· Private foundation
Free Yourself Charitable Foundation
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2019.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2019
- Under $10k16 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PHOENIX MULTISPORT INC | $10,000 |
| PEYTONS K9S | $7,000 |
| GREENSBURG VFD DIVE TEAM | $5,000 |
| GRAY PAWS SANCTUARY | $4,821 |
| ALL BUT FORGOTTEN | $3,000 |
| PITTSBURGH AVIATION ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| PENNSYLVANIA STATE ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM | $2,000 |
| WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC | $2,000 |
| AEROBIC CENTER LYNCHFIELD | $2,000 |
| ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| PET FRIENDS INC | $2,000 |
| FAITH FORWARD INC | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Public Animal Rescue
Battling against the overpopulation of homeless pets and improving the lives of companion animals through rescue, fostering programs, adoption, pet care, educational programs and of course spaying and neutering.
Animal rescue
The organization is a no-kill animal rescue. paws saves lives and prevents suffering by implementing the no-kill philosophy through aggressive spay/neuter programs for owned and unowned animals. this is accomplished by rescuing, fostering,…
To rescue homeless animals, provide them with the best medical care and nuturing environment while working to find them a forever home.
Pet stop rescue engages in the rescue and adoption of abandonded and abused animals, assists with the spaying and neutering of dogs and cats and provides assistance with veterinarian services and supplies for these activities.
Helping abandoned neglected and distressed animals
Rescue and rehoming of large domestic dogs
Animal dog rescue group
Animal rescue and adoption.
Rescue dogs and puppies from high kill shelters
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PHOENIX MULTISPORT INC ↗
- Who funds GRAY PAWS SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds ALL BUT FURGOTTEN INC ↗
- Who funds NO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds WESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds PET FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA STATE ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM ↗
- Who funds HUMANE 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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Free Yourself Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Free Yourself Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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