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Jack and Barbara Robbins Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Jack and Barbara Robbins 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.

$267k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$242k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$303kHealth$3kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kPublic Benefit$500
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $242k
$242,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$176k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELMAR FARM$242,000
WAR PAWS 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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $500 → 9%SECOND CHANCES FOR BLIND DOGS: $250 → 14%WAR PAWS INC: $25k → 7%FARM SANCTUARY: $200 → 12%SPCA INTERNATIONAL: $100 → 17%PILOTS TO THE RESCUE: $300 → 20%FOUR CORNERS EQUINE RESCUE: $1k → 22%HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 14%PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $5k → 11%DREAM CHASERS HORSE RESCUE & REBAHILITATION: $4k → 15%K9 GLOBAL RESCUE: $5k → 12%MARA ELEPHANT PROJECT: $500 → 5%PETA: $800 → 19%LITTLE LONG EARS MINI DONKEY RESCUE: $500 → 6%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES: $1k → 14%PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $3k → 11%PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE: $3k → 14%PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $3k → 11%PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $1k → 11%PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE: $1k → 11%ST MARK'S ESPICAPAL CHURCH: $2k → 11%THE PET COTTAGE: $500 → 11%FURRY FRIENDS: $500 → 11%EAST COAST RABBIT RESCUE: $2k → 11%DELMAR FARM: $242k → 11%DELMAR FARM: $5k → 11%BIG DOG RANCH RESCUE: $500 → 11%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

NY
IN
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
DC
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

Animal Welfare

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3
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
4
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
5
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
6
Asian Dogs Rescue Allies

To rescue at risk k-9s from asia.

Animals
7
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
8
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
9
Pets Return Home

The organization seeks to reduce the unecessary killing and suffering of healthy adoptable dogs at animal rescue and shelter organizations

Animals
10
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
11
Paws Claws Exotics

A sanctuary for unfortunate animals

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12
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca International Inc; the most unlike its peers is East Coast Rabbit 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.
04the grantee network

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
17/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DELMAR FARM SANCTUARY INC: $247,000 · AnimalsDELMAR FARM SANCTUARY INCPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $12,100 · Animals+14 more: $18,100 · Animals+14 moreWAR PAWS: $25,000 · OtherWAR PAWSST MARK'S ESPICAPAL CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherST MARK'S …+2 more: $750 · OtherPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $2,500 · HealthPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $500 · Public BenefitMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC: $500 · Philanthropy
Animals$277,200Other$27,750Health$2,500Public Benefit$500Philanthropy$500

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 budgetDELMAR FARM SANCTUARY INC: $247,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetPeggy Adams Animal Rescue League of the Palm Beaches Inc: $12,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDREAMCHASER PMU HORSE RESCUE & REHABILITATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUR CORNERS EQUINE RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARA ELEPHANT PROJECT USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPet Cottage Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG DOG RANCH RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE LONGEARS MINI DONKEY RESCUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $100 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.

Edwin D Marks Animal …Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Edwin D Marks Animal FoundationDE13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Edwin D Marks Animal Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Jack and Barbara Robbins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack and Barbara Robbins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
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no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%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
    5get no government money at all
    2report 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.

    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 23 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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