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The Dusty Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Dusty Foundation Inc

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.

$37k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$70kEducation$49kHuman Services$41kHealth$23kPublic Benefit$20kReligion$16kEnvironment$15kArts & Culture$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES$25,000
WYOMING EQUALITY$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL$2,500
INSTITUTE FOR PRESERVATION$2,500
GAME RANGERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED$1,000
WOMEN S MONEY MATTERS$500
VASSAR COLLEGE ANNUAL FUND$500
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 (FY17–25, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%WOMEN S MONEY MATTERS: $500 → 16%SARASOTA FAMILY YMCA: $250 → 9%SARASOTA FAMILY YMCA: $250 → 9%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
SC
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$226k · 18 repeat orgs$28k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +71% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$226k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+71%
+25%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’25
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES
    2× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +71%
  • BJ
    Becoming Jackson Whole
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +131%
  • TS
    TETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $18k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • AT
    ASOLO THEATRE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +25%
  • RC
    RHINO CONSERVATION BOTSWANA TRUST USA
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -98%
  • JH
    JACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +81%
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
International Snow Leopard Trust

The international snow leopard trust aims to ethically conserve snow leopards and their high mountain ecosystems through partnerships with indigenous peoples and local communities, and through research to improve the understanding of snow…

Animals
3
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
4
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
5
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
6
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
7
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
8
Northern Jaguar Project

The mission of the northern jaguar project is to preserve and recover the world's northermost population of the jaguar, its unique natural habitat, and native wildlife under its protection as a flagship, keystone, and umbrella species.

Animals
9
Connectocean Conservation and Outreach Inc

Connectocean conservation and outreach is dedicated to fostering ocean stewardship and conserving aquatic ecosystems through community engagement, education, and collaborative conservation efforts. our mission is to connect communities to…

Human Services
10
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida

We are a grassroots organization focused on the critical environmental issues of sw florida. we accomplish this through a myriad of efforts by the teams in our programmatic departments: science, policy, education and wildlife…

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11
The International Rhino Foundation

The international rhino foundation (irf) ensures the survival of rhinos through strategic partnerships, targeted protection, and scientifically sound interventions.

Animals
12
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties Inc; the most unlike its peers is Endangered Species Fund. 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

18 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. 18 of the 28 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
13/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $40,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SARASOTA INC: $16,000 · OtherUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF SARASOTA INCTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL: $12,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHWEST AND CENTRALPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODRHINO CONSERVATION BOTSWANA TRUST USA: $5,000 · OtherUNITED GAYS & LESBIANS OF WYOMING: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $9,700 · Other+14 moreUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $70,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INCHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $30,000 · EducationHOBART AND W…Becoming Jackson Whole: $20,000 · Public BenefitTETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC: $18,000 · EnvironmentASOLO THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureENDANGERED SPECIES FUND: $5,000 · AnimalsJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Animals
Other$113,200Philanthropy$70,000Education$30,000Public Benefit$20,000Environment$18,000Arts & Culture$10,000Animals$7,500

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 budgetUNITED WAY SUNCOAST INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBecoming Jackson Whole: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetTETON SCIENCE SCHOOLS INC: $18,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRHINO CONSERVATION BOTSWANA TRUST USA: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetENDANGERED SPECIES FUND: $5,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetJACKSON HOLE WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAFE CHILDREN COALITION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S MONEY MATTERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SARASOTA AND DESOTO COUNTIES INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $200 over 2y, 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.

Community Foundation …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · 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 Dusty Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dusty Foundation Inc. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • United Way Suncoast Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Women's Money Matters Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Safe Children Coalition Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report 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 28 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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