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National Opossum Society Inc

Our purpose is to serve as a nationwide resource for current and correct diet, medical, and general knowledge of opossums, educate ourselves and share knowledge with others on all aspects of the proper care of opossums, educate the public concerning the benefits of the opossum in the environment, and work with all agencies to improve…

$32k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$5k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Animals$86kEnvironment$1k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$219k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WOODLANDS AND WILDLIFE REFUGE INC$5,000
NORTH COUNTRY WILD CARE$5,000
OPOSSUM POUCH RESCUE AND REHABILITATION$5,000
FERNCROFT WILDLIFE RESCUE$5,000
ROWENA WILDLIFE CLINIC$5,000
WILDLIFE WORKS INC$5,000
WETLANDS & WILDLIFE CARE CENTER$1,000
WILDLIFE RESCUE LEAGUE$1,000
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 (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WILDLIFE WORKS INC: $5k → 10%WILCARE: $5k → 8%WETLANDS & WILDLIFE CARE CENTER: $1k → 10%NORTH COUNTRY WILD CARE: $5k → 10%FRIENDS OF TEXAS WILDLIFE: $5k → 9%OPOSSUM POUCH RESCUE AND REHABILITATION: $5k → 17%ROWENA WILDLIFE CLINIC: $5k → 16%FERNCROFT WILDLIFE RESCUE: $5k → 12%WALDEN'S PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION: $5k → 14%POINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM: $5k → 9%WOODLANDS AND WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $5k → 4%WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA: $5k → 8%ENVELYN WILDLIFE REFUGE: $5k → 12%SECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER: $5k → 8%ENCHANTED FOREST WILDLIFE RESCUE OF KENTUCKY: $5k → 14%WILDLIFE WORKS INC: $5k → 10%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

WA
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
TN
SC
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 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
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
2
Forever Wild Wildlife Rescue
Animals
3
Centre Wildlife Care

Licensed organization dedicated to caring for injured, orphaned, sick and displaced wildlife for the purpose of releasing them back into the wild.

Animals
4
Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitatio
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5
Wildcare Inc

Receive injured or orphaned wildlife, care for the animals including nutritional requirements, medical care, housing, re-education for release, and euthanasia as provided by the conditions of the animal. also assist in wildlife relocation…

Animals
6
Wildlife Care Association

Wildlife Care is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of local wildlife. WCA is committed to educating and instructing the community in the respect, appreciation and care of local wildlife.

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7
Carolina Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Our organizations main purpose is the rehabilitation of injured/orphaned wildlife.

Environment
8
Critter Crusaders Wildlife Rehabili

Wildlife rehabilitation

Animals
9
Hoosier Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation

Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation service providing free service to the public. Also providing education programs and conservation intitiatives

Animals
10
Wings of Hope Inc
Animals
11
Rescuing Ocala Wildlife Inc

Wildlife rehabilitation in Central Florida

Animals
12
Kane Area Rehabilitation & Education for Wildlife

Wildlife rehabilitation

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Woodlands Wildlife Refuge Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Opossum Pouch Rescue and Rehabilitation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 17 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
5/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WILDLIFE WORKS INC: $10,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE WORKS INCWildlife Rescue League: $6,000 · AnimalsWildlife Rescue LeagueWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INCTHE OPOSSUM POUCH RESCUE AND REHABILITATION: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE OPOSSUM POUCH RESCUE AND REHABILITATIONNORTH COUNTRY WILD CARE: $5,000 · AnimalsNORTH COUNTRY WILD CAREEVELYNS WILDLIFE REFUGE: $5,000 · AnimalsEVELYNS WILDLIFE REFUGETHE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA: $5,000 · AnimalsTHE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIAFresno Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Service: $5,000 · AnimalsFresno Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation ServiceSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 · AnimalsSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INCROWENA WILDLIFE CLINIC: $5,000 · AnimalsROWENA WILDLIFE CLINIC+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsFERNCROFT WILDLIFE RESCUE LLC: $5,000 · OtherFERNCROFT WILDLIFE RESCUE LLCPOINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUM: $5,000 · OtherPOINT DEFIANCE ZOO & AQUARIUMFriends of Texas Wildlife: $5,000 · OtherFriends of Texas WildlifeWALDEN'S PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATION: $5,000 · OtherWALDEN'S PUDDLE WILDLIFE REHABILITATIONENCHANTED FOREST WILDLIFE RESCUE OF KENTUCKY: $5,000 · OtherENCHANTED FOREST WILDLIFE RESCUE OF KEN…WILDCARE: $5,000 · OtherWILDCARE
Animals$57,000Other$30,000

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 budgetWILDLIFE WORKS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 4.1% of budgetWildlife Rescue League: $6,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE OPOSSUM POUCH RESCUE AND REHABILITATION: $5,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY WILD CARE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetEVELYNS WILDLIFE REFUGE: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFriends of Texas Wildlife: $5,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE WILDLIFE CENTER OF VIRGINIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFresno Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Service: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSECOND CHANCE WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROWENA WILDLIFE CLINIC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWILDCARE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $1,000 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.

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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC12.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · 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 National Opossum Society Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Opossum Society Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%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
    2get 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 17 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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