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Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc at a glance

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Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$33k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$18k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$85kArts & Culture$53kAnimals$31kFood & Nutrition$3kHealth$3kRecreation & Sports$2kHuman Services$2kEnvironment$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$8,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boise Bicycle Project$18,000
The Boise Jazz Society$8,500
The Festival at Sandpoint$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%guardian angels medical service dogs inc: $368 → 16%Paws with a Cause: $500 → 10%Freedom Service Dogs: $300 → 8%Orphan Acres Inc: $200 → 16%Paws with a Cause: $350 → 10%Freedom service dogs of america: $200 → 8%Paws with a Cause: $250 → 10%California Jazz Foundation: $500 → 14%California Jazz Foundation: $500 → 14%California Jazz Foundation: $400 → 14%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

VT
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NJ
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RI
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CO
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NC
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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.
$161k · 30 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
72

Total granted

$161k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+54%

Still filing today

87%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
AnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • BB
    BOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $85k · revenue +158%
  • TF
    The Festival at Sandpoint Inc
    6× · 2018–2024 · $23k · revenue +60%
  • CA
    CARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $7k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • VI
    VESTED INTEREST IN K9S INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +37%
  • AH
    AMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +120%
  • IF
    IDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +4%
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
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
3
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
4
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
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
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
7
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
8
Raskels Rescue
Animals
9
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
10
Border Horse Slaughter Rescue

Prevent cruelty to animals.

Animals
11
Rescue Life Inc

The mission of rescue life is to save the lives of wild, farm, and domestic animals which include horses, pigs, donkeys, llamas, zebras, alpacas,and dogs. the mission includes providing care, shelter, and adoption services. rescue life…

Animals
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Defenders of Animal Rights Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reno Jazz Orchestra. 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

84 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. 84 of the 102 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)
24
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/84
Grantees still filing
68/84
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INC: $85,100 · PhilanthropyBOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INCThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $23,000 · Arts & CultureThe Festival at Sandpoint IncBOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATED: $17,000 · Arts & CultureBOISE JAZZ SOCIETY INCORPORATE…CARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,800 · Arts & CultureCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERIC…RENO JAZZ ORCHESTRA: $2,800 · Arts & CultureRENO JAZZ ORCHESTRA+2 more: $350 · Arts & CultureIdaho Humane Society Inc: $3,425 · AnimalsIdaho Humane Soc…HOOVED ANIMAL RESCUE & PROTECTION SOCIETY: $2,400 · AnimalsHOOVED ANIMAL RE…GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $2,100 · AnimalsGENTLE GIANTS DR…HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $1,450 · AnimalsHUMANE FARMING A…EQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $1,425 · AnimalsEQUINE ADVOCATES…VESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $1,250 · AnimalsAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,025 · Animals+41 more: $13,046 · Animals+41 morePlanned Parenthood: $2,825 · OtherPlanned P…PARELLI FOUNDATION INC: $900 · OtherPARELLI F…National Trust for Historical Preservation: $700 · OtherUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $675 · OtherLife Saver's Wild Horse: $665 · OtherCPPS HERITAGE MISSION FUND: $800 · Other+32 more: $8,520 · Other+32 moreCALIFORNIA JAZZ FOUNDATION INC: $1,400 · Human ServicesPaws With A Cause: $1,100 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $500 · Human ServicesGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $368 · Human ServicesORPHAN ACRES INC: $200 · Human ServicesSHELBURNE FARMS: $2,400 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $500 · Environment+1 more: $25 · EnvironmentIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$85,100Arts & Culture$49,950Animals$26,121Other$15,085Human Services$3,568Environment$2,925Food & Nutrition$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOISE BICYCLE PROJECT INC: $85,100 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetThe Festival at Sandpoint Inc: $23,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $6,800 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetIdaho Humane Society Inc: $3,425 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRENO JAZZ ORCHESTRA: $2,800 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHOOVED ANIMAL RESCUE & PROTECTION SOCIETY: $2,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSHELBURNE FARMS: $2,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $1,425 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCALIFORNIA JAZZ FOUNDATION INC: $1,400 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetVESTED INTEREST IN K9S INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $1,025 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDAHO FOODBANK WAREHOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARELLI FOUNDATION INC: $900 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS: $825 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCPPS HERITAGE MISSION FUND: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT K9 HERO: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $675 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBorn Free USA united with API: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHooves & Paws Animal Rescue Inc: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEquine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary: $575 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREAMCHASER PMU HORSE RESCUE & REHABILITATION INC: $553 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL RECOVERY MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN DRIVING SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSt Luke's Health Foundation Ltd: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARABIAN RESCUE MISSION INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASTLETON RANCH HORSE RESCUE INC: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOSEMITE FOUNDATION: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDreamhaven Ranch Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS INC: $368 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornians for Population Stabilization: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPEAK UP FOR HORSES: $350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDoris Day Animal League: $325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $300 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.

PC Fund for Animals C…The Susan and Ford Sc…Joyce a Ward Foundati…Bradford Family Found…John R Oltman Charita…Amg Charitable Gift F…The Patricia Florence…The Gerald B Shreiber…Surendra and Karen Gu…Seckinger Foundation …Duncans and Tuquis Le…Edwin D Marks Animal …
PC Fund for Animals Charitable TrWY49.1× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The Susan and Ford Schumann Foundation · Joyce a Ward Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · John R Oltman Charitable Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · The Patricia Florence Miller Trust · The Gerald B Shreiber Foundation · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Duncans and Tuquis Legacy Organization Dba Datlo · Edwin D Marks Animal 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 Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Shelburne Farms: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
10report 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 102 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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