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Pessin John E Foundation Trust

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$530
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$212
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.

Animals$7.2MEnvironment$200k
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$212
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPCA INTERNATIONAL$212
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US$212
TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL$106
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 (FY18–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL: $867k → 9%MILO FOUNDATION: $100k → 10%SPCA INTERNATIONAL: $1.7M → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $1.7M → 14%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100k → 7%COMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS: $750k → 9%SPCA INTERNATIONAL: $239k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $239k → 14%TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL: $119k → 9%SPCA INTERNATIONAL: $223k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $223k → 14%TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL: $112k → 9%SPCA INTERNATIONAL: $215k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $215k → 14%TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL: $107k → 9%SPCA INTERNATIONAL: $212 → 17%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $100k → 14%TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL: $106 → 9%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $212 → 14%LINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $100k → 9%FERAL CAT FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%HOMELESS ANIMAL'S LIFELINE ORG: $100k → 9%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.
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.
$6.0M · 3 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +61% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$6.0M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+61%
+7%

Still filing today

67%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
AnimalsEnvironmentArts & 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

  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2.4M · revenue +61%
  • SI
    SPCA INTERNATIONAL INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $2.4M · revenue +36%
  • TL
    TONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL
    5× · 2018–2022 · $1.2M

Funded once

  • CC
    COMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $750k · revenue -38% · 51% of their budget
  • TM
    THE MILO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +41%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -10%
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
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
2
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
3
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
4
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
5
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

Animals
6
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
7
California Animal Rescue and Education Sanctuary Inc

C.A.R.E.S.MISSION STATEMENT*Rescue, foster and find good homes for abandoned and homeless domestic and farm animals.*Spay/neuter abandoned and homeless cats and dogs, as well as help low income families with same.*Conduct TNR+ programs to…

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8
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
9
Saving Saluda Strays
Animals
10
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
11
Animal Diplomacy

Supporting and assisting with rescue, sheltering, spay/neuter, and rehoming of cats and dogs in needy developing countries. Our current exclusive focus is on Egypt and the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals.

Animals
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca International Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feral Cat 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

8 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. 8 of the 10 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Humane World for Animals Inc: $2,411,466 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,411,466 · AnimalsSPCA INTERNATIONAL INCCOMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC: $750,000 · AnimalsCOMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC+2 more: $200,000 · AnimalsTONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMAL: $1,205,733 · OtherTONY LA RUSSA'S ANIMA…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANC…HOMELESS ANIMAL'S LIFELINE ORG: $100,000 · OtherHOMELESS ANIMAL'S LIF…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100,000 · EnvironmentLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $100,000 · Arts & Culture
Animals$5,772,932Other$1,405,733Environment$100,000Arts & Culture$100,000

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 budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $2,411,466 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSPCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,411,466 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONCERN FOR CATS INC: $750,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MILO FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeral Cat Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetLINDSAY WILDLIFE MUSEUM: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% 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.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Pessin John E Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pessin John E Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–25%
    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 10 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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