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,160 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $235 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $1,229 · EnvironmentTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $520 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICE: $440 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUND: $200 · EnvironmentOCEANA INC: $100 · Environment+2 more: $50 · EnvironmentJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,760 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $200 · Public Benefit+2 more: $100 · Public BenefitHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $750 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $600 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $250 · EducationUnited American Patriots Inc: $100 · Education
Other$36,279Animals$7,497Civil Rights$4,120International$3,567Environment$2,539Public Benefit$2,060Education$1,700

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 budgetLADY FREETHINKER: $3,350 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $2,603 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $2,172 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,760 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL POLICE DEFENSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHeritage Foundation Inc: $1,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $1,229 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,160 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $1,113 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE FUND INC: $776 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $770 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $720 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $715 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNetwork for Animals USA Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR AQUATIC SCIENCES: $680 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $670 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReaching Unreached Nations Inc: $580 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $480 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $455 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $440 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $420 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $420 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $401 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ANIMAL CONCERNS TRUST (FACT INC): $390 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Humane Studies: $390 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $310 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $290 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $235 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBROWNSTONE FAMILY FOUNDATION: $172 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Justice Foundation: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS: $111 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEYOND NUCLEAR: $110 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $100 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.

PC Fund for Animals C…Seckinger Foundation …Farrell Family Founda…Butchkie Foundation I…The J R Stein Family …Amica Companies Found…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Shell USA Company Fou…The Patricia Florence…Inga Ellzey Chis Foun…Susan & Jerome Ettels…Paula Knickerbocker F…
PC Fund for Animals Charitable TrWY22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Farrell Family Foundation · Butchkie Foundation Inc · The J R Stein Family Foundation (F/K/A the Stein Family Fund) · Amica Companies Foundation · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Patricia Florence Miller Trust · Inga Ellzey Chis Foundation Inc · Susan & Jerome Ettelson Fund · Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get 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
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 88 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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