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The Ark and the Dove Foundation Trust at a glance

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The Ark and the Dove Foundation Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$46kEnvironment$31kFood & Nutrition$18kArts & Culture$13kHealth$11kCivil Rights$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$8kReligion$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,007
Median grant
4
States reached
$387k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
East Texas Food Bank$6,000
Caddo Lake Institute$3,000
Harrison County Historical Museum$3,000
Pilots for Patients$2,007
Doctors Without Borders$2,000
National Parks Conservation Associa$2,000
Lydia Patterson Institute$2,000
International Rescue Committee$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Indian Services: $5k → 8%Pilots for Patients: $2k → 24%American Red Cross: $5k → 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
NY
IA
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
MD
KS
DC
LA
MS
AL
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.

52%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 9 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
25

Total granted

$87k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+26%

Still filing today

89%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $20k · revenue +20%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    3× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +81%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2021–2023 · $8k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • DO
    Defenders of Wildlifegraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +45%
  • TC
    THE CARTER CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +27%
  • TU
    The United States Holocust Memorial
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
2
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
3
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
4
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
5
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
8
Natural Resource Governance Institute

Nrgi envisions a world where natural resources enable fair, prosperous and sustainable societies, instead of undermining them. nrgi exists because decisions about how natural resources are governed determine the well-being of people in…

International
9
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
10
MRIGlobal

To improve the lives of people through innovative scientific and engineering research.

Science & Tech
11
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
12
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Pilots for Patients. 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

26 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. 26 of the 37 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

East Texas Food Bank: $18,000 · OtherEast Texas Food BankThe United States Holocust Memorial: $5,041 · OtherThe United States Holocust MemorialNatural Resources Defense Fund: $5,000 · OtherNatural Resources Defense FundTOGETHER RISING: $5,000 · OtherTOGETHER RISINGALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $3,527 · OtherALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATIONFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $3,000 · OtherUMCOR Advance 901670: $3,000 · OtherChildren's Medical Center Foundatio: $2,914 · OtherGlobal Ministries: $2,500 · OtherGeneral Board of Global Ministries: $2,000 · OtherLydia Patterson Institute: $2,000 · Other+5 more: $6,528 · Other+5 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,279 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA IN…International Rescue Committee INC: $11,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee …AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,783 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INCTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,075 · InternationalTHE CARTER CENTER INCDIRECT RELIEF: $3,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEF…EARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICECADDO LAKE INSTITUTE INC: $4,500 · EnvironmentCADDO LAKE INSTIT…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCYEnvironmental Fund For Texas Inc: $3,000 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Fun…NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $2,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CO…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 · Human ServicesAmerican N…American Indian Services: $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican I…PILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $2,007 · Human ServicesPILOTS FOR…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,527 · Civil RightsNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $3,527 · Civil RightsDefenders of Wildlife: $6,000 · AnimalsTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $665 · AnimalsHarrison County Historical Society: $4,764 · Arts & CultureCHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION: $300 · Arts & Culture
Other$58,510International$46,137Environment$25,500Human Services$15,007Civil Rights$10,054Animals$6,665Arts & Culture$5,064

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 budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $20,279 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $6,527 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $5,783 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,075 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER RISING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Indian Services: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarrison County Historical Society: $4,764 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCADDO LAKE INSTITUTE INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $3,527 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $3,527 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Fund For Texas Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPILOTS FOR PATIENTS: $2,007 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD'S PLAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION: $665 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICKASAW INKANA FOUNDATION: $300 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.

Texas Instruments Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Texas Instruments FoundationTX12.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 The Ark and the Dove Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ark and the Dove Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report 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 37 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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The endowment market
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home