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Naugle Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$96k
Granted FY2024still arriving
24
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$70k
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, FY2023 to 2024.

Education$133kAnimals$94kPhilanthropy$5kHealth$4kCrime & Legal$2kReligion$2kRecreation & Sports$1kHuman Services$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k23 grants · $27k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$933k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
West Side Cat Rescue$69,626
Tailwind Foundation$5,000
Vanessa Lola's Legacy Inc$3,900
The Park School of Buffalo$3,596
Akron Rescue Cats$2,511
SpotFund - recovery rehab rejuvenat$2,001
Forgotten Felines of WNY$2,000
Individual grant recipient$1,350
Heart Animal Rescue and Adoption Te$1,215
SPCA Serving Erie County$1,120
Missy S Angels Animal Rescue$1,110
Willow Haven$1,000
NorthGate Church$500
Cat by Cat Inc$256
Project Senior$250
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 (FY23–24, $150) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Marine Corps Heritage Foundation: $25 → 7%Buffalo City Mission: $100 → 13%Buffalo City Mission: $25 → 13%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
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
UT
MO
VA
AZ
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.
$212k · 9 repeat orgs$31k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
28

Total granted

$212k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+12%

Still filing today

44%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • TP
    THE PARK SCHOOL OF BUFFALO
    2× · 2023–2024 · $129k · revenue +9%
  • CB
    CAT BY CAT INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +4%
  • TL
    TEN LIVES CLUB INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • SC
    Sweet Charlotte's School
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • AS
    A Sweet Start
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $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
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
2
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
5
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
6
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
7
Four Paws International Inc

Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. four paws mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals.

Animals
8
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
9
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
12
Northern Jaguar Project

The mission of the northern jaguar project is to preserve and recover the world's northermost population of the jaguar, its unique natural habitat, and native wildlife under its protection as a flagship, keystone, and umbrella species.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Erie County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; the most unlike its peers is The Tailwind Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 53 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
21/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PARK SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $128,596 · EducationTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BUFFALO+1 more: $100 · EducationWEST SIDE CAT RESCUE INC: $74,918 · OtherWEST SIDE CAT RESCUE INCSweet Charlotte's School: $3,959 · OtherVanessa Lola's Legacy Inc: $3,900 · Other+31 more: $18,585 · Other+31 moreCAT BY CAT INC: $1,686 · AnimalsTEN LIVES CLUB INC: $1,596 · AnimalsHEART Animal Rescue & Adoption Team Inc: $1,215 · AnimalsERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,120 · Animals+7 more: $405 · AnimalsTHE TAILWIND FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $25 · PhilanthropyOUR RESCUE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHope Rises INC: $250 · Public BenefitCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $125 · Human ServicesMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $25 · Human Services
Education$128,696Other$101,362Animals$6,022Philanthropy$5,025Arts & Culture$1,000Public Benefit$250Human Services$150

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PARK SCHOOL OF BUFFALO: $128,596 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE TAILWIND FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCAT BY CAT INC: $1,686 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTEN LIVES CLUB INC: $1,596 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEART Animal Rescue & Adoption Team Inc: $1,215 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetERIE COUNTY SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope Rises INC: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCITY MISSION SOCIETY INC: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAPPY CAT INC: $125 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUgandan Water Project: $104 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIGER HAVEN INC: $80 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeepers of the Wild: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $25 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.

Verizon FoundationPaypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Verizon FoundationNJ9.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · 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 Naugle Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Naugle Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 53 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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