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Lady Freethinker

Nonprofit organization furthering compassion for all species.

$331k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$28k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$302kHuman Services$28kHealth$10kPhilanthropy$10kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $121,076, the rows itemized in this filing. The $330,954 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $209,878 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $33k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $88k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LADY FREETHINKER$27,741
CHAINFREE KNOXVILLE$10,058
REZDAWG RESCUE$10,000
LAW N' PAWS$10,000
ZIGGY'S REFUGE FARM SANCTUARY$10,000
ALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HO$10,000
RESCATE FENIX$10,000
PAWS FOR COMPASSION$9,877
BEACH DOG RESCUE OF COSTA MAYA MEXI$8,700
HAPPY COMPROMISE FARM SANCTUARY$8,700
COMPASSIONATE LIVING$6,000
02The need
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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, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HO: $10k → 19%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

ME
WA
MT
NY
IN
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
OK
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $156k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Central America and the Caribbean$57k · 36% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: STR ANIMAL CARE · VET CARE-ANIMALS

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$56k · 36% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: SHELTER-ANIMALS · VET CARE-ANIMALS

East Asia and the Pacific$27k · 17% · 2 grants

Stated purpose: VET CARE-ANIMALS · VET CARE-MONKEYS

Sub-Saharan Africa$10k · 6% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: VET CARE-ANIMALS

Middle East and North Africa$8k · 5% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: VET CARE-ANIMALS

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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Where the work is directed

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

About 68% of Lady Freethinker’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 20% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 12%.

Lady Freethinkerlessmore 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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$169k · 5 repeat orgs$181k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
8

Total granted

$169k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+28%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthOther
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

  • RL
    Romanian League in Defense of Animals
    2× · 2021–2022 · $34k · revenue ×59
  • LN
    LAW N PAWS
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +412%
  • HC
    HAPPY COMPROMISE FARM AND SANCTUARY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $19k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • WO
    WORLD OF ANGELS FOUNDATION WOA FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +79%
  • SI
    SPCA INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue -18%
  • TL
    THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +42%
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
Raskels Rescue
Animals
2
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
3
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

Rescue dogs, which includes housing, vetting, and transport.

Animals
4
Paws and Claws Animal Shelter
Animals
5
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
6
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
7
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
8
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
9
Anas Safe Haven Rescue Inc

Animal Welfare

Animals
10
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
11
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
12
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Rezdawg Rescue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ziggys Refuge. 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Romanian League in Defense of Animals: $33,627 · AnimalsRomanian League in Defense of AnimalsWORLD OF ANGELS FOUNDATION WOA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · AnimalsWORLD OF ANGELS FOUNDATION WOA FOUNDATIONLAW N PAWS: $20,000 · AnimalsLAW N PAWSHAPPY COMPROMISE FARM AND SANCTUARY: $18,700 · AnimalsHAPPY COMPROMISE FARM AND SANCTUARYBEACH DOG RESCUE OF COSTA MAYA MEXICO INC: $16,700 · AnimalsBEACH DOG RESCUE OF COSTA MAYA MEXICO INCSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $13,329 · AnimalsSPCA INTERNATIONAL INCChainFree USA: $10,058 · AnimalsTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsREZDAWG RESCUE INC: $10,000 · AnimalsCIRCLE A HOME FOR HORSES INC: $10,000 · AnimalsZIGGYS REFUGE: $10,000 · AnimalsRESCATE FENIX: $10,000 · AnimalsSTEPHENS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,000 · Animals+1 more: $6,000 · AnimalsSAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION INC: $79,839 · OtherSAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION INCLADY FREETHINKER: $27,741 · OtherLADY FREETHINKERASOCIACION PRO ALBERGUE DE ANIMALES INC: $10,000 · OtherASOCIACION PRO ALBERGUE DE ANIMALES INCPAWS FOR COMPASSION - US: $9,877 · OtherPAWS FOR COMPASSION - USRivers Wish Animal Sanctuary: $7,225 · OtherRivers Wish Animal SanctuaryALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyARLEE REHABILITATION CENTER: $10,000 · Health
Animals$195,414Other$134,682Human Services$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Health$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAVE KOREAN DOGS USA FOUNDATION INC: $79,839 over 3y, 16% of budgetRomanian League in Defense of Animals: $33,627 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetWORLD OF ANGELS FOUNDATION WOA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetLAW N PAWS: $20,000 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetHAPPY COMPROMISE FARM AND SANCTUARY: $18,700 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBEACH DOG RESCUE OF COSTA MAYA MEXICO INC: $16,700 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $13,329 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChainFree USA: $10,058 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREZDAWG RESCUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASOCIACION PRO ALBERGUE DE ANIMALES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCIRCLE A HOME FOR HORSES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetZIGGYS REFUGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRESCATE FENIX: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetALACHUA COUNTY COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARLEE REHABILITATION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetRivers Wish Animal Sanctuary: $7,225 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSTEPHENS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $7,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCompassionate Living: $6,000 over 1y, 6.5% 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.

The Duffield Family F…Greater Good CharitiesPaypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's FundCA15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Greater Good Charities · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Lady Freethinker funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lady Freethinker. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 33%
  • Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry Inc: 33% of 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 · 0–40%
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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How do I get to Lady Freethinker?

Find your warmest path to Lady Freethinker 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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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