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The Gladney Foundation

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.

$66k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
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.

Education$152kAnimals$94kRecreation & Sports$35kHealth$29kReligion$15kHuman Services$13kArts & Culture$10kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$65k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Virginia Commonwealth University$25,000
College Golf Fellowship$25,000
Central Texas Food Bank$5,000
Project Street Vet$5,000
Saint Helen Catholic School$3,000
Isaiah 117 House$1,000
Newman Catholic Campus Ministry$1,000
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries$1,000
San Francisco AIDS Foundation$200
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, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Isaiah 117 House: $1k → 18%Amazing Journey Inc: $10k → 15%PRISM of Georgia: $10k → 13%PRISM of Georgia: $10k → 13%Secret Santa: $600 → 13%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

ME
MN
NY
OR
CA
VA
TN
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$138k · 6 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
26

Total granted

$138k
$191k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEducationReligionPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SF
    SAINT FRANCES ANIMAL CENTER
    5× · 2019–2024 · $62k · revenue +31%
  • CG
    College Golf Fellowship
    2× · 2023–2025 · $35k · revenue +47%
  • PO
    PRISM of Georgia Inc
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Florida
    one grant, 2024 · $105k
  • AJ
    AMAZING JOURNEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +125%
  • TP
    The Pawerful Rescue Nonprofit
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
2
Charleston Animal Society

Since its founding, our mission has always stayed the same: the prevention of cruelty to animals. in 1874, charleston animal society became the first animal organization in south carolina and one of the first in the nation and has never…

Animals
3
A Life to Live Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

We have a no-kill mission to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs abandoned and/or placed in kill shelters, while also providing life-saving programs and services to keep pets and their people together. through outreach, education and…

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4
Dorchester Paws

Dorchester Paws strives to instill humane principles into society through the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Animals
5
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
6
Annandale At Suwanee Inc

To perpetuate a village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

Health
7
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research

The foundation for sarcoidosis research (fsr) is the leading international organization dedicated to finding a cure for sarcoidosis and improving care for sarcoidosis patients through research, education, and support. since its…

Philanthropy
8
Saving Grace Animals for Adoption

A non-profit organization dedicated to lowering euthanasia rates and promoting adoption in north carolina, aspires to foster lifelong connections between well-deserving dogs and families, placing them in successful, nurturing homes.…

Animals
9
Saving Georgia Dogs Inc

The organization retrieves dogs from kill shelters and transports them to non kill shelters in the northern part of the united states. the dogs are then adopted. the adoption rate for the southern states is considerably lower than the…

Animals
10
The Brain Tumor Network Inc

The brain tumor network (btn) is dedicated to providing compassionate, personalized navigation services to brain tumor patients and caregivers. btn also assists patients in finding clinical trials that may be an appropriate match for them.…

Health
11
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
12
Operation Kindness

Our mission is to create a kinder world for pets and the people who love them by providing lifesaving care, innovative programs, and community resources.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shepherd Center Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Amazing Journey 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, 2017–2025.

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. 25 of the 40 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University of Florida: $105,000 · OtherUniversity of FloridaVirginia Commonwealth University: $25,000 · OtherVirginia Commonwealth UniversityThe Pawerful Rescue Nonprofit: $10,000 · OtherFauquier Historical Society: $10,000 · OtherBuckhead Church: $10,000 · OtherFriendship Place of Georgetown: $7,000 · Other+19 more: $28,950 · Other+19 moreSAINT FRANCES ANIMAL CENTER: $62,150 · AnimalsSAINT FRANCES ANIMAL C…PROJECT STREET VET: $10,000 · AnimalsPROJECT STREET VET+2 more: $2,000 · AnimalsCollege Golf Fellowship: $35,000 · ReligionCollege Gol…+1 more: $1,000 · ReligionPRISM of Georgia Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesPRISM of …AMAZING JOURNEY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesAMAZING J…+2 more: $1,600 · Human ServicesBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$195,950Animals$74,150Religion$36,000Human Services$31,600Education$18,500Food & Nutrition$5,000Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetSAINT FRANCES ANIMAL CENTER: $62,150 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCollege Golf Fellowship: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPRISM of Georgia Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetAMAZING JOURNEY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetFauquier Historical Society: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBAYLOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT STREET VET: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS OF GEORGETOWN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWreaths Across America: $3,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORD ON FIRE CATHOLIC MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISAIAH 117 HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ONE LOVE FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF YEARDLEY LOVE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Donna Foundation Inc: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALS UNITED OF GEORGIA INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SATO PROJECT: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO AIDS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMPHIS BOTANIC GARDEN FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER INC: $150 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.

The Community Foundat…Raymond James Charita…Verizon FoundationArthur J Gallagher Fo…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Network for GoodNatl Christian Charit…Paypal Charitable Giv…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta IncGA12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Verizon Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 Gladney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Gladney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get 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 · 0–25%
    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 40 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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