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Margaret Thiele Petti 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.

$150k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$605kHealth$63kHuman Services$46kFood & Nutrition$24kPublic Benefit$16kCivil Rights$15kReligion$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$749k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEALS ON WHEELS$15,000
NAMI ORGON$15,000
PORTLAND RESCUE MISSION$15,000
THE DOUGY CENTER$15,000
JUST COMPASSION$15,000
OREGON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE$15,000
FOREVER HOME PET RESCUE$10,000
OREGON DOG RESCUE$10,000
HOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTER$10,000
LINN COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE$10,000
BONNIE HAYES ANIMAL SHELTER$10,000
NATIONAL GUIDE DOG ASSOC$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $6k → 8%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
MA
OR
CA
CO
MO
KY
MD
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$703k · 16 repeat orgs$108k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
4

Total granted

$703k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+2%

Still filing today

63%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsPublic BenefitHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • OD
    OREGON DOG RESCUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +189%
  • LC
    LINN COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $78k · revenue +2%
  • VI
    VESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $70k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • LR
    LINK RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue -62% · 64% of their budget
  • NF
    NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +2%
  • FS
    FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +28%
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
Herding Dog Rescue of Central Oregon

Our mission is to help herding dogs who are abandoned, neglected and abused or simply in the wrong home into a loving appropriate home.

Animals
2
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
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
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
5
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
6
Barking Mad Animal Rescue

Rescue abused & abandoned dogs, urgent at risk of euthanasia dogs, medical needs & hospice dogs to provide veterinary care, rehabilitation, and find homes for dogs that become adoptable. Sanctuary til end of life is provided for those not…

Animals
7
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
8
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
9
Furever Friends Rescue

Adoption services for orphaned pets

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10
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
11
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

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

Animals
12
Safe At Last Animal Rescue Inc
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Healing Haven Animal Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smiling Dog Farms. 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

16 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. 16 of the 25 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON DOG RESCUE: $105,250 · AnimalsOREGON DOG RESCUELINN COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE: $78,250 · AnimalsLINN COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUEVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $70,000 · AnimalsVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INCSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $68,250 · AnimalsSPEAK UP FOR HORSESFOREVERHOME PET RESCUE INC: $55,250 · AnimalsFOREVERHOME PET RESCUE INCSMILING DOG FARMS: $25,000 · AnimalsSMILING DOG FARMSHEALING HAVEN ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · AnimalsANIMAL AID INC: $20,000 · Animals+2 more: $22,000 · AnimalsDREAM CHASER HORSE RESCUE: $53,250 · OtherDREAM CHASER HORSE RESCUEBONNIE HAYES ANIMAL SHELTER: $48,250 · OtherBONNIE HAYES ANIMAL SHELTERHOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $48,250 · OtherHOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTERNATIONAL GUIDE DOG ASSOC: $38,250 · OtherNATIONAL GUIDE DOG ASSOCOFOSA: $21,800 · OtherOFOSAJUST COMPASSION: $15,000 · OtherOREGON PROJECT INDEPENDENCE: $15,000 · OtherPORTLAND RESCUE MISSION: $15,000 · OtherTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $15,000 · OtherGUARDIAN ANGELS INC: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $5,065 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $24,000 · Food & NutritionPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $16,000 · Public BenefitNAMI OREGON: $15,000 · HealthFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $6,000 · Human Services
Animals$465,000Other$284,865Food & Nutrition$24,000Public Benefit$16,000Health$15,000Human Services$6,000

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 budgetOREGON DOG RESCUE: $105,250 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetLINN COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE: $78,250 over 8y, 15% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $70,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $68,250 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetFOREVERHOME PET RESCUE INC: $55,250 over 6y, 22% of budgetHOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $48,250 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetSMILING DOG FARMS: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEALING HAVEN ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 over 3y, 8.5% of budgetANIMAL AID INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLINK RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 64% of budgetNAMI OREGON: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $6,000 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.

  • Who funds OREGON DOG RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds LINN COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds VESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC ↗
  • Who funds SPEAK UP FOR HORSES ↗
  • Who funds FOREVERHOME PET RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SMILING DOG FARMS ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALING HAVEN ANIMAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL AID INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds LINK RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds NAMI OREGON ↗
  • Who funds THE DOUGY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR RESCUED ANIMALS DBA TIGER CREEK ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC ↗

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 Oregon Community FoundationOR16.1× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving 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 Margaret Thiele Petti Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Margaret Thiele Petti Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Nami Oregon: 11% of income from government
  • Hope Equestrian Center: 4% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Meals On Wheels People Inc: 0% of 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 · 0–50%
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 25 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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