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Chrissie's Fund a Delaware Trust

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.

$143k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Animals$774kHuman Services$47kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kEnvironment$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $116k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SNIPPP$49,000
CARE 4 PAWS$30,000
SBWCN$27,000
NATIONAL SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION$10,000
REAL GOOD RESCUE$5,000
LILY'S LEGACY SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY$5,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$5,000
MUTTVILLE$5,000
SHADOW'S FUND$4,300
HEAL THE OCEAN$1,000
Individual grant recipient$1,000
EDC$600
K-9 PLACEMENT AND ASSISTANCE LEAGUE$500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: $500 → 9%NATIONAL SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%BADRAPORG: $5k → 10%AUSSIE RESCUE SO CAL INC: $500 → 11%MEADE CANINE RESCUE: $4k → 12%KARMA RESCUE: $30k → 14%SBWCN: $27k → 14%SNIPPP: $49k → 17%CHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $250 → 12%STRAY RESCUE OF ST LOUIS: $5k → 21%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $5k → 9%NATIONAL SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%BADRAPORG: $3k → 10%MEADE CANINE RESCUE: $1k → 12%KARMA RESCUE: $30k → 14%SBWCN: $20k → 14%SNIPPP: $48k → 17%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $3k → 9%NATIONAL SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%BADRAPORG: $3k → 10%MEADE CANINE RESCUE: $1k → 12%KARMA RESCUE: $20k → 14%SANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 14%SNIPPP: $47k → 17%ALL FOR LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE: $5k → 10%BADRAPORG: $3k → 10%KARMA RESCUE: $20k → 14%HEAL THE OCEAN: $1k → 14%SNIPPP: $44k → 17%BADRAPORG: $3k → 10%KARMA RESCUE: $15k → 14%EDC: $600 → 14%SNIPPP: $26k → 17%KARMA RESCUE: $10k → 14%HEAL THE OCEAN: $1k → 14%SNIPPP: $24k → 17%REAL GOOD RESCUE: $5k → 14%SNIPPP: $23k → 17%REAL GOOD RESCUE: $2k → 14%SNIPPP: $23k → 17%REAL GOOD RESCUE: $500 → 14%PET ADOPTION FUND: $500 → 14%OUTTA THE CAGE: $1k → 14%OUTTA THE CAGE: $1k → 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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$905k · 16 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
8

Total granted

$905k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+41%

Still filing today

75%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $600 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
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • CI
    CARE4Paws Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $133k · revenue +437%
  • SF
    SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED
    8× · 2017–2024 · $111k · revenue +168%
  • LL
    Lilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary
    6× · 2019–2024 · $103k · revenue +128%

Funded once

  • AF
    ALL FOR LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +102%
  • SR
    Stray Rescue of St Louisgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +60%
  • SM
    SANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue -35%
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
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
3
Rescue Coop
Animals
4
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
5
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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6
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
7
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
8
Asian Dogs Rescue Allies

To rescue at risk k-9s from asia.

Animals
9
Sunshine Dog Rescue Inc

Rescuing medium to large breed dogs and puppies from high kill shelters and unsafe conditions. We give each animal proper vet care, vaccinations, rehabilitation, microchipping and basic training to secure their future in a Furever home.

Animals
10
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
11
Throw a Dog a Bone Dog Rescue

Throw a Dog a Bone is an all-breed dog rescue located in Austin, TX. We focus on saving dogs primarily in the rural shelters in South Texas. Many of these shelters have no exposure and very few resources. Our mission is to rescue as many…

Animals
12
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Maria Valley Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Heal the Ocean 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

19 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. 19 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARE4Paws Inc: $132,950 · AnimalsCARE4Paws IncKarma Rescue: $125,250 · AnimalsKarma RescueSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $111,300 · AnimalsSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATEDLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $103,200 · AnimalsLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary+11 more: $55,300 · Animals+11 moreSNIPPP: $281,500 · OtherSNIPPPSBWCN: $47,000 · OtherSBWCNBADRAPORG: $15,000 · Other+5 more: $19,100 · OtherNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $2,000 · Environment
Animals$528,000Other$362,600Health$30,000Environment$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCARE4Paws Inc: $132,950 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetKarma Rescue: $125,250 over 6y, 9.5% of budgetSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $111,300 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $103,200 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHILTON HEAD HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $15,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREAL GOOD RESCUE INC: $7,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStray Rescue of St Louis: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetK-9 PLACEMENT AND ASSISTANCE LEAGUE INC: $2,800 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOUTTA THE CAGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetPET ADOPTION FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLESTON ANIMAL SOCIETY: $250 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.

Thornton S Jr and Kat…Mary Jo and Hank Gree…Santa Barbara Foundat…Paypal Charitable Giv…Bruce Ronald & Phylli…Marion and Richard Gr…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide FoundationCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Bruce Ronald & Phyllis M Trust · Marion and Richard Graham Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Chrissie's Fund a Delaware Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chrissie's Fund a Delaware Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Chrissie's Fund a Delaware Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Chrissie's Fund a Delaware Trust 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 25 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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