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The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$165k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
4
States reached
$133k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Animals$760kHealth$47kRecreation & Sports$19kPhilanthropy$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k11 grants · $33k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $133k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE AMERICAN DONKEY TRUST$132,795
LIFEHORSE INC$8,000
MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION$5,500
RAINBOW THERAPEUTIC RIDING SCHOOL$5,000
BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER$5,000
ROCKY'S HORSE RESCUE & REHABILITATION INC$3,000
GERDA'S EQUINE RESCUE INC$2,400
PAWSSIBLE BEGINNINGS RESCUE INC$1,200
PAGE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER$1,000
DAKOTA'S DREAM ANIMAL RESCUE$500
BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP$500
BERKELEY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$400
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $1k → 7%BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP: $500 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
MT
MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$773k · 30 repeat orgs$75k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships — 8 still active in FY2023, 22 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
33

Total granted

$773k
$72k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+30%

Still filing today

60%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyPublic Safety & DisasterHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MH
    MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $57k · revenue +120%
  • GE
    GERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC
    4× · 2019–2023 · $16k · revenue +28%
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER
    4× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +460%

Funded once

  • ER
    EQUINE RESCUE LEAGUE OF COOPERSTOWN
    one grant, 2017 · $11k
  • SE
    SOUND EQUINE OPTIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +34%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
New Hope Farm Inc

Rescue and sanctuary for horses, donkeys, and mules.

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2
Hooves of My Heart Equine Rescue Ltd
Animals
3
Red Bucket Equine Rescue
Animals
4
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
5
Tuckers Place Equine Sanctuary

501c3 horse rescue

Animals
6
Rainfall Ranch Rescue

Equine rescue and rehabilitation

Animals
7
Healing Hearts Hooves and Paws Rescue

rescue rehab retraining and rehoming for homeless and neglected equine and canine

Animals
8
Lillies of the Field Equine Rescue
Animals
9
For the Love of the Hoof Inc

Animal rescue, we rescue equines from the slaughter pipeline and rehibilitation

Animals
10
Shepherd Mountain Horse Rescue Inc

Numerous starving or sick animal acquired fed and nourished back to good health and rehomed

Animals
11
Epona Equine Rescue & Rehab
Animals
12
Always Dreaming Horse Ranch and Res

Horse Shelter

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 1 Horse at a Time Draft Horse Rescue Inc and the most unlike its peers is The American Donkey Trust. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 15 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%24%5–10yr19%35%10–20yr16%22%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%0%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%48%10–20yr16%43%20–35yr13%4%35–55yr16%0%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/47
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,518

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE AMERICAN DONKEY TRUST — $137,795 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN DONKEY TRUSTJOURNEYS END AT BIRCH HILL FARM WV INC — $91,675 · AnimalsJOURNEYS END AT BIRCH HILL FARM WV INCMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION — $56,926 · AnimalsMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATIONOMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $42,450 · AnimalsOMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INCGERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC — $16,400 · Animals+26 more — $73,303 · Animals+26 moreROCKYS HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION — $96,750 · OtherROCKYS HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILIT…MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER — $31,000 · OtherMARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICA…CENTRAL VA HORSE RESCUE INC — $16,500 · OtherCENTRAL VA HORSE RESCUE INCCOAST TO COAST DRAFT HORSE HORSE CONNECTION — $12,500 · OtherRAINBOW THERAPEUTIC RIDING SCHOOL — $12,000 · OtherEQUINE RESCUE LEAGUE OF COOPERSTOWN — $10,500 · OtherBLACK MOUNTAIN VIEW FARM DRAFT HORSE RESCUE — $10,150 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $8,750 · Other+21 more — $43,163 · Other+21 moreLife Horse Inc — $142,515 · Recreation & SportsLife Horse IncUnited States Para Equestrian Association — $18,000 · Recreation & SportsUnited States Para Eq…+1 more — $1,200 · Recreation & SportsBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER — $14,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTICHORSEMANSHIP — $1,500 · Human ServicesLITTLE FORK VOLUNTEER FIRE AND — $500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Animals$418,549Other$251,313Recreation & Sports$161,715Philanthropy$19,000Human Services$1,500Public Safety & Disaster$500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetLife Horse Inc — $142,515 over 7y, 35% of budgetTHE AMERICAN DONKEY TRUST — $137,795 over 2y, 96% of budgetJOURNEYS END AT BIRCH HILL FARM WV INC — $91,675 over 3y, 85% of budgetMIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION — $56,926 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetOMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC — $42,450 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetUnited States Para Equestrian Association — $18,000 over 2y, 82% of budgetGERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC — $16,400 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetBLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER — $14,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLAST CHANCE CORRAL — $13,400 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCOAST TO COAST DRAFT HORSE HORSE CONNECTION — $12,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetDREAMSCAPE — $11,400 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetSOUND EQUINE OPTIONS — $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc — $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHOENYX FARM AND SANCTUARY INC — $3,903 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetThe American Saddlebred Legacy Foundatio — $3,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSKYLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY AND RESCUE INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE'S LEGACY EQUINE RESCUE INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROSEMARY FARM SANCTUARY INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC — $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTICHORSEMANSHIP — $1,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUPPERVILLE COLT & HORSE SHOW INC — $1,200 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetROCK RUN ANIMAL RESCUE — $1,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTHOMAS FOUNDATION SECOND CHANCE HORSE RESCUE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEQUINE RESCUE LEAGUE FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget1 Horse at a Time Draft Horse Rescue Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWashington Area Animal Adoption Group — $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFIGHTING CHANCE RESCUE — $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WARREN COUNTY INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPETCONNECT RESCUE INC — $850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY PARTNERS FOR ANIMAL WELL BEING — $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDAKOTA'S DREAM ANIMAL RESCUEINC — $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRICHMOND ANIMAL LEAGUE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOOVED COMPANION PROJECT — $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLITTLE FORK VOLUNTEER FIRE AND — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBerkeley County Humane Society — $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The American Donkey T…Pedigree FoundationThe Luminescence Foun…Wise FoundationNetwork for GoodPaypal Charitable Giv…The Community Foundat…American Woodmark Fou…Humane World for Anim…Greater Good CharitiesAetna Foundation IncMightycause Charitabl…
The American Donkey TrustVA26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The American Donkey Trust · Pedigree Foundation · The Luminescence Foundation Inc · Wise Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · American Woodmark Foundation Inc · Humane World for Animals Inc · Greater Good Charities · Aetna Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    9get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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