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Dla Charitable 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.

$20k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$52kRecreation & Sports$36kAnimals$30kHealth$5kEducation$3kEmployment$3kPublic Benefit$3k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$263k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 98% of reported assets are held in Prudential.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION$5,000
ADVENTURE UNLIMITED$5,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$5,000
SISU YOUTH INC$4,500
OKLAHOMA MOUNTAIN BIKE ASSOC$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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%SISU YOUTH INC: $5k → 16%PATRIOT PAWS: $5k → 5%SISU YOUTH INC: $5k → 16%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

NY
CA
UT
CO
MO
MD
OK
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$92k · 6 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
9

Total granted

$92k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+64%

Still filing today

83%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AU
    ADVENTURE UNLIMITED
    3× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue -4%
  • AS
    A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue -40%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • 1H
    13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +79%
  • TM
    THE MISSION CONTINUES
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -14%
  • TREVOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +64%
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
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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2
Healing Paws for Warriors Inc

Healing paws for warriors is a local veteran found / veteran led 501(c)(3) that provides rescue to trained service dogs to veterans faced with post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), traumatic brain injury (tbi) and/or military sexual…

Human Services
3
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
4
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
5
K9 Hurricane's Heroes Inc

K9 hurricane's heroes, a federally recognized, non-profit organization, provides "retired law enforcement and military dogs" with subsidized veterinary care so they can live a long and healthy life. often these incredible dogs are the…

Animals
6
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
7
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
8
Usvets - Texas

The successful transition of u.s. military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
9
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
10
Black Ops Rescue

Transforming the lives of shelter pets and veterans through compassionate assessment, compatible adoptions, and ongoing support.

Animals
11
Tenth Life Cat Rescue

Tenth life provides veterinary care, foster homes, and adoptive placement to stray cats and kittens, prioritizing those with special needs. the organization works to end unnecessary euthanasia and cat homelessness through educational…

Youth Development
12
Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc

Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is 13 Hands Equine Rescue 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

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $35,400 · Recreation & SportsADVENTURE UNLIMITEDOK HUMANE SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherOK HUMANE SOCIETYTOGETHER WE RISE - FOSTER LOVE: $5,000 · OtherTOGETHER WE RISE - FOSTE…FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION …CROTON CARING COMMITTEE INC: $2,500 · OtherCROTON CARING COMMITTEE …STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO…ALL WITHIN MY HANDS: $2,500 · OtherALL WITHIN MY HANDS+1 more: $500 · OtherBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,500 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIM…13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC: $5,000 · Animals13 HANDS EQUINE R…OKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsOKLAHOMA HUMANE S…PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SER…SISU YOUTH INC: $9,500 · Human ServicesSISU YOUTH INCA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $15,000 · Public BenefitA Sanctuary for…IRREVERENT WARRIORS INC: $2,500 · Public BenefitIRREVERENT WARR…THE MISSION CONTINUES: $5,000 · EmploymentTREVOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Recreation & Sports$35,400Other$28,000Animals$20,000Human Services$19,500Public Benefit$17,500Employment$5,000Civil Rights$5,000

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 budgetADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $35,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSISU YOUTH INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budget13 HANDS EQUINE RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRREVERENT WARRIORS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOKLAHOMA HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL WITHIN MY HANDS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROTON CARING COMMITTEE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Dla Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dla Charitable Foundation. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Dla Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dla Charitable 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 17 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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