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Don and Marilyn Allan Family 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Environment$119kHuman Services$86kArts & Culture$85kEducation$82kAnimals$59kYouth Development$40kFood & Nutrition$25kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$95k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC$2,000
DREAMCHASER PMU RESCUE AND REHABILITATION$2,000
SPEAK UP FOR HORSES INC$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–24, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $55k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $30k → 11%PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER: $500 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
NY
MA
SD
PA
CT
CA
MO
KY
WV
VA
AZ
DC
AL
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$489k · 19 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +31% since the first grant, against +12% for the ones you funded once.

19 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
13

Total granted

$489k
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+12%

Still filing today

89%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CW
    CLEAN WATER FUND
    3× · 2020–2023 · $95k · revenue +20%
  • PC
    PRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $86k · revenue +87%
  • HS
    HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • CP
    CONNECTICUT PUBLIC (CT PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC)
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • SC
    SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -64%
  • NG
    NATIONAL GREYHOUND FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue 0%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
7
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
8
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
9
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
10
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
11
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
12
Harpeth Conservancy

To restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in tennessee by employing scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Farm Sanctuary Inc and the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDomestic Violence ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Local Food System Organizat…Animal Rescue and ShelterPolicy Research and AdvocacyEquine Therapy ProgramsCommunity FoundationsOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 47 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr18%10%10–20yr18%31%20–35yr14%14%35–55yr20%45%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr18%5%10–20yr18%15%20–35yr14%42%35–55yr20%37%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
10%
2,154/22,415

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD (BARNEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS RENOVATION PROJECT FUND) — $80,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD (BARNEY SC…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT RIVERS COUNCIL INC — $40,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST NEW ENGLAND INC — $20,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST N…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $11,500 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC+8 more — $11,350 · Other+8 moreCLEAN WATER FUND — $94,500 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUNDENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $9,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE …+5 more — $5,660 · EnvironmentPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC — $85,500 · Human ServicesPRUDENCE CRANDALL…HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $50,000 · Arts & CultureHARTFORD SYMPHON…HARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC — $30,000 · Arts & CultureHARTFORD STAGE C…Front Range Equine Rescue — $12,000 · AnimalsFront Rang…FARM SANCTUARY INC — $9,500 · AnimalsFARM SANCT…CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $8,000 · AnimalsCENTER FOR…DREAMCHASER PMU HORSE RESCUE & REHABILITATION INC — $7,200 · AnimalsDREAMCHASE…SPEAK UP FOR HORSES — $6,300 · AnimalsSPEAK UP F…CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY — $3,000 · AnimalsCONNECTICU…NATIONAL GREYHOUND FOUNDATION INC — $1,750 · Animals+2 more — $750 · AnimalsUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE — $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FRIENDS OF THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY INC — $16,500 · PhilanthropyFOOD & WATER WATCH — $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$162,850Environment$109,160Human Services$85,500Arts & Culture$80,000Animals$48,500Philanthropy$36,500Food & Nutrition$25,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCLEAN WATER FUND — $94,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPRUDENCE CRANDALL CENTER INC — $85,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetHARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CONNECTICUT RIVERS COUNCIL INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHARTFORD STAGE COMPANY INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHWEST NEW ENGLAND INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY INC — $16,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFront Range Equine Rescue — $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC — $9,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC — $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMCHASER PMU HORSE RESCUE & REHABILITATION INC — $7,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES — $6,300 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CAUCUS FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GREYHOUND FOUNDATION INC — $1,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC CITIZEN FOUNDATION INC — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATERKEEPER ALLIANCE INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAppalachian Mountain Club — $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Susan and Ford Sc…The Pfizer Foundation…Lincoln Financial Fou…Aetna Foundation IncButchkie Foundation I…Bradford Family Found…The John a Rodger Jr …Hartford Foundation f…Amg Charitable Gift F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Verizon Foundation
The Susan and Ford Schumann FoundationAZ15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Butchkie Foundation Inc · Bradford Family Foundation · The John a Rodger Jr Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Don and Marilyn Allan Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Prudence Crandall Center Inc — 30% of income from government
  • Hartford Stage Company Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Appalachian Mountain Club — 1% of income from government
  • Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 34 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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