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Patricia Armstrong Dressler Foundation at a glance

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Patricia Armstrong Dressler Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$602kHealth$64kHousing & Shelter$26kEducation$9kPhilanthropy$9kHuman Services$4kFood & Nutrition$3kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$232
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PILOTS TO THE RESCUE$16,000
MURPHY'S PAW RESCUE$15,000
TLC SWEET SOULS RESCUE$5,000
WHISKERS PET RESCUE$2,000
CHLOE'S PET RESCUE$1,500
PROJECT PRECIOUS RESCUE INC$1,500
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 (FY21–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, 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%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $2k → 6%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
MT
NY
IA
CT
CA
CO
MD
KS
TN
SC
GA
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 100% of Patricia Armstrong Dressler Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 64% of the giving stays in CT; by stated purpose, 0%.

Patricia Armstrong Dressler Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$709k · 23 repeat orgs$22k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +53% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
11

Total granted

$709k
$22k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+53%

Still filing today

70%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesHealthInternationalOther
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

  • MP
    Murphy's Paw Rescue Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $178k · revenue +99% · 31% of their budget
  • FR
    FLUFFYBUTTS RESCUE RESORT INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $124k · revenue +41% · 48% of their budget
  • WP
    WHISKERS PET RESCUE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $62k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • BB
    BULLY BREED RESCUE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • TC
    THE CATHY KANGAS FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS INC
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue -79%
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
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
Happy Tails Dog Rescue Inc

The Organization's mission is to rescue dogs from high-kill animal shelters and place them in loving forever homes. All dogs rescued are given necessary medical care prior to adoption, including required vaccinations. Dogs are placed in…

Animals
4
Florida Pointer Rescue Inc

Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f

Animals
5
Hope for China Dogs Rescue

At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…

Animals
6
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
7
Rescuesforjojo

Dog rescue

Animals
8
Raskels Rescue
Animals
9
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
10
Muttsnstuff

Rescue animals

Animals
11
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pilots to the Rescue Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Cathy Kangas Foundation for Animals Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 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. 22 of the 34 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Murphy's Paw Rescue Inc: $177,500 · AnimalsMurphy's Paw Rescue IncFLUFFYBUTTS RESCUE RESORT INC: $123,950 · AnimalsFLUFFYBUTTS RESCUE RESORT INCTLC Sweet Souls Rescue Inc: $122,850 · AnimalsTLC Sweet Souls Rescue IncWHISKERS PET RESCUE INC: $61,500 · AnimalsWHISKERS PET RESCUE INCPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $41,000 · AnimalsPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INCPROJECT PRECIOUS RESCUE INC: $26,000 · Animals+5 more: $9,000 · AnimalsUNITY THRIFT & OUTREACH RESCUE: $26,000 · OtherUNITY THRIF…Individual grant recipient: $12,500 · OtherIndividual …CHLOES PET RESCUE: $9,000 · OtherCHLOES PET …ST JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH: $5,000 · OtherST JUDE'S C…LITTLE BLACK DOG RESCUE INC: $4,500 · OtherLITTLE BLAC…HOUSE WITH A HEART SENIOR PET SANCTUARY: $4,500 · OtherHOUSE WITH …MILITARY WORKING DOG TEAM SUPPORT: $3,000 · Other+6 more: $11,500 · Other+6 moreSt Vincent's Medical Center: $50,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,750 · HealthHarleys Dream: $13,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $8,500 · PhilanthropyTHE CATHY KANGAS FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · International
Animals$561,800Other$76,000Health$53,750Education$21,000Philanthropy$11,000Human Services$4,500International$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMurphy's Paw Rescue Inc: $177,500 over 7y, 31% of budgetFLUFFYBUTTS RESCUE RESORT INC: $123,950 over 8y, 48% of budgetTLC Sweet Souls Rescue Inc: $122,850 over 9y, 37% of budgetWHISKERS PET RESCUE INC: $61,500 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetSt Vincent's Medical Center: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC: $41,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPROJECT PRECIOUS RESCUE INC: $26,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetHarleys Dream: $13,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGREATER GOOD CHARITIES: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOODLE RESCUE CONNECTICUT INC: $4,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONVERSE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CATHY KANGAS FOUNDATION FOR ANIMALS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 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.

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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 Patricia Armstrong Dressler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patricia Armstrong Dressler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get 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 · 0–20%
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 34 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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