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Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2020
27
Grants FY2020
26
Organizations funded FY2020
19%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Median grant, FY2020
$50
Largest grant, FY2020
$300
Organizations funded a year
26 to 42
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
11
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 19% of the organizations Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $661 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
AnimalsPublic BenefitEnvironmentHealthInternationalSocial ScienceOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202026$2k19%
FY201937$4k38%
FY201842$5k62%
FY201728$5kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Animals$6kEnvironment$2kPublic Benefit$2kCommunity Improvement$1kCrime & Legal$900Arts & Culture$815Health$710Food & Nutrition$495Other$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
DC
OK
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rescuecats Inc$1,14721%
Denton Black Chamber of Commerce$1,10033%
Denton Humane Society Inc$7954n/a
Monthly Review Foundation$62140%
The American Anti-Vivisection Society$50010%
Defenders of Wildlife$50040%
Mha Foundation Inc$40010%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$35040%
Rowdy Girl Sanctuary Inc$30010%
National Parks Conservation Association$30040%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance$28540%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$22540%
Cpasa Inc$2001n/a
National Wildlife Federation$20030%
Alley Cat Allies Inc$18030%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$17520%
Humane Farming Association$12520%
African Wildlife Foundation Inc$12520%
National Humane Education Society$10020%
Best Friends Animal Society$10020%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc$10020%
American Humane Association$7520%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$7520%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$7520%
American Farmland Trust$7520%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$7020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$5010%
Public Intelligence Inc$5010%
Population Connection$501n/a
Artist Presentation Society$501n/a
In Defense of Animals$5010%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$5010%
About Face Veterans Against the War$5010%
National Foundation for Rescued Animals Dba Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary$5010%
Guttmacher Institute Inc$3510%
Animal Welfare Fund Inc$2510%
American Prairie Foundation$2510%
North Shore Animal League America Inc$2510%
The Texas Democracy Foundation$2010%
Consumer Federation of America$2010%
AARP Foundation$1610%
The Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress$1010%

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRescuecats Inc: $1,147 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDenton Black Chamber of Commerce: $1,100 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetMonthly Review Foundation: $621 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Anti-Vivisection Society: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMha Foundation Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRowdy Girl Sanctuary Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $285 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $225 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Farming Association: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAfrican Wildlife Foundation Inc: $125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Humane Education Society: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fund for Animal Welfare Inc: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Farmland Trust: $75 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Intelligence Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIn Defense of Animals: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAbout Face Veterans Against the War: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for Rescued Animals Dba Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Fund Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Animal League America Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Texas Democracy Foundation: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConsumer Federation of America: $20 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAARP Foundation: $16 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $10 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

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About Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation

How much does Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation give?
Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $1,937 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Animals (40%), Environment (12%), Public Benefit (10%).
Who are Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Rescuecats Inc ($1k), Denton Black Chamber of Commerce ($1k), Denton Humane Society Inc ($795).
Does Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation based?
Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation is based in TX.

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 74 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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