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Fairfax Madge C Trust Ua

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$29k
Granted FY2026still arriving
13
Grants FY2026still arriving
5
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$116kHealth$25kEnvironment$16kCivil Rights$16kEducation$13k
02FY2026 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,454
Median grant
5
States reached
$628k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER$3,927
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON$2,945
FRIENDS OF ANIMALS$2,945
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$2,455
AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION$2,454
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$2,454
WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION$2,454
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US$2,454
RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND$1,964
MSPCA$1,964
MAINE STATE SOCIETY TO PROTECT ANIMALS$982
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY$982
ANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE$982
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $3k → 16%WORLD SOC FOR THE PROT: $3k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $4k → 7%RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 11%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $3k → 16%WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION: $2k → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FD: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $4k → 7%RITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 11%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $3k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS: $3k → 9%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $3k → 16%WORLD WILDLIFE FD: $3k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $3k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $2k → 16%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $3k → 9%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $2k → 16%WORLD WILDLIFE FD: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $2k → 9%ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $2k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $2k → 9%MSPCA: $2k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%MSPCA: $2k → 16%WORLD WILDLIFE FD: $2k → 14%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $2k → 14%WORLD WILDLIFE FD: $2k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $3k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $2k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $2k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $2k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE INC: $2k → 14%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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$211k · 14 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
2

Total granted

$211k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
-4%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
AnimalsHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC
    8× · 2019–2026 · $22k · revenue +14%
  • ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON
    8× · 2019–2026 · $22k · revenue +123%
  • M
    MaineHealth
    6× · 2019–2024 · $21k · revenue +106%

Funded once

  • WA
    WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION
    one grant, 2026 · $2k · revenue -4%
  • MS
    MAINE STATE SOCIETY TO PROTECT ANIMALS
    one grant, 2026 · $982
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
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
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
6
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
7
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
8
The Animal Rescue League
Animals
9
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
10
New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To save the lives of animals through rescue, rehabilitation and adoption; to promote learning, eliminate animal cruelty and be a leader in advancing the highest standards in animal welfare.

Animals
11
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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12
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Animal Rescue League of Boston; the most unlike its peers is MaineHealth. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $21,854 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INCANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $21,668 · AnimalsANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTONDefenders of Wildlife: $18,223 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $18,223 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATIONHumane World for Animals Inc: $18,223 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $14,572 · AnimalsMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $7,474 · AnimalsANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLANDCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,288 · AnimalsCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY+1 more: $2,454 · AnimalsWORLD SOC FOR THE PROT: $15,768 · OtherWORLD SOC FOR THE PROTRITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $14,572 · OtherRITA C SMITH SCHOLARSHIP…MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER: $8,183 · OtherMAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICA…MAINE ST SOC TO PROTECT ANIMALS: $6,143 · OtherMAINE ST SOC TO PROTECT …+1 more: $982 · OtherMaineHealth: $20,953 · HealthMaineHealthWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $18,222 · EnvironmentWORLD WIL…
Animals$129,979Other$45,648Health$20,953Environment$18,222

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 budgetFRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC: $21,854 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON: $21,668 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMaineHealth: $20,953 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $18,223 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $18,223 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $18,223 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $18,222 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $14,572 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND: $7,474 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,288 over 8y, 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.

  • Who funds FRIENDS OF ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
  • Who funds MaineHealth ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL REFUGE LEAGUE OF GREATER PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fairfax Madge C Trust Ua funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fairfax Madge C Trust Ua. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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 · 0–10%
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 16 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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