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The Lindella Foundation at a glance

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The Lindella 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.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$733k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSTONS AMAZING PLACE INC$2,042
TURNING POINT CENTER$2,000
RESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC$2,000
CASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INCORPORATED$2,000
BOS PLACE$2,000
JOYRIDE CENTER INC$2,000
INTERFAITH CAREPARTNERS INC$2,000
CHILD ADVOCATES INCORPORATED$2,000
HABITAT FOR HORSES INC$2,000
A PLACE FOR PEANUT INC$2,000
BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS$2,000
LITTLEST HELPERS$2,000
ADOPT A RESCUED FRIEND INC$1,500
ABANDONED ANIMAL RESCUE$1,000
ANGEL REACH$1,000
02The need
02

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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%HOUSTONS AMAZING PLACE INC: $2k → 16%ANGEL REACH: $1k → 9%BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $2k → 16%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.
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 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
Pippys Pals Rescue

Pippys Pals Rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of dogs facing euthanasia in Houston. Our mission is to provide a second chance to these beloved companions by rescuing them from shelters, providing them with necessary medical care, and…

Animals
2
2nd Chance Ranch and Rescue

Sanctuary for abused or abandoned animals

Animals
3
Animal Orphanage

The mission of the Animal Orphanage is to care for and adopt out the stray or abandoned animals in our local communities. It is a no kill shelter that utilizes rigorous spay/neuter activites to reduce the number of lost and abandoned…

Animals
4
Happy Acres Pet Rescue
Animals
5
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
6
Starfish Animal Rescue

To help abandoned dogs in kill shelters find permanent and responsible loving homes. We support and work with other reputable rescues who support our vision and standards.

Animals
7
Animal Relief Fund Inc

To provide care for animals that are abused and need homes

Animals
8
Murphy's Paw Rescue Inc

A foster based, non-profit 501c3 organization that rescues dogs from shelters, neglectful situations and owner surrenders.

Animals
9
Happy Paws Haven Co

Happy Paws Haven Co. is a foster based animal rescue agency that helps animals in need.

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10
Angelitos Sanctuario Inc

Angelitos Sanctuario rescues dogs, donkeys and other animals in the Central Mexico highlands where we adopt out strong candidates and provide permanent homes for the unadoptable and severely handicapped.

Animals
11
Buckn-R-Ranch Animal Rescue Inc

BRRARI was created to engage and help in the plight of homeless domestic animals in need and provide education for the surrounding communities of Parker, Franktown and Castle Rock, Colorado. BRRARI closed it's facilities on December 31,…

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12
Amazing Mutts Puppy Rescue

Amazing Mutts Puppy Rescue has been organized to provide an animal rescue for dogs at risk of being euthanized.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dream Catcher Stables Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Littlest Helpers. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 17 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
7/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

A PLACE FOR PEANUT INC: $2,000 · AnimalsA PLACE FOR PEANUT INCHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $2,000 · AnimalsHABITAT FOR HORSES INCRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $2,000 · AnimalsRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INCJOYRIDE CENTER INC: $2,000 · AnimalsJOYRIDE CENTER INCADOPT A RESCUED FRIEND INC: $1,500 · AnimalsADOPT A RESCUED FRIEND INCABANDONED ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsABANDONED ANIMAL RESCUEHouston's Amazing Place Inc: $2,042 · Human ServicesHouston's Amazing Place…BEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $2,000 · Human ServicesBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR …DREAM CATCHER STABLES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesDREAM CATCHER STABLES I…ANGEL REACH: $1,000 · Human ServicesANGEL REACHINTERFAITH CAREPARTNERS INC: $2,000 · ReligionINTERFAITH CARE…THE LITTLEST HELPERS: $2,000 · ReligionTHE LITTLEST HE…CASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC: $2,000 · OtherCASA DE ESP…BUNNY BUDDIES INC: $1,000 · OtherBUNNY BUDDI…Bo's Place: $2,000 · Arts & CultureTURNING POINT CENTER: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterCHILD ADVOCATES INC: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Animals$10,500Human Services$6,042Religion$4,000Other$3,000Arts & Culture$2,000Housing & Shelter$2,000Crime & Legal$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetA PLACE FOR PEANUT INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBEAR BE A RESOURCE FOR CPS KIDS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBo's Place: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HORSES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT CENTER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LITTLEST HELPERS: $2,000 over 1y, 84% of budgetCASA DE ESPERANZA DE LOS NINOS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADOPT A RESCUED FRIEND INC: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetDREAM CATCHER STABLES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.7% 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.

Shell USA Company Fou…Greater Houston Commu…Leslie L Alexander Fo…Albert & Ethel Herzst…The Brown Foundation …Baker Hughes Foundati…Harry S & Isabel C Ca…Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Paypal Charitable Giv…The Blackbaud Giving …
Shell USA Company FoundationTX26.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Shell USA Company Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Leslie L Alexander Foundation Inc · Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Baker Hughes Foundation · Harry S & Isabel C Cameron Foundation Sentinel Trust Company · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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

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no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–30%
    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 17 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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