· Private foundation
The Institute for Spiritual Research 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $75k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Salavtion Army | $10,000 |
| Mother Teresa Center | $10,000 |
| Shriners Hospital | $8,000 |
| Marine Mammal Center | $5,000 |
| St Marys Food Bank | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Phoenix Rescue Mission | $5,000 |
| West Wing School Band Program | $5,000 |
| St Jude Childrens Hospital | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities | $5,000 |
| Humane Society USA | $5,000 |
| Make a Wish | $3,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | $3,000 |
| Special Olympics | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PGPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION5× · 2019–2024 · $16k · revenue +69%
- GGGENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD2× · 2021–2022 · $12k · revenue +51%
- SMST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE5× · 2019–2024 · $11k · revenue +51%
Funded once
- RMRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONAgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $7k · revenue +26%
- SSPCAone grant, 2022 · $7k
Save The Children Federation Incone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -13%
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.
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.
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…
Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…
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…
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
We save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
The spca of texas is dedicated to providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.
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…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
To reduce the number of homeless pets through adoption, rescue and spay and neuter programs.
To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 67 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION ↗
- Who funds GENTLE GIANTS DRAFT HORSE RESCUE SOCIETY LTD ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ↗
- Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Rim Country Hospice Foundation ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
- Who funds Alley Cat Allies Inc ↗
- Who funds CHIMP HAVEN INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Institute for Spiritual Research Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Institute for Spiritual Research Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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