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Joseph Sloan Bonsall & Mary Ann Bonsall Foundation at a glance

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Joseph Sloan Bonsall & Mary Ann Bonsall 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.

$265k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Animals$156kInternational$80kHealth$35kFood & Nutrition$2kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INT'L FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANSJEWS$40,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$40,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT$20,000
TREADWAY EQUINE SHELTER$20,000
SUMNER SPAY & NEUTER FOUNDATION$16,986
Individual grant recipient$16,000
ALIVE HOSPICE$15,000
SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANTUARY$12,000
TENTH LIFE CAT RESCUE$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMNER COUNTY$10,000
NASHVILLE CAT RESCUE$10,000
SAFE PLACE FOR ANIMALS$10,000
WALDEN'S PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHAB$10,000
MIDDLE TN SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC$10,000
FREEDOM FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY$10,000
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 (FY24–24, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALIVE HOSPICE: $15k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
IN
PA
NJ
NE
MO
MD
TN
NC
SC
OK
TX
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.

34%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$100k · 9 repeat orgs$197k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$100k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+61%

Still filing today

56%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsReligionHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMNER COUNTY
    7× · 2018–2024 · $18k · revenue +41%
  • TL
    TENTH LIFE CAT RESCUE
    5× · 2019–2024 · $14k · revenue +53%
  • PV
    Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • SC
    SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +132%
  • WP
    WALDENS PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & EDUCATIOgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +88%
  • TL
    Tenth Life
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Safe Haven Inc
Animals
2
Spca of Tennessee

Our mission at the SPCA of Tennessee is to provide and promote the resources and programs needed to help animals in the state. Helping pets in need through our fostering program adoption, education, rehabilitation, spay and neuter and the…

Animals
3
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
4
Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc

Survivors Paws Animal Rescue Inc rescues dogs and cats from southern state kill shelters and off the streets to save them being euthanized. We also help contract by the pet population by spaying and neutering and educating the public on…

Animals
5
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
6
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
7
Raskels Rescue
Animals
8
Tennessee River Rescues

we exist to spay and neuter unwanted pets in our local area trying to find them a home to thrive in until the end of their time

Animals
9
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
10
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
11
Last Chance Dog Ranch Inc

We are a dog sanctuary for unadoptable dogs.

Animals
12
Idaho Animal Rescue Network

Idaho Animal Rescue Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in Idaho that works in Idaho and Eastern Washington to educate, advocate, and network with other rescues and law enforcement in Idaho regarding animal cruelty and neglect. We are…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Second Chance Animal Sanctuaries Inc; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

15 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. 15 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
8/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $40,000 · OtherINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INCTREADWAY EQUINE SHELTER: $20,000 · OtherTREADWAY EQUINE SHELTERIndividual grant recipient: $17,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSUMNER SPAY & NEUTER FOUNDATION: $16,986 · OtherSUMNER SPAY & NEUTER FOUNDATIONFREEDOM FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $13,000 · OtherFREEDOM FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARYNASHVILLE CAT RESCUE: $10,500 · OtherNASHVILLE CAT RESCUEMIDDLE TN SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC: $10,000 · OtherMIDDLE TN SPAY & NEUTER CLINICWALDEN'S PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHAB: $10,000 · OtherWALDEN'S PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABMONKEY HOUSE ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,500 · Other+8 more: $11,000 · Other+8 moreHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMNER COUNTY: $18,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF SU…SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARIES INC: $12,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL…Safe Place for Animals: $11,500 · AnimalsSafe Place for Anima…Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $8,000 · AnimalsPeaceful Valley Donk…SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $2,000 · Animals+3 more: $2,500 · AnimalsSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $40,000 · ReligionSAMARITAN'S PUR…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · HealthALIVE HOSPICE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTENTH LIFE CAT RESCUE: $14,000 · Youth Development
Other$153,986Animals$54,000Religion$40,000Health$20,000Human Services$15,000Youth Development$14,000

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 budgetINTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIANS & JEWS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMNER COUNTY: $18,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetALIVE HOSPICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENTH LIFE CAT RESCUE: $14,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARIES INC: $12,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetSafe Place for Animals: $11,500 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetNASHVILLE CAT RESCUE: $10,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWALDENS PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION & EDUCATIO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUMNER SPAY NEUTER ALLIANCE: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Hca Healthcare Founda…The Community Foundat…Network for GoodThe Blackbaud Giving …Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Hca Healthcare FoundationTN13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Network for Good · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation 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 Joseph Sloan Bonsall & Mary Ann Bonsall Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph Sloan Bonsall & Mary Ann Bonsall Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Joseph Sloan Bonsall & Mary Ann Bonsall 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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