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Edgar O Dixon Charitable Trust

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$146k
Granted FY2020
14
Grants FY2020
9
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2020 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k9 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $106k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FISTULAR FOUNDATION$25,000
DOCTORS WO BORDERS$25,000
THE CARTER CENTER$25,000
RAINFOREST TRUST$20,000
VANCE GRANVILLE COMM COLLEGE$11,200
GLAD$5,000
LAKES ENVIROMENTAL ASSOC$5,000
ACCORD FOOD PANTRY$5,000
GIRLS INC OF LYNN$5,000
KEY WEST WILDLIFE CTR$5,000
A LIGHT TO ZIMBABWE$5,000
FLORIDA KEYS SPCA$5,000
THE KITTY CONNECTION$2,500
MILTON ANIMAL LEAGUE$2,500
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MILTON ANIMAL LEAGUE: $3k → 7%THE KITTY CONNECTION: $3k → 8%GIRLS INC OF LYNN: $5k → 10%GLAD: $5k → 16%FISTULAR FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%DOCTORS WO BORDERS: $25k → 17%FLORIDA KEYS SPCA: $5k → 13%VANCE GRANVILLE COMM COLLEGE: $11k → 20%THE CARTER CENTER: $25k → 14%LAKES ENVIROMENTAL ASSOC: $5k → 7%ACCORD FOOD PANTRY: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
NY
MA
CA
VA
NC
GA
FL
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
Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc

Rescue, rehabilitate, and release native and migratory wild birds harmed or displaced; provide or locate a humane shelter for those birds that cannot be released; and educate the public.

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
Liberty Wildlife Inc

Liberty Wildlife nurtures the nature of Arizona by providing quality wildlife rehabilitation, environmental education and conservation consultation services for the community.

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4
Animal Rescue League of Berks County Inc

We protect animals, provide a safe haven, and promote innovative programs and services to help both people and animals in need throughout berks county.

Animals
5
Fearless Kitty Rescue

As a no-kill cat rescue, serving our community of Fountain Hills, AZ and surrounding areas, we are dedicated to rescuing cats and kittens left homeless for whatever reason and placing them in a loving, responsible, permanent home.

Animals
6
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
7
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
8
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
9
Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance Inc

The Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance supports the conservation of fishing cats and their natural habitats within their geographical range in South and South East Asia by working with local partners around the world to identify and…

Animals
10
Turtle Conservancy

The turtle conservancy is dedicated to protecting threatened turtles and tortoises and their habitats worldwide, and to promoting their appreciation by people.

Animals
11
Critters Without Litters Inc

Critters Without Litters provides high-volume, high-quality, subsidized companion animal sterilization. We seek to end the preventable euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets in Kern County through strong alliances with the community, local…

Animals
12
Feral Cat SpayNeuter Project

Our mission is to save the lives of homeless cats by providing access to high volume spay/neuter surgery in a safe and humane environment, collaborating with others and mentoring like-minded organizations to increase spay/neuter in their…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn; the most unlike its peers is Kitty Connection Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 14 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
10/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOCTORS WO BORDERS: $25,000 · OtherDOCTORS WO BORDERSVANCE GRANVILLE COMM COLLEGE: $11,200 · OtherVANCE GRANVILLE COMM COLLEGEA LIGHT TO ZIMBABWE: $5,000 · OtherA LIGHT TO ZIMBABWEACCORD FOOD PANTRY: $5,000 · OtherACCORD FOOD PANTRYTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $25,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INCRAINFOREST TRUST: $20,000 · InternationalRAINFOREST TRUSTThe Fistula Foundation: $25,000 · HealthThe Fistula Foundat…KEY WEST WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 · AnimalsKEY WEST WI…FLORIDA KEYS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $5,000 · AnimalsFLORIDA KEY…Milton Animal League Inc: $2,500 · AnimalsMilton Anim…Kitty Connection Inc: $2,500 · AnimalsKitty Conne…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$46,200International$45,000Health$25,000Animals$15,000Youth Development$5,000Environment$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 budgetThe Fistula Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEY WEST WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF BOSTON AND LYNN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAKES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA KEYS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGLBTQ LEGAL ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMilton Animal League Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetKitty Connection Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% 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 Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC8.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover 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 Edgar O Dixon Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edgar O Dixon Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Girls Incorporated of Boston and Lynn: 28% of income from government
  • Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 14 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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