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Dena Charitable Trust Fka Barbara Walters Charitable Trust at a glance

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Dena Charitable Trust Fka Barbara Walters Charitable Trust

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.

$245k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Education$3.6MHealth$108kHuman Services$41kInternational$36kAnimals$25kArts & Culture$5k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $215k
$35,833
Median grant
7
States reached
$61k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$35,833
ST JUDE RESEARCH HOSPITAL$35,833
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE$35,833
CAMP SUNSHINE$35,833
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES$35,833
ASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODIVERSITY$35,833
EXOTIC PET WONDERLAND$5,000
LUCKY FARMS ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
HORSE HAVEN OF TENNESSEE$5,000
THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY$5,000
K9S FOR WARRIORS$5,000
PATRIOTS AND PAWS$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PATRIOTS AND PAWS: $5k → 10%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 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
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
2
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue

Lucky dog animal rescue is a volunteer-powered nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless, neglected, and abandoned animals from certain euthanasia and finding them loving forever homes. we educate the community and all pet owners on…

Animals
3
Humane Society Silicon Valley

At humane society silicon valley, our mission is to save lives, keep families together, and create a better future for pets and their people.(see schedule o for continuation)

Animals
4
Noah's Animal House Foundation

To remove the "no pets allowed" sign on the doors of domestic violence shelters. women should not have to choose between leaving their abuser and leaving their pets behind to be abused.

Animals
5
Warrior Canine Connection Inc

Support recovering combat veterans & their families utilizing service dog training/placement.

Human Services
6
The Animal Medical Center

Dedicated to providing compassionate and collaborative care to animals and to leading the advancement of veterinary medicine through innovative clinical research and education.

Animals
7
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
8
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
9
Animal Rescue League of Boston

The animal rescue league of boston's vision is to confront animal cruelty and neglect at its root causes. through programs, services, and facilities focused on accessible animal care, public advocacy, and sustained anti-cruelty efforts...…

Animals
10
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
11
Last Chance Dog Ranch Inc

We are a dog sanctuary for unadoptable dogs.

Animals
12
A Better Chance International Rescue
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Lucky Farms Animal 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

13 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. 13 of the 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
4/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $3,531,813 · EducationSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE+1 more: $35,833 · EducationCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $35,833 · OtherST JUDE RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $35,833 · OtherEXOTIC PET WONDERLAND: $5,000 · Other+1 more: $250 · OtherRonald McDonald House Global: $35,833 · HealthASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $35,833 · HealthThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $35,833 · InternationalK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,000 · AnimalsLUCKY FARMS ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $5,000 · AnimalsARTSCONNECTION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePATRIOTS AND PAWS: $5,000 · Human ServicesHORSE HAVEN OF TENNESSEE INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$3,567,646Other$76,916Health$71,666International$35,833Animals$15,000Arts & Culture$5,000Human Services$5,000Youth Development$5,000

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 budgetSARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE: $3,531,813 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCAMP SUNSHINE INC: $35,833 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $35,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $35,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC: $35,833 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $35,833 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTSCONNECTION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATRIOTS AND PAWS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHORSE HAVEN OF TENNESSEE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $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.

Network for GoodAmazonsmile Foundation
Network for GoodDC9.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Dena Charitable Trust Fka Barbara Walters Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dena Charitable Trust Fka Barbara Walters Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: 24% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 15 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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