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Dmarlou Foundation at a glance

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Dmarlou 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.

$352k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
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$1.6MEducation$528kHealth$286kHuman Services$215kRecreation & Sports$93kPublic Benefit$55k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $151k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $199k
$33,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE$100,000
OSCARS PLACE$98,500
NORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP$42,500
LILY'S LEGACY-SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY$33,250
THE BIRD RESCUE CENTER OF SONOMA CO$25,000
UPWELL TURTELS$25,000
GIANT STEPS$25,000
SACRAMENTO CO -BRADSHAW ANIMAL SHEL$3,000
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 (FY18–24, $215k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $50k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $40k → 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $25k → 8%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 14 repeat orgs$231k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$2.5M
$203k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+38%

Still filing today

71%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 ServicesPublic BenefitHealthOther
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

  • CC
    CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $421k · revenue +36%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $215k · revenue +81%
  • TM
    THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER
    4× · 2017–2022 · $197k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • MB
    MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $110k · revenue +141% · 40% of their budget
  • SO
    SCHOOL OF VETERINARY UC DAVIS
    one grant, 2017 · $63k
  • HS
    HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -5%
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
North Bay Animal Services
Animals
2
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
3
Pets Lifeline Inc

Pets Lifeline is dedicated to protecting and improving the lives of cats and dogs in need in Sonoma Valley through sheltering and adoption, humane education, and community programs.

Animals
4
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
5
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
6
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
7
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
8
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe

The Humane Society is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane eduon programs.

Animals
9
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
10
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
11
Humane Society of the North Bay

Our mission is to provide shelter and compassionate care to our community's animals in need, offer programs that improve thier lives and strengthen the lifelong committment between animals and people.

Animals
12
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canine Companions for Independence Inc; the most unlike its peers is Paws for Purple Hearts. 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

15 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. 15 of the 21 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS: $527,865 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVISTHE BIRD RESCUE CENTER OF SONOMA CO: $213,860 · OtherTHE BIRD RESCUE CENTER OF SONOMA COOSCARS PLACE: $191,400 · OtherOSCARS PLACEIndividual grant recipient: $175,978 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSCHOOL OF VETERINARY UC DAVIS: $62,500 · Other+2 more: $13,000 · OtherTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $197,000 · AnimalsTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTERLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $118,250 · AnimalsLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctu…MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $110,268 · AnimalsMORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY I…MUTTVILLE: $97,000 · AnimalsMUTTVILLENORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $77,500 · AnimalsNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER G…NORTHWEST SPCA: $45,000 · AnimalsNORTHWEST SPCABUTTE HUMANE SOCIETY: $45,000 · AnimalsBUTTE HUMANE SOCIETYUpwell Turtles: $25,000 · Animals+2 more: $20,000 · AnimalsCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $421,182 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDE…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $215,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND I…Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $125,000 · HealthPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $55,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,184,603Animals$735,018Human Services$636,182Health$125,000Public Benefit$55,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $421,182 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $215,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $197,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGiant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc: $125,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $118,250 over 3y, 21% of budgetMORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $110,268 over 1y, 40% of budgetMUTTVILLE: $97,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP: $77,500 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHWEST SPCA: $45,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetBUTTE HUMANE SOCIETY: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUpwell Turtles: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MILO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHOPALONG ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds Lilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds MORONGO BASIN HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds MUTTVILLE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH VALLEY ANIMAL DISASTER GROUP ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST SPCA ↗
  • Who funds BUTTE HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Upwell Turtles ↗
  • Who funds HOUSTON SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds THE MILO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPALONG ANIMAL 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.

The LaRussa Family Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The LaRussa Family FoundationCA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The LaRussa Family Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Dmarlou Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dmarlou Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%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 · 0–60%
    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 Dmarlou Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dmarlou 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 21 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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