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FRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY
Tracy aviary's mission is to inspire caring and curiosity in birds and nature through education and conservation.
$174k
Granted FY2024
9
Grants
7
Communities
$78k
Largest
01What you fund
0163% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2018–2024.
Animals$254kEnvironment$147kScience & Tech$25kOther$249k
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2019
wildlife
2020
ecosystems
2021
science-basedenvironmentwildlife
2023
scienceecosystems
2024
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Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2024 · 9 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k4 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $54k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $78k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
- SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$78,336
- WORLD PARROT TRUST$20,000
- SAGELAND COLLABORATIVE$14,000
- OIKONOS$10,000
- MANOMENT INC$10,000
- AUDOBON ROCKIES$8,000
- ENVIRONMENT OF THE AMERICAS$8,000
- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA$7,427
- THE INSTITUTE OF BIRD POPULATION$7,000
02The need
04
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:
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9% — the area typically sits at 9%. 34% of your dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
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 line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
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, United Way ALICE — 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.
48%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$328k · 8 repeat orgs$348k to everyone else
And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +98% since the first grant, against +96% for the ones you funded once.
8 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Re-uppedFunded once
Organizations
8
11
Total granted
$328k
$236k
Median revenue growth · since first grant
+98%
+96%
Still filing today
88%
55%
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 31% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
AnimalsEnvironmentScience & TechOther
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
- WPWORLD PARROT TRUST USA5× · 2019–2024 · $106k · revenue +61%
- WRWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER4× · 2021–2024 · $91k · revenue +439%
- WWHSRN2× · 2020–2023 · $32k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF UTAHone grant, 2023 · $90k
- AOASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMSgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $65k · revenue +83%
- HIHAWKWATCH INTERNATIONALone grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +12%
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
International Wildlife
The international wildlife refuge foundation was created in 2005 to help foster conservation, increase refuge visibility, encourage support, and enhance quality of life. it is an alliance of organizations and individuals that builds the…
Environment
2
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory uses science to conserve birds and habitats. Our avian monitoring and habitat restoration activities provide critical data that we use to educate land managers and the public, and contribute to…
Environment
3
World Bird Sanctuary
To preserve the earth's biological diversity and to secure the future of threatened bird species in thier natural environments through education, propagation, field studies, and rehabilitation.
Animals
4
American Ornithological Society
Connecting ornithologists, science, and bird conservation.
Science & Tech
5
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology is both a natural history collection specializing in eggs and nests of birds from around the world, and a research and education institution dedicated to bird conservation.
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6
Avian Research & Conservation Institute Inc
To engage in wildlife research and conservation in the public interest; to manage, preserve, and restore plant and animal species; to make research results available to the public for their use and education; to implement research, analyze…
Environment
7
Avian Conservation Center
To identify and address vital environmental issues by providing medical care to injured birds of prey and shorebirds, and through educational, research and conservation initiatives.
Animals
8
Alabama Audubon
Promote conservation and greater knowledge of birds, their habitat and the natural world.
Environment
9
Arizona Center for Nature Conservation
The arizona center for nature conservation (acnc) advances the stewardship and conservation of animals and their habitats while providing experiences that inspire people and motivate them to care for the natural world.
Animals
10
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc
To protect endangered species & preserve their natural habitats.
Animals
11
Ornithological Council
The Ornithological Council is a consortium of scientific societies of ornithologists. The research conducted by their members spans the globe and their cumulative expertise comprises the knowledge that is fundamental and essential to…
Animals
12
American Birding Association
The american birding association inspires all people to enjoy and protect wild birds.
Animals
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Institute for Bird Populations and the most unlike its peers is American Association of. 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
15 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
15/15
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Animals$254,121Other$249,333Environment$146,952Science & Tech$25,200
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
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.
- Who funds WORLD PARROT TRUST USA ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS & AQUARIUMS ↗
- Who funds WHSRN ↗
- Who funds OIKONOS ↗
- Who funds WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF ↗
- Who funds HAWKWATCH INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTE OF BIRD POPULATION ↗
- Who funds TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds AUDOBON ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds ENVIRONMENT OF THE AMERICAS ↗
- Who funds GREAT BASIS BIRD OBSERVATORY ↗
- Who funds MONTANA AUDOBON ↗
- Who funds BIRD CONSERVANCY OF THE ROCKIES ↗
- Who funds PRESCOTT COLLEGE ↗
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.
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationDC24× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Audubon Society Inc · Patagoniaorg · The Nature Conservancy · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
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 organisation FRIENDS OF TRACY AVIARY 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 or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2024
’20’21’22’23’24
- Manomet Inc — 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–24
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. 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.
05Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~9 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 5.4× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 830468561 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 9 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 5% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
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How do I get to Friends of Tracy Aviary?
Find your warmest path to Friends of Tracy Aviary through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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The regranting layer
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Strange bedfellows
the named clusters of US funding
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines