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Fred and Donna Nives Foundation at a glance

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Fred and Donna Nives 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.

$1.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$150k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Animals$515kHuman Services$235kHealth$150kRecreation & Sports$55kArts & Culture$30k
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $255k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.5M
$32,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$65M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC (PETA)$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC$150,000
FARM SANCTUARY INC$150,000
FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC$150,000
ADOPT-A-DOG INC$150,000
GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC$150,000
K9S FOR WARRIORS INC$125,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$125,000
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$115,000
CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION$100,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$80,000
VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND$50,000
SPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA$32,000
FLORIDA KEYS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC$25,000
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 (FY22–25, $735k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $50k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 11%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $50k → 11%FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $150k → 11%VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $35k → 11%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $150k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $150k → 9%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

MN
NY
CT
CA
VA
NC
SC
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Fred and Donna Nives Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 30% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 36%.

Fred and Donna Nives Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$1.9M · 11 repeat orgs$780k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
17

Total granted

$1.9M
$780k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+31%

Still filing today

100%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $780k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • GE
    GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $300k · revenue +22%
  • PF
    PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $300k · revenue +43%
  • FG
    FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $300k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2025 · $150k · revenue 0%
  • K9S FOR WARRIORS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $125k · revenue +138%
  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $125k · revenue +31%
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
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
2
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
3
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
4
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
5
Pet Animal Welfare Society of Connecticut Inc

Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. paws efforts are focused on three critical needs:…

Animals
6
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
7
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
8
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
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
Flagler Humane Society Inc

We transform the lives of animals with compassionate care and services, outstanding educational programs, and advocacy for all animals.

Animals
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Dog Ranch Rescue 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.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 29 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FARM SANCTUARY INC: $300,000 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INCPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $300,000 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INCANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $265,000 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INCADOPT-A-DOG INC: $200,000 · AnimalsADOPT-A-DOG INCK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $125,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INCBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $125,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $50,000 · Animals+5 more: $110,000 · Animals+5 moreGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND IN…FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION …VETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $135,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMANDTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · EducationTHE UNIVE…President and Fellows of Harvard College: $80,000 · EducationPresident…CENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $100,000 · OtherGREENWICH RIDING & TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 · OtherGREENWICH RIDING AND TRAILS: $25,000 · OtherUJA FEDERATION OF GREENWICH INC: $13,000 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREENWICH: $10,000 · OtherPATRIOT FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherHIAS INC: $10,000 · OtherAFSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Arts & CultureKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCaramoor Center for Music & the Arts Inc: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentHILLEL FOUNDATION OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $20,000 · Religion
Animals$1,475,000Human Services$735,000Education$230,000Other$213,000Arts & Culture$80,000Youth Development$32,000Religion$20,000

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 budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION INC: $300,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $265,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetADOPT-A-DOG INC: $200,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS AIRLIFT COMMAND: $135,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetCENTER FOR HEARING AND COMMUNICATION: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $80,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAFSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGREENWICH RIDING & TRAILS ASSOCIATION INC: $40,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWWWPILOTSNPAWSORG INC: $25,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHILLEL FOUNDATION OF CAMBRIDGE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPATRIOT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRISING STARR HORSE RESCUE CORP: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHIAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Fred and Donna Nives Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred and Donna Nives Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s 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 · 0–5%
    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 Fred and Donna Nives Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fred and Donna Nives 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 29 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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