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RSO 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.

$902k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$320k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Animals$1.8MArts & Culture$435kHuman Services$310kEducation$150kRecreation & Sports$121kHealth$114kEnvironment$76kCommunity Improvement$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $204k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $293k
  • $250k+1 grant · $320k
$5,250
Median grant
9
States reached
$7.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Better Together Forever$320,000
Mercy Crusade$178,326
Five Keys Charter School$65,000
Save the Wild Trout$50,000
Animal Balance$40,000
DAWG Foundation$30,000
Jameson Humane Society$30,000
Operation Kids$25,000
Santa Barbara Foresters$19,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Mike Tice Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Bob Hoover Academy$10,000
Anything Animal Foundation$10,000
Nevada Nordic$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Jacks Helping Hand: $1k → 12%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

ME
MI
NY
OR
NV
CA
UT
CO
TN
DC
HI
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 21 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
40

Total granted

$1.8M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+11%

Still filing today

62%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $273k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BF
    BETTERTOGETHER FOREVER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +296%
  • VI
    VETS IN VANS INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $380k · revenue +184% · 71% of their budget
  • MC
    MERCY CRUSADE INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $319k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • S
    SNPLA
    one grant, 2022 · $400k
  • PW
    PAW WORKS INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -11%
  • DT
    DOGS TRUST USA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $80k · revenue -42%
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
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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2
Canine Estates Inc
Animals
3
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
4
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
5
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
6
Kind Keeper Inc

Our mission is to save the lives of homeless pets, promote kindness to animals, and advance the highest standards in animal welfare. Our goal is to create an environment in which all rescued animals are given or found a permanent loving…

Animals
7
Amazing Dogs

Our mission is to save dogs in distressing conditions on both sides of the California/Mexican border. We provide them with essential medical treatment and care to help them regain their health, and ultimately match them with loving homes…

Animals
8
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
9
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
10
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
11
Leave No Paws Behind Inc

Conduct animal rescues, rehabilitation and rehome senior animals abandoned to the shelter's system.

Animals
12
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Equine Advocates Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is The Mike Tice 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

47 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. 47 of the 82 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
24/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETTERTOGETHER FOREVER: $400,000 · AnimalsBETTERTOGETHER FOREVERVETS IN VANS INC: $380,240 · AnimalsVETS IN VANS INCMERCY CRUSADE INC: $319,066 · AnimalsMERCY CRUSADE INCPAW WORKS INC: $100,000 · AnimalsPAW WORKS INCDOGS TRUST USA INC: $80,000 · AnimalsPet Network Humane Society: $63,700 · Animals+15 more: $232,250 · Animals+15 moreSNPLA: $400,000 · OtherSNPLASON CARE FOUNDATION INC: $88,600 · OtherSON CARE FOUNDATION INCFive Keys Charter School: $65,000 · OtherUniversity of CA Davis: $60,000 · OtherHuron Community Enhancement Foundation: $50,000 · OtherSave the Wild Trout: $50,000 · OtherCAMP: $50,000 · Other+39 more: $496,724 · Other+39 moreOK Foundation: $170,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyOLIVE CREST: $30,400 · HealthVICTORY THERAPEUTIC CENTER INC: $15,000 · HealthKIDS AND HORSES INC: $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthSANTA BARBARA FORESTERS INC: $30,800 · Recreation & SportsNevada Nordic: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTOMMIE SMITH YOUTH INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsTHUNDERBIRD LODGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $25,000 · Arts & CultureBEAUX ARTS OF THE LOWE ART MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS THEATRE COMPANY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBOB HOOVER ACADEMY: $15,000 · EducationINCLINE EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 · EducationCACHE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Education
Animals$1,575,256Other$1,260,324Philanthropy$174,000Health$65,400Recreation & Sports$45,800Arts & Culture$35,000Education$25,000

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 budgetBETTERTOGETHER FOREVER: $400,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetVETS IN VANS INC: $380,240 over 2y, 71% of budgetMERCY CRUSADE INC: $319,066 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetOK Foundation: $170,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetPAW WORKS INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetSON CARE FOUNDATION INC: $88,600 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetDOGS TRUST USA INC: $80,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetPet Network Humane Society: $63,700 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetEQUINE ADVOCATES INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetANIMAL BALANCE: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetANYTHING ANIMAL FOUNDATION CORP: $37,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetTHE FORGOTTEN DOG FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FORESTERS INC: $30,800 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $30,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE: $25,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetValley Oak SPCA: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHUNDERBIRD LODGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MIKE TICE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetWOMEN IN DISTRESS OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetElleVet Project Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetVICTORY THERAPEUTIC CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBRAZIL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOB HOOVER ACADEMY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE KIDDIE HAWK AIR ACADEMY: $14,560 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPINE NUT WILD HORSE ADVOCATES: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetPAWS FOR LIFE K9 RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNevada Nordic: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetWYLIE ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF FRESNO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS AND HORSES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABANDONED PET RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRANCHO CIELO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINCLINE EDUCATION FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBEAUX ARTS OF THE LOWE ART MUSEUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWOODS HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSend Musicians To Prison: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTOMMIE SMITH YOUTH INITIATIVE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS THEATRE COMPANY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCALA FARM MINISTRY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPets In Need: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilderness Youth Project Inc: $1,238 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACKS HELPING HAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPixie Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Petco LoveThe Duffield Family F…Tahoe Community Found…Petsmart Charities IncConrad N Hilton Found…The Otis Booth Founda…Dave & Cheryl Duffiel…Pedigree FoundationBest Friends Animal S…Greater Good CharitiesCalifornia Community …Gs Donor Advised Phil…
Petco LoveTX22.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Tahoe Community Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · The Otis Booth Foundation · Dave & Cheryl Duffield Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · Greater Good Charities · California Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 82 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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