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Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION at a glance

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Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES 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.

$693k
Granted FY2024still arriving
490
Grants FY2024still arriving
33
States reached
$58k
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.

Education$1.3MYouth Development$609kScience & Tech$194kEmployment$168kHuman Services$157kRecreation & Sports$154kHealth$111kAnimals$104kOther$0
02FY2024 · 490 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k469 grants · $307k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $329k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$275
Median grant
33
States reached
$9.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA$57,500
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC$35,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO$25,000
CANON CITY SCHOOLS FREMONT RE-1$25,000
North Park School$21,000
CITY OF FORT COLLINS$20,000
Harris Bilingual Elementary School$20,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC$20,000
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$18,750
GLOBAL LEADERS INC$18,000
Preston Middle School$15,405
YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION$15,000
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$14,500
Lesher Middle School$11,000
SUCCESS FOUNDATION SERVING GREELEY-EVANS SCHOOLS I$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 (FY20–24, $121k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 65% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%A PRECIOUS CHILD INC: $825 → 5%BRIGITS BOUNTY COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $1k → 9%A LITTLE HELP: $1k → 12%A LITTLE HELP: $1k → 12%SENIOR RESOURCE SERVICES: $2k → 9%A KIDS PLACE INC: $2k → 9%COMMUNITY GRIEF CENTER: $1k → 9%A KIDS PLACE INC: $1k → 9%A KIDS PLACE INC: $1k → 9%GRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $6k → 9%GRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $6k → 9%GRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $5k → 9%GRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $4k → 9%GRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $2k → 9%AVERYS LIGHT: $1k → 9%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE INC: $1k → 11%ADOPTION DREAMS COME TRUE INC: $2k → 11%ADOPTION DREAMS COME TRUE INC: $2k → 11%LIVE THE VICTORY INC: $2k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTER - LA FAMILIA: $2k → 11%DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES: $2k → 11%LIVE THE VICTORY INC: $2k → 11%LIVE THE VICTORY INC: $1k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTER - LA FAMILIA: $1k → 11%DISABLED RESOURCE SERVICES: $1k → 11%THE FAMILY CENTER - LA FAMILIA: $1k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $2k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $2k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $2k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $2k → 11%RESPITE CARE INC: $2k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $2k → 11%SERVE 6 8: $2k → 11%FAMILY HOUSING NETWORK OF FORT COLLINS INC: $2k → 11%FAMILY HOUSING NETWORK OF FORT COLLINS INC: $2k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $1k → 11%SERVE 6 8: $1k → 11%3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $1k → 11%3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $1k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $1k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $1k → 11%FAMILY HOUSING NETWORK OF FORT COLLINS INC: $1k → 11%FOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $1k → 11%FAMILY HOUSING NETWORK OF FORT COLLINS INC: $1k → 11%LUBICK FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%LUBICK FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%LUBICK FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%LUBICK FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%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

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VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 381 repeat orgs$571k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

381 repeat relationships: 217 still active in FY2024, 164 since wound down; 143 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

381
410

Total granted

$2.8M
$403k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+16%

Still filing today

66%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k 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
EducationHuman ServicesAnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsArts & 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

  • CS
    COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +54%
  • ML
    MINDSPARK LEARNING
    3× · 2020–2023 · $160k · revenue +90%
  • TR
    THOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $132k · revenue +71%

Funded once

  • WR
    WELD RE-4 SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2021 · $43k
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS - MILE HIGH CHAPTER
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • CE
    COLORADO ENTERPRISE FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +34%
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
Colorado Animal Rescue Inc

C.A.R.E's mission is practicing excellence in the animal care, education, and advocacy to connect pets to their people.

Animals
2
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
3
Rocky Mountain Wild

Rocky mountain wild works to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wild lands in the southern rocky mountain region. we work to secure the biodiversity of the mountains, plains, and desert ecosystems of colorado, wyoming, utah, and…

Environment
4
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

The mission of the colorado coalition for the homeless is to work collaboratively toward the prevention of homelessness and the creation of lasting solutions for families, children, and individuals who are experiencing or at-risk of…

Human Services
5
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
6
Colorado Nonprofit Association

Colorado nonprofit association strengthens colorado's nonprofits through education, connection and advocacy.

Community Improvement
7
Aia Colorado

AIA Colorado,is the voice of the architecture profession in Colorado. Through advocacy, leadership development, education and resources for architects, the organization supports architecture professionals in designing a better world where…

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8
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
9
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
10
Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region

To offer compassionate care to animals, support safe communities, and provide socially conscious sheltering. (continued on schedule o)

Animals
11
Denver Dumb Friends League

Working with our compassionate community, we will end pet homelessness and animal suffering.

Animals
12
Adoption Options

Adoption options is a non-profit,colorado corporation, dedicated to providing the state of colorado with a range of private, non-secretarian child placement services.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Realities for Children Charities; the most unlike its peers is Cattle for Kids. 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

576 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. 576 of the 941 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)
122
Early backer (in before they grew)
558/576
Grantees still filing
388/576
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SATELLITE: $156,550 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA - ROCKY MOUNTAIN SATELLITEST VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOLS: $70,675 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE GARDENS OF SPRING CREEK: $64,225 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIE: $55,000 · OtherFossil Ridge High School: $47,315 · Other+111 more: $989,162 · Other+111 moreCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $189,575 · EducationCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI…MINDSPARK LEARNING: $160,000 · EducationMINDSPARK LEARNINGTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $132,275 · EducationTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATIONGLOBAL LEADERS INC: $102,800 · EducationGLOBAL LEADERS INCGENERATION SCHOOLS NETWORK INC: $90,000 · EducationGENERATION SCHOOLS NETWORK INCThe Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc: $35,095 · Education+22 more: $205,229 · Education+22 moreGIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO: $79,275 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOU…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $57,500 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR AC…GREATER THAN TECH: $35,275 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER T…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $25,566 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC: $23,600 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOU…OUTSIDE THE LENS: $13,750 · Youth DevelopmentLARIMER COUNTY PARTNERS DBA PARTNERS MENTORING YOUTH: $10,675 · Youth DevelopmentDAVID'S HARP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $9,300 · Youth DevelopmentNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $121,400 · Arts & CultureA Step Beyond: $17,000 · Arts & CultureFORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FKA DISCOVERY CENTER SCIENCE MUSEUM: $9,425 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $23,325 · Arts & CultureGRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $24,625 · Human ServicesRESPITE CARE INC: $14,725 · Human ServicesHOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC: $11,050 · Human ServicesFOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $8,775 · Human ServicesTHE MATTHEWS HOUSE: $7,400 · Human ServicesLUBICK FOUNDATION RAMSTRENGTH: $7,075 · Human ServicesTHE FAMILY CENTERLA FAMILIA: $6,650 · Human ServicesFamily Housing Network of Fort Collins Inc: $5,275 · Human Services3HOPEFUL HEARTS: $4,900 · Human ServicesA LITTLE HELP: $4,450 · Human ServicesAlternatives to Violence Inc: $4,325 · Human ServicesSERVE 6 8: $4,266 · Human ServicesA KID'S PLACE: $4,225 · Human Services+7 more: $18,750 · Human ServicesYOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $102,500 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS COLORADO: $4,525 · Recreation & Sports+4 more: $9,200 · Recreation & SportsANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $23,825 · AnimalsNoco Humane: $9,500 · AnimalsW O L F: $8,856 · AnimalsBIG BONES CANINE RESCUE SERVICES INC: $4,050 · AnimalsAll Aboard Animal Rescue and Shelter Inc: $3,175 · AnimalsNORTHERN COLORADO FRIENDS OF FERALS: $2,500 · AnimalsROCKY MOUNTAIN FELINE RESCUE INC: $2,450 · Animals+2 more: $3,400 · Animals
Other$1,382,927Education$914,974Youth Development$264,941Arts & Culture$171,150Human Services$126,491Recreation & Sports$116,225Animals$57,756

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $189,575 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINDSPARK LEARNING: $160,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetTHOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $132,275 over 5y, 8.6% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $121,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGLOBAL LEADERS INC: $102,800 over 5y, 19% of budgetYOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION: $102,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetGENERATION SCHOOLS NETWORK INC: $90,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO: $79,275 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE GARDENS OF SPRING CREEK: $64,225 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $57,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER THAN TECH: $35,275 over 4y, 11% of budgetThe Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc: $35,095 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WELD COUNTY INC: $29,775 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGREELEY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $29,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFRONTIER ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $26,302 over 2y, 58% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY: $25,566 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetColorado Succeeds: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO ENTERPRISE FUND: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT: $24,625 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetCore Knowledge Charter School Foundation: $23,850 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $23,825 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC: $23,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $20,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $18,955 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST VRAIN VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $17,786 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetA Step Beyond: $17,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF LARIMER COUNTY: $16,162 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetRESPITE CARE INC: $14,725 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOUTSIDE THE LENS: $13,750 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetSAE INTERNATIONAL: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS & HORSES INC: $11,925 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN RAPTOR PROGRAM: $11,125 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHOMEWARD ALLIANCE INC: $11,050 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLoveland Classical Schools: $10,775 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLARIMER COUNTY PARTNERS DBA PARTNERS MENTORING YOUTH: $10,675 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE INC: $10,425 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VISION CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID'S HARP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWELD FOOD BANK: $9,650 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNoco Humane: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY FKA DISCOVERY CENTER SCIENCE MUSEUM: $9,425 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS SAFEHOUSE INC: $9,092 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetW O L F: $8,856 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFOOTHILLS GATEWAY INC: $8,775 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINDSPARK LEARNING ↗
  • Who funds THOMPSON R2-J EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL LEADERS INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AMERICANS CENTER FOR FINANCIAL EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds GENERATION SCHOOLS NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE GARDENS OF SPRING CREEK ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA ↗
  • Who funds GREATER THAN TECH ↗
  • Who funds The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LEARNING CHOICE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF WELD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds GREELEY AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds FRONTIER ACADEMY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LARIMER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Colorado Succeeds ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO ENTERPRISE FUND ↗
  • Who funds GRACE UPON GRACE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Core Knowledge Charter School Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO ↗
  • Who funds The Food Bank for Larimer County ↗
  • Who funds ST VRAIN VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 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.

Community Foundation …United Way of Larimer…Colorado Gives Founda…Weld Community Founda…The Weld TrustDon & May Wilkins Cha…Anschutz Family Found…United Way of Weld Co…Woodward Governor Cha…El Pomar FoundationThe Food Bank for Lar…Northern Colorado Uni…
Community Foundation of Northern ColoradoCO163.5× affinity125 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern Colorado · United Way of Larimer County · Colorado Gives Foundation · Weld Community Foundation · The Weld Trust · Don & May Wilkins Charitable Trust · Anschutz Family Foundation · United Way of Weld County Inc · Woodward Governor Charitable Trust · El Pomar Foundation · The Food Bank for Larimer County · Northern Colorado United for Youth

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 Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    73report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION?

    Find your warmest path to Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION 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 941 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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