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Robert McLean Foundation Trust at a glance

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Robert McLean Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$629k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$112k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$1.8MHealth$161kHuman Services$49kArts & Culture$35kEducation$20kPhilanthropy$17kEnvironment$8kReligion$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $305k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
$16,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$8.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ENGLAND ANIMAL HEALTH$111,600
THE SEEING EYE$80,000
OCEAN ALLIANCE$58,500
PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE$50,000
ANIMAL NATION$33,000
ELEVENTH HOUR RESCUE$25,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIAL SOCIETY$25,000
PASADENA HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
FRIENDS OF KAREN INC$24,000
THE POUND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF MONTCLAIR$23,500
MT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER$19,500
BILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY$16,000
STANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION$16,000
PUTNAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$16,000
UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT$15,000
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 (FY23–25, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNDUE MEDICAL DEBT: $15k → 13%THE SEEING EYE: $80k → 4%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $15k → 13%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $12k → 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.
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 27 repeat orgs$272k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
6

Total granted

$2.5M
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+128%

Still filing today

59%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $196k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsScience & TechOther
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

  • NE
    New England Animal Health Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $406k · revenue +263% · 100% of their budget
  • OA
    Ocean Alliance Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $278k · revenue +82%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF KAREN INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $123k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONALgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +128%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • AR
    Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -116%
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 Animal Haven Inc

The animal haven's misson is to provide a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless dogs and cats and place these animals in quality adoptive homes.

Animals
2
Animal Rescue of the Rockies

Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

Animals
3
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
4
Society for Animal Rescue and Adoption

Operate true "no-kill" animal sanctuary which provides rehabilitation to abused or abandoned domestic and factory farm animals on its 120 acre preserve.

Animals
5
Partners for Animal Welfare Society

Animal shelter for the protection and care of abused and neglected animals.

Animals
6
Raskels Rescue
Animals
7
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
8
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
9
Animal Rescue Force Inc

Established in 1974, the organization's mission is to find responsible homes for dogs and cats and to encourage all dog and cat owners to spay and neuter their pets.

Animals
10
Angel Wing Acres Animal Welfare Soc Lombas
Animals
11
Mountain View Animal Rescue

Rescue of abused or abandoned animals

Animals
12
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Inc

Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and release of orphaned, injured and displaced wildlife. wildlife rescue rescues and cares for all wildlife, including native and nonnative species believing all animals are deserving of care,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Seeing Eye Inc; the most unlike its peers is New England Animal Health Inc. 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

24 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. 24 of the 38 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $682,000 · Civil RightsSTANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUN…ANIMAL NATION INC: $208,000 · AnimalsANIMAL NATION INCPOUND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF MONTCLAIR INC: $106,000 · AnimalsPOUND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIE…MT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $104,500 · AnimalsMT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER…PUTNAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $73,000 · AnimalsPUTNAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIE…PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $50,000 · AnimalsPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUETHE 11TH HOUR ANIMAL RESCUE INC T/A ELEVENTH HOUR ANIMAL RESCUE: $45,000 · AnimalsTHE 11TH HOUR ANIMAL RESCU…PASADENA HUMANE: $25,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $25,000 · Animals+1 more: $4,500 · AnimalsTEAM MOBILE FELINE UNIT: $59,000 · OtherTEAM MOBILE FELINE …Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant re…RMMS FOUNDATION: $39,000 · OtherRMMS FOUNDATIONBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $35,000 · OtherBAT CONSERVATION IN…New Freedom Farm Inc: $34,000 · OtherNew Freedom Farm In…THE POUND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY: $30,000 · OtherTHE POUND ANIMAL WE…AVERYCOPP HOUSE MUSEUM: $30,000 · OtherAVERYCOPP HOUSE MUS…PET RESCUE INCORPORATED: $24,000 · OtherMYSTIC PAPER BEASTS THEATER COMPANY: $20,000 · OtherREGIONAL MULTICULTURAL MAGNET SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherHORSES HEALING HUMANS INC: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherTHE WOMAN'S CLUB OF UPPER MONTCLAIR: $18,500 · OtherBILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $16,000 · Other+7 more: $50,100 · Other+7 moreNew England Animal Health Inc: $405,800 · Science & TechNew England Anim…Ocean Alliance Inc: $277,500 · EnvironmentOcean Allia…+1 more: $8,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $123,000 · HealthWARRIOR RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · HealthTHE SEEING EYE INC: $80,000 · Human ServicesMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $42,000 · Human Services
Civil Rights$682,000Animals$641,000Other$465,600Science & Tech$405,800Environment$285,500Health$143,000Human Services$122,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $682,000 over 6y, 7.2% of budgetNew England Animal Health Inc: $405,800 over 6y, 100% of budgetOcean Alliance Inc: $277,500 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetANIMAL NATION INC: $208,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $123,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetPOUND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF MONTCLAIR INC: $106,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetMT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $104,500 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetTHE SEEING EYE INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPUTNAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $73,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetTHE 11TH HOUR ANIMAL RESCUE INC T/A ELEVENTH HOUR ANIMAL RESCUE: $45,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $42,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNew Freedom Farm Inc: $34,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetPET RESCUE INCORPORATED: $24,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWARRIOR RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTHE WOMAN'S CLUB OF UPPER MONTCLAIR: $18,500 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetBILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY: $16,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetAntler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary: $10,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF NEW JERSEY: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOBBI AND THE STRAYS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% 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 STANDARDBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds New England Animal Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds Ocean Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL NATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF KAREN INC ↗
  • Who funds POUND ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF MONTCLAIR INC ↗
  • Who funds MT PLEASANT ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SEEING EYE INC ↗
  • Who funds PUTNAM COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds THE 11TH HOUR ANIMAL RESCUE INC T/A ELEVENTH HOUR ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC ↗
  • Who funds BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds New Freedom Farm Inc ↗
  • Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PET RESCUE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR RANCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HORSES HEALING HUMANS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF UPPER MONTCLAIR ↗
  • Who funds BILL MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds Antler Ridge Wildlife Sanctuary ↗
  • Who funds THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds BOBBI AND THE STRAYS 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.

American Express Foun…The Pfizer Foundation…Bristol-Myers Squibb …Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Verizon FoundationNational Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …
American Express FoundationNY14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Express Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The 11TH Hour Animal Rescue Inc T/a Eleventh Hour Animal Rescue: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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
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 38 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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