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Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2k
Granted FY2020
27
Grants FY2020
11
States reached
$300
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% 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
02FY2020 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
11
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROWDY GIRL SANCTUARY$300
Individual grant recipient$291
CITY OF DENTON - UTILITY$261
MONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION$100
ROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDREN$100
ASPCA$100
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFA$50
NATIONAL HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY$50
DENTON HUMANE SOCIETY$50
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE$50
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$50
EARTH JUSTICE INSTITUTE$50
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$50
NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOC$50
NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$50
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MHA FOUNDATION: $400 → 19%ROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDREN: $350 → 12%RESIST ORGANIZATION: $100 → 16%MONTANA WILDERNESS: $100 → 9%AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $500 → 7%FARM SANCTUARY NATIONAL HEADQUARTER: $350 → 12%DENTON HI NOON LIONS CLUB: $150 → 8%TEXAS PARK AND WILDLIFE: $100 → 10%ENDERBY GAS: $229 → 13%ROWDY GIRL SANCTUARY: $300 → 15%CPASA: $200 → 21%SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $100 → 8%RESCUE CATS INC: $647 → 6%TREITSCH FARMS: $400 → 5%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 → 7%PETA: $100 → 19%ROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDREN: $250 → 12%MONTANA WILDERNESS: $100 → 9%EARTH JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $100 → 10%FARM SANCTUARY NATIONAL HEADQUARTER: $80 → 12%FAMILY PET CLINIC: $556 → 8%AUDABON SOCIETY: $100 → 14%AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $75 → 14%SOUTHERN UTAH WILDERNESS ALLIANCE: $100 → 8%RESCUE CATS INC: $500 → 6%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100 → 7%ROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDREN: $200 → 12%MONTANA WILDERNESS: $100 → 9%CITY OF DENTON - UTILITY: $539 → 8%ROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDREN: $100 → 12%FAMILY PET CLINIC: $300 → 8%ALLEY CAT ALLIES INC: $100 → 14%CITY OF DENTON - UTILITY: $269 → 8%MONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION: $225 → 17%JACOB SPART'S ART SHOW FUND: $100 → 8%MONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION: $196 → 17%CITY OF DENTON - UTILITY: $261 → 8%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AM: $125 → 17%MONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%CITY OF DENTON - UTILITY: $204 → 8%MONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOC: $100 → 14%ASPCA: $100 → 17%NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOC: $100 → 14%ASPCA: $100 → 17%ASPCA: $100 → 17%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $200 → 14%DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE: $200 → 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

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12k · 33 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

33 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2020, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
35

Total granted

$12k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+11%

Still filing today

67%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
AnimalsEnvironmentPublic BenefitArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • RI
    RESCUECATS INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $1k · revenue +32%
  • DH
    Denton Humane Society Inc
    4× · 2017–2020 · $795 · revenue +19%
  • MR
    MONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $621 · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +60%
  • TF
    TREITSCH FARMS
    one grant, 2018 · $400
  • MF
    MHA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $400 · revenue +51%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
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
3
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
4
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
5
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
6
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
7
Predator Defense

Protecting vital native predators & ending war on wildlife.

Animals
8
American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign

The american wild horse campaign is the nation's leading conservation organization dedicated to preserving the freedom and habitat of wild horses and burros. through its initiatives in advocacy, conservation, land preservation, and legal…

Animals
9
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
10
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
11
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
12
Center for a Humane Economy Inc

There are many pathways for improving the lives of animals, but encouraging corporations to embed animal protection values into their production practices, supply chains, marketing efforts and research and development activities may be the…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Foundation for Rescued Animals Dba Tiger Creek Animal Sanctuary; the most unlike its peers is Mha Foundation 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

42 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. 42 of the 74 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
36/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF DENTON - UTILITY: $1,273 · OtherCITY OF DENTON - UTILITYDENTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $1,100 · OtherDENTON BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCEROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDREN: $900 · OtherROSENBERG FUND FOR THE CHILDRENFAMILY PET CLINIC: $856 · OtherFAMILY PET CLINICFARM SANCTUARY NATIONAL HEADQUARTER: $505 · OtherFARM SANCTUARY NATIONAL HEADQUARTERTREITSCH FARMS: $400 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $335 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $305 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $300 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $291 · Other+30 more: $2,279 · Other+30 moreRESCUECATS INC: $1,147 · AnimalsRESCUECATS INCDenton Humane Society Inc: $795 · AnimalsDenton Humane Society IncTHE AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIET…Defenders of Wildlife: $500 · AnimalsDefenders of WildlifeTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $350 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENT…Rowdy Girl Sanctuary Inc: $300 · AnimalsRowdy Girl Sanctuary IncPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $225 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $200 · AnimalsAlley Cat Allies Inc: $180 · Animals+12 more: $900 · Animals+12 moreNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $300 · EnvironmentSouthern Utah Wilderness Alliance: $285 · EnvironmentCPASA INC: $200 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $70 · Environment+1 more: $25 · EnvironmentMONTHLY REVIEW FOUNDATION: $621 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $20 · Arts & CultureMHA FOUNDATION INC: $400 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $175 · HealthABOUT FACE VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR: $50 · Public BenefitConsumer Federation of America: $20 · Public BenefitThe Center for Investigative Reporting formrly Foundation for National Progress: $10 · Public BenefitAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $75 · Food & Nutrition
Other$8,544Animals$5,097Environment$880Arts & Culture$641Health$575Public Benefit$80Food & Nutrition$75

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 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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $300 over 4y, 0.0% 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
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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Shell USA Company FoundationTX10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Terese Lynn Atkins Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 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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