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The Maisie Foundation 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.

$69k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Animals$315kArts & Culture$25kFood & Nutrition$21kHuman Services$19kCivil Rights$3kInternational$2kPhilanthropy$701
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PET PARTNERS RESCUE HOME INC$28,000
NO ANIMAL LEFT UNFED INC$5,000
ENFIELD LOAVES AND FISHES INC$4,500
C&W RUSTIC HOLLOWS SHELTER$4,000
HANDS ON HARTFORD$4,000
ENFIELD FOOD SHELF$4,000
PROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC$3,500
CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY$3,000
THE PURR-FECT CAT SHELTER$2,800
LAST CHANCE RANCH$2,500
PAWS WITH A CAUSE$2,000
CAT TALES INC$2,000
GREATER NEW HAVEN CAT PROJECT INC$1,500
WEST HARTFORD ANIMAL CONTROL$1,000
CITY OF HARTFORD ANIMAL SERVICES$1,000
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 (FY20–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $100 → 7%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $2k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $1k → 10%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $4k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $2k → 11%HANDS ON HARTFORD: $2k → 11%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

IL
MI
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
VA
MD
DC
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$355k · 16 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
4

Total granted

$355k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+61%

Still filing today

81%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 ServicesInternationalArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • WA
    WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART
    5× · 2019–2023 · $25k · revenue +14%
  • PO
    PROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $19k · revenue +29%
  • CH
    CONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $17k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • AA
    ANIMAL AID INC
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue -3%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -15%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +89%
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
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
2
Danbury Animal Welfare Society

Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…

Animals
3
Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons Inc

THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…

Animals
4
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
5
Partners for Animal Welfare Society

Animal shelter for the protection and care of abused and neglected animals.

Animals
6
Animal Nation Inc

Animal welfare organization providing rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption for wild, domestic, and farmed animals.

Animals
7
Animal Rescue Force Inc

Established in 1974, the organization's mission is to find responsible homes for dogs and cats and to encourage all dog and cat owners to spay and neuter their pets.

Animals
8
Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society

Dedicated to saving philadelphias homeless and at-risk pets through rescue, adoption, and provision of veterinary care and other pet owner support services.

Animals
9
The Animal Haven Inc

The animal haven's misson is to provide a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless dogs and cats and place these animals in quality adoptive homes.

Animals
10
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
11
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
12
Friends of Homeless Animals

Dedicated to saving homeless dogs and cats, foha provides rescue, medical care, and adoption services in the washington dc metropolitan region. more than 17,500 cats and dogs have found a safe haven with friends of homeless animals for…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Protectors of Animals Inc; the most unlike its peers is C & Ws Rustic Hollow Shelter 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

18 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. 18 of the 23 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PET PARTNERS RESCUE HOME INC: $184,000 · OtherPET PARTNERS RESCUE HOME INCENFIELD LOAVES & FISHES: $12,000 · OtherENFIELD LOAVES & FISHESSPCA OF CONNECTICUT INC: $9,500 · Other+4 more: $4,901 · OtherNO ANIMAL LEFT UNFED INC: $21,500 · AnimalsNO ANIMAL LEFT UNFED INCPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC: $19,000 · AnimalsPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INCANIMAL AID INC: $17,500 · AnimalsANIMAL AID INCCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,000 · AnimalsCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETYPURRFECT CAT SHELTER INC: $14,600 · AnimalsPURRFECT CAT SHELTER INCLAST CHANCE RANCH INC: $12,500 · AnimalsLAST CHANCE RANCH INCCATALES INCORPORATED CAT TALES INCORPORATED: $7,250 · AnimalsCATALES INCORPORATED CAT TALES IN…GREATER NEW HAVEN CAT PROJECT INC: $4,950 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePaws With A Cause: $10,250 · Human ServicesHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $8,600 · Human Services+1 more: $300 · Human ServicesENFIELD FOOD SHELF INC: $8,600 · Food & NutritionC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,130 · International
Other$210,401Animals$115,300Arts & Culture$25,000Human Services$19,150Food & Nutrition$8,600Philanthropy$4,000International$2,130

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 budgetWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNO ANIMAL LEFT UNFED INC: $21,500 over 6y, 8.9% of budgetPROTECTORS OF ANIMALS INC: $19,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCONNECTICUT HUMANE SOCIETY: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPURRFECT CAT SHELTER INC: $14,600 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetLAST CHANCE RANCH INC: $12,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetENFIELD LOAVES & FISHES: $12,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $10,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHANDS ON HARTFORD INC: $8,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetENFIELD FOOD SHELF INC: $8,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCATALES INCORPORATED CAT TALES INCORPORATED: $7,250 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetGREATER NEW HAVEN CAT PROJECT INC: $4,950 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $300 over 3y, 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.

Aetna Foundation IncAmerican Eagle Financ…Arbella Insurance Fou…Hartford Foundation f…The Pfizer Foundation…Amica Companies Found…Lincoln Financial Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
Aetna Foundation IncCT21.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aetna Foundation Inc · American Eagle Financial Credit Union · Arbella Insurance Foundation · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Amica Companies Foundation · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Maisie Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Maisie Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Hands On Hartford Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
3report 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.
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How do I get to The Maisie Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Maisie 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 23 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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