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The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP$500
DAKOTA'S DREAM ANIMAL RESCUE$500
BERKELEY COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$400
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 (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. Its 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
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

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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
  • TD
    THE DONKEY SANCTUARY
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • SE
    SOUND EQUINE OPTIONSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +60%
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
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 1 Horse at a Time Draft Horse Rescue Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 68 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/41
Grantees still filing
27/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherTHE DONKEY SANCTUARY: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetROSEMARY FARM SANCTUARY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE'S LEGACY EQUINE RESCUE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% 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 budget1 Horse at a Time Draft Horse Rescue Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFIGHTING CHANCE RESCUE: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF WARREN COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 budgetWashington Area Animal Adoption Group: $1,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPETCONNECT RESCUE INC: $850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY PARTNERS FOR ANIMAL WELL BEING: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHOOVED COMPANION PROJECT: $500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRICHMOND ANIMAL LEAGUE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE FORK VOLUNTEER FIRE AND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDAKOTA'S DREAM ANIMAL RESCUEINC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBerkeley County Humane Society: $400 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds Life Horse Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN DONKEY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds JOURNEYS END AT BIRCH HILL FARM WV INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDDLEBURG HUMANE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OMEGA HORSE RESCUE AND REHABILITATION CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds United States Para Equestrian Association ↗
  • Who funds GERDAS EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LAST CHANCE CORRAL ↗
  • Who funds COAST TO COAST DRAFT HORSE HORSE CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds DREAMSCAPE ↗
  • Who funds SOUND EQUINE OPTIONS ↗
  • Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN PIEDMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DAYS END FARM HORSE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PHOENYX FARM AND SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds The American Saddlebred Legacy Foundatio ↗
  • Who funds THOROUGHBRED RETIREMENT FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SKYLANDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY AND RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds Heartland Equine Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROSEMARY FARM SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE'S LEGACY EQUINE RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLUE RIDGE CENTER FOR THERAPEUTICHORSEMANSHIP ↗

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 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

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 Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kathryn J Clark Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    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

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    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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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