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The Ed Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$79k
Granted FY2018
34
Grants FY2018
11
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2018.

Animals$155kHuman Services$3k
02FY2018 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WILDLIFE IN CRISIS$9,500
NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER$6,500
ASPCA$5,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$5,000
THE RAPTOR TRUST$5,000
WOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE$3,500
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE$3,500
ALLEY CAT RESCUE$3,000
ALLEY AT ALLIES$3,000
GREYHOUND FRIENDS OF NJ$2,000
CITY CRITTERS NEW YORK$2,000
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$2,000
SPCA OF WESTCHESTER$2,000
FARM SANCTUARY$2,000
STRAYS AND OTHERS$2,000
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 (FY17–18, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $2k → 8%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS: $2k → 8%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
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$158k · 34 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

34 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
0

Total granted

$158k
$0

Still filing today

74%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
AnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • NEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $13k · revenue ×15
  • HW
    Humane World for Animals Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +46%
  • TR
    THE RAPTOR TRUST
    2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +35%

Funded once

    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
    Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

    A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

    Animals
    2
    Global Animal Partnership
    Animals
    3
    All About Animals Rescue

    All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

    Animals
    4
    Partners for Animal Welfare Society

    Animal shelter for the protection and care of abused and neglected animals.

    Animals
    5
    Animal Rescue Corps Inc

    To end animal suffering through direct and compassionate action, and to inspire the highest ethical standards of humanity towards animals. The Organization rescues animals who fall victim to abuse and natural disaster.

    Animals
    6
    Animal Nation Inc

    Animal welfare organization providing rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption for wild, domestic, and farmed animals.

    Animals
    7
    Animal Rescue of the Rockies

    Animal Care and Adoption - ARR's mission is to save the lives of homeless and abandoned dogs and cats. Our goal is reaching a no-kill society in the United States.

    Animals
    8
    Animal Care Sanctuary

    Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

    Animals
    9
    Humane Animal Partners

    Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

    Animals
    10
    Defenders of Animal Rights Inc

    Animal rescues. pet adoption center. shelter cruelty victims. farm animals. wildlife refuge. spay/neuter. humane education. youth work. grief counseling. human health via pets.

    Animals
    11
    Animal Freedom Inc

    The organization works to create a world where all animals have their freedom respected by society and protected in law.

    Animals
    12
    Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society

    Dedicated to saving philadelphias homeless and at-risk pets through rescue, adoption, and provision of veterinary care and other pet owner support services.

    Animals
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca of Westchester Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Toby Project 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

    25 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

    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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 25 of the 34 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)
    3
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    25/25
    Grantees still filing
    20/25
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    WILDLIFE IN CRISIS INC: $19,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE IN CRISIS INCNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $13,000 · AnimalsNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INCHumane World for Animals Inc: $10,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE RAPTOR TRUSTTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $7,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTEWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $7,000 · AnimalsWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INCAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $6,000 · AnimalsAlley Cat Allies Inc: $6,000 · Animals+15 more: $42,000 · Animals+15 moreLITTLE SHELTER: $4,000 · OtherLITTLE SHELTERFACT: $4,000 · OtherFACTGREYHOUND FRIENDS OF NJ: $4,000 · OtherGREYHOUND FRIENDS…CITY CRITTERS NEW YORK: $4,000 · OtherCITY CRITTERS NEW…Individual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant …Individual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant …MEOW INC: $2,000 · OtherMEOW INCSEER FARMS INC: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $3,000 · Human Services
    Animals$130,000Other$25,000Human Services$3,000

    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 budgetNEW ENGLAND WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAPTOR TRUST: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOODLANDS WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $7,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAlley Cat Rescue Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHENANGO COUNTY SPCA: $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOBY PROJECT INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWILD BIRD FUND INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMarine Mammal Stranding Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Association Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPANION ANIMAL PROTECTION SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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.

    The Pfizer Foundation…Bruce G Geary Foundat…The Gerald B Shreiber…PC Fund for Animals C…The Robert Wood Johns…Verizon FoundationChubb Charitable Foun…Paypal Charitable Giv…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…
    The Pfizer Foundation IncNY15.2× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Bruce G Geary Foundation · The Gerald B Shreiber Foundation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation 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 The Ed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
    • Marine Mammal Stranding Center: 10% of income from government
    • New England Wildlife Center Inc: 1% of income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    6get 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 · 0–15%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Ed Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Ed Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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