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Laura Kathleen Smalley Foundation at a glance

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Laura Kathleen Smalley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$15kEnvironment$7kEducation$5kHuman Services$5kArts & Culture$400Health$300
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOLF RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC$1,500
RAPTOR REHAB OF KY$1,500
SPALDING UNIVERSITY$1,200
CAUSE 4 PAWS INC$1,200
THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES$1,000
NATIONAL ASSOC OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS$100
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $300 → 5%NATIONAL ASSOC OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS: $100 → 5%FRIENDS OF THE MANCHESTER ANIMAL SHELTER: $1k → 7%BERNHEIM ARBORETUM AND RESEARCH FOREST: $5k → 9%WOODFORD HUMANE SOCIETY: $900 → 10%WOLF RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC: $2k → 15%SPALDING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $2k → 15%KENTUCKY HEARTWOOD INC: $800 → 16%NATIONAL ASSOC OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS: $100 → 5%FRIENDS OF THE MANCHESTER ANIMAL SHELTER: $800 → 7%WOODFORD HUMANE SOCIETY: $850 → 10%WOLF RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC: $2k → 15%SPALDING UNIVERSITY: $1k → 15%KENTUCKY HEARTWOOD INC: $750 → 16%NATIONAL ASSOC OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS: $100 → 5%WOLF RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC: $1k → 15%SPALDING UNIVERSITY: $800 → 15%NATIONAL ASSOC OF MINIATURE ENTHUSIASTS: $100 → 5%WOLF RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC: $1k → 15%SPALDING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $800 → 15%WOLF RUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC: $900 → 15%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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25k · 9 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$25k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+10%

Still filing today

56%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Human ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentEducationHealthOther
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

  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $4k · revenue +47%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE MANCHESTER ANIMAL SHELTER
    2× · 2020–2021 · $2k · revenue +13%
  • WH
    Woodford Humane Society Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • IW
    ISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +66%
  • GI
    GREENHOUSE17 INC
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +1%
  • PROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $300 · revenue +10%
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
Humane Pennsylvania

Humane pennsylvania empowers the people in our communities to increase their capacity to care for animals so that all animals are healthy, safe, and treated humanely.

Animals
2
Partners for Animal Welfare Society

Animal shelter for the protection and care of abused and neglected animals.

Animals
3
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
4
Birchbark Foundation Inc

By providing financial resources for those in need and educational resources to our community, birchbark foundation empowers people to make informed decisions in times of crisis and to be better advocates for their pets

Animals
5
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Inc

We seek to end animal agriculture by rescuing farmed animals, giving them lifelong care and sanctuary, and educating about the harms of animal farming.

Animals
6
Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc

Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…

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7
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
8
Wild Earth Farm and Sanctuary

Provide animal sanctuary in ky

Animals
9
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
10
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc

As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…

Animals
11
Kansas City Pet Project

Leading the way in creating a compassionate, safe community for pets and people through progressive lifesaving programs and services, community resources, and educational opportunities.

Animals
12
Safe Haven for Cats

The mission of safe haven for cats is to use no-kill principles and education to save cats' lives through rescue, adoption, spay/neuter services and community programs.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kentucky Heartwood Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Manchester Animal Shelter. 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

8 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. 8 of the 13 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)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOLFRUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INC: $6,150 · OtherWOLFRUN WILDLIFE REFUGE AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITY INCRAPTOR REHAB OF KY: $4,000 · OtherRAPTOR REHAB OF KYSPALDING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $3,200 · OtherSPALDING UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FUNDCAUSE 4 PAWS INC: $1,200 · OtherCAUSE 4 PAWS INC+1 more: $400 · OtherISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EnvironmentISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUND…KENTUCKY HEARTWOOD INC: $1,550 · EnvironmentKENTUCKY HEARTWOOD INCTHE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $4,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR WO…GREENHOUSE17 INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGREENHOUSE17 INCFRIENDS OF THE MANCHESTER ANIMAL SHELTER: $1,800 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF T…Woodford Humane Society Inc: $1,750 · AnimalsWoodford Hum…SPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 · EducationPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $300 · Health
Other$14,950Environment$6,550Human Services$5,000Animals$3,550Education$2,000Health$300

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetISAAC W BERNHEIM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPALDING UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MANCHESTER ANIMAL SHELTER: $1,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWoodford Humane Society Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKENTUCKY HEARTWOOD INC: $1,550 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetGREENHOUSE17 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROHEALTH CARE FOUNDATION INC: $300 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.

Baird Foundation IncBlue Grass Community …The Community Foundat…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Baird Foundation IncWI17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Baird Foundation Inc · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Laura Kathleen Smalley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Laura Kathleen Smalley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 13 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.

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